The Crucible manifests the Purtianś ideology of witchery during the 1690s. Salem has several social factors throughout the town and essentially, the beliefs of witchcraft in Salem uprises chaos. When reading a play such as The Crucible, it becomes apparent that the conduct of Salem town during the witch trials are fearful, selfish, and prideful when it is viewed through the Psychological Lens. Throughout each act, these components are motivating factors behind actions during The Crucible. In particular, the vibe of the play starts brutal and strain. However, John Hale comes to Salem town as an optimistic character to end the supposed witchery. Putnam threatens Tituba to confess or else she would hang. Tituba then cries out “No, No, don’t hang Tituba! I tell him I don’t desire to work for him, sir.” (Miller 23) As an audience member, we could inference Tituba never conjured any spirits in the woods but why would she …show more content…
Throughout The Crucible, Abigail is the least complex character being straight forward selfish. On a side note, Puritan laws were very strict, especially when it comes to religion. Hence, Abigail took advantage of the witch trials so she would not reveal her affair with John Proctor. In other words, Abigail accused several others so she would not have to admit she committed the crime of adultery. Additionally, Proctor cries “Abby, I may think of you softly from time to time. But I will cut off my hand before I’ll ever reach for you again. Wipe it out of mind. We never touched, Abby.” (Miller 15). Shortly after, John Hale accuses Abigail of being taken over by a Lucifer (Miller 23). Hence, Abigail accuses Tituba of sending her spirit during church and laughing during prayer (Miller 23). After proctors claim, this may have started a fire in Abigail’s heart creating a jealousy of Goody Proctor and it may have stirred up more selfishness after Abigail intentionally accuses