The Influence Of Women In The Crucible By Arthur Miller

When viewing a situation from an outside perspective, it is simple to choose the best action but when people are put in a fearful position, the judgment and emotion become dispersed. Arthur Miller gives readers insight throughout the novel, The Crucible in the early 1900s where the characters in the story are put through the Salem Witch Trials. In the play, The Crucible, a village becomes involved in a witch hunt, where people are in continuous fear the whole time because of the accusations of witchcraft and the role of McCarthyism and hysteria. During The Crucible the characters show suspicious behavior, injustice, distrust, betrayal, fear of being accused, how people are easily influenced by others, and baseless accusations which are all

In today’s society, it is believed that men are superior to women and can therefore use more influence and power. It is also believed that women have some influence over men, taking advantage of their femininity and innocence to persuade them to do or believe certain things. In the play, Abigail Williams was the most influential to others because she started many new events such as getting stuck and caught in the woods leading to the idea of witchcraft, pretending to be threatened by the spirit of Elizabeth, leading to accusations from prestigious people, resulting in the death of many people. “…Abigail Williams…screamed that a bill would weep to hear…And demandin’ of her how she come to be stabbed, testify it were your wife's familiar spirit pushed it in” (70-71). Abigail comes to believe that Elizabeth's spirit stabbed her because she wants John Proctor for herself and has Tituba poison Mrs. Proctor, but fails. She begs John to take her back, but unsuccessfully, she accuses Elizabeth of witchcraft. To sum up, many influential circumstances throughout the story relate to today’s society and how people are determined by the choices made by others that can shape

People have been accused of all kinds of activities, such as practicing witchcraft because it is based on rumors, and people put on trial are forced to confess, even if they are innocent. At the beginning of the book, Tituba is accused of witchcraft because Reverend Parris catches her performing a ritual with girls in the woods. Parris is worried about her daughter, who has fallen asleep and can't wake up but forces Tituba to confess to witchcraft and name others. In the play Parris emphasizes to Tituba ''You will confess yourself or I will take you out and whip you to your death!'' (428). Tituba doesn't have much freedom since she is a slave, she has no other option but to confess and tell the girls she saw the devil. In our community witchcraft is seen, but not as viewed in the play, such as if someone is new to a town or neighborhood, they could be accused of witchery by either the way of making money or how they present themselves. To wrap up, The Crucible shows unsustainable accusations made every day throughout the play and the book that have relations to today’s society in how people accuse others of