Cause And Effect Of The Crucible

Crucible can be defined as a severe test or a searching trial. The witch trials were a grueling and unnecessary process. The trials were finally kicked off when Reverend Parris found Abby, Betty, Ruth, Mary Warren, Mercy Lewis, and Tituba dancing in the woods and trying to conjure spirits. Betty fell ill the next day, almost all of Salem thought that the devil was in their small, conservative, intolerant town. To avoid being prosecuted as witches, the girls, with Abigail as their leader, would go on to accuse many of the people who live in Salem and areas around it. At the end of Act I alone Sarah Good, Goody Osburn, Bridget Bishop , George Jacobs, Goody Howe, Martha Bellows, Goody Sibber, Alice Barrow, Goody Hawkins, Goody Bibber, Goody