Grudges In The Crucible
Tenzin Woesar
Kelpy Per. 4
The Crucible Essay Questions
1. Discuss the role that grudges and personal rivalries play in the witch trial hysteria?
The Crucible takes place in the Town of Salem which is an odd town, they’re very easy to believe in superstitions yet they are very religious and take faith in God and God’s power. With all of this going on, there also some grudges that people hold against each other, so when people are given the power, they take advantage of the trials and take revenge on their rivals or the people they dislike. For example, Abigail who is the main antagonist, holds a grudge against John's wife Elizabeth for the fact that she fired her after discovering what she had been doing. While all this is happening, …show more content…
Justice is usually seen in the way that you’re innocent till proven guilty and that if you are guilty then you have to receive a punishment. In this play you see no justice and just a lot of injustice, seeing that people who are accused are punished without any evidence whatsoever. The play forgets about justice and relies more on people’s personal hatred against others and that becomes “justice” in the play. Due to this injustice, many individuals who were completely innocent were punished, such as the old man who was killed just for his land, and him not being able to defend himself when accused. This play turned from girls dancing in the woods to the girls turning mad by the fear of justice leading to them acting sick and telling lies. The first accusation is Abigail using Tituba as a scapegoat, but Tituba uses this smartly and takes it into her advantage going along with she has been accused of. The town’s religious authorities believe that they are doing God’s work of justice. They think that God is speaking through the girls and helping them find the witches who have committed crimes. The system is ruined by the girls and these men in power are reliant on the fact that these girls are speaking for
Kelpy Per. 4
The Crucible Essay Questions
1. Discuss the role that grudges and personal rivalries play in the witch trial hysteria?
The Crucible takes place in the Town of Salem which is an odd town, they’re very easy to believe in superstitions yet they are very religious and take faith in God and God’s power. With all of this going on, there also some grudges that people hold against each other, so when people are given the power, they take advantage of the trials and take revenge on their rivals or the people they dislike. For example, Abigail who is the main antagonist, holds a grudge against John's wife Elizabeth for the fact that she fired her after discovering what she had been doing. While all this is happening, …show more content…
Justice is usually seen in the way that you’re innocent till proven guilty and that if you are guilty then you have to receive a punishment. In this play you see no justice and just a lot of injustice, seeing that people who are accused are punished without any evidence whatsoever. The play forgets about justice and relies more on people’s personal hatred against others and that becomes “justice” in the play. Due to this injustice, many individuals who were completely innocent were punished, such as the old man who was killed just for his land, and him not being able to defend himself when accused. This play turned from girls dancing in the woods to the girls turning mad by the fear of justice leading to them acting sick and telling lies. The first accusation is Abigail using Tituba as a scapegoat, but Tituba uses this smartly and takes it into her advantage going along with she has been accused of. The town’s religious authorities believe that they are doing God’s work of justice. They think that God is speaking through the girls and helping them find the witches who have committed crimes. The system is ruined by the girls and these men in power are reliant on the fact that these girls are speaking for