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Examples Of Scapegoat In The Crucible

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Have you ever been blamed for something you didn’t do? A scapegoat is one who is blamed or punished for the wrongdoings of others. When power is placed into the wrong persons hand it can cause people to isolate certain groups of people as shown in The Crucible, The Holocaust, and McCarthyism.
On that note, in The Crucible, Abigail Williams a treacherous and fast girl blames Tituba their slave, for committing witchcraft. “She made me do it! She made Betty do it!” (1260, Miller) Tituba then had to falsely confess to being a witch in order to save her life. Additionally, in the same story The Crucible, a girl by the name of Mary Warren was also accused by Abigail for being a witch. Thus, being under so much pressure and stress Mary shifted her
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