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The Crucible: Hysteria And Injustice Essay, Research Paper

The Crucible: Hysteria and Injustice

Thesis Statement:

The purpose is to educate and display to the reader the hysteria and

injustice that can come from a group of people that thinks it’s doing the

“right” thing for society in relation to The Crucible by Arthur Miller.

I. Introduction:

The play is based on the real life witch hunts that occurred in the late

1600’s in Salem, Massachusetts. It shows the people’s fear of what they felt

was the Devil’s work and shows how a small group of powerful people wrongly

accused and killed many people out of this fear and ignorance. Also important

to the play is how Arthur Miller depicts how one selfish, evil person like

Abigail Williams can bring others down and make others follow her to commit evil

acts. These evil acts affect even the most honest people in the town like John

and Elizabeth Proctor, and Rebecca Nurse who cannot fight the accusations made

against them by those following Abigail. Those following Abigail are considered

to be holy men that are full of honesty and justice, but the play shows that

even those who are thought to be respectable and right, like people of

government or community leaders can bring death to innocent people if they are

driven by something wrong.

II. Plot:

The plot begins with the inciting incident where Rev. Parris finds his

niece Abigail Williams and his daughter Betty along with his slave Tituba doing

some dance in the forest. Right when he finds them, Betty becomes sick and

won’t talk or open her eyes, about this time other people’s daughters become

sick too. Rumors spread that witch craft is involved in Betty’s illness and the

development of the plot begins. Important to the major development of the plot

is the fact that in the forest, Abigail and the others were just playing like

witches. But they were following Abigail because she wanted to try to put a

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