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Salem Witch Trials In The Crucible

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There is a place called Salem Massachusetts which is in New England in which some girls go frolic in a forest with a man named Tituba that is a slave. For the time being of the girls dancing in the woods, the girls were caught by the minister named Reverend Parris.There is a girl named Betty that falls into a coma. There is a circle of people that come and surround Betty and Parris’s house to find out what had happened. An expert on witchcraft named Reverend Hale comes to inspect the situation while Parris continuously questions Abigail. Abigail had been trying to let people know that she had done nothing in the woods other than dancing.
All the people that are crowded around Parris’s house are noticing and questioning what has happened, at …show more content…

They all find out that it was Betty yelling from the moment she woke up. The crowd begins to argue whether she is bewitched or not. In another conversation, there is a debate between Proctor and Parris and later on, a rich man named Thomas Putnam soon comes in. The argument between them comes to a conclusion about money and land and whether there are some fault lines underneath the Salem Town underneath. While that argument continuous hale appears, checks betty out, while Proctor is leaving. Abby is lying down while Hale begins to ask questions to see about the woods is true if not then it will appear that she falls. She then asks to talk to Tituba because she is suspicious about the behavior. After the long argument between Parris and Hale that seemed to never end, Tituba tells everyone that he was talking to the devil and that she laughingly begins to accuse other people in the crowd. Betty then, later on, begins to join in and names random people to be witches and the crowd begins to have a huge panic and gets …show more content…

Elizabeth tells her husband to blame Abigail but he doesn't do it and disagrees with her which makes her very jealous, thinking that he has the feeling for her.One of Abigail's friends named Mary Warren comes with news saying that Elizabeth has been frauded with witchcraft but the court does not continue with the section. After telling news Mary goes off to bed as John and Elizabeth continue argument but are interrupted by a visitor. As they talk what will be happening Giles and Francis go over to Proctor's house with news their wives are being

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