Shakespeare included them to please King James. The witches also play a significant part in the moral of the play: witches are not to be trusted. Finally‚ Modern audiences still find the witches thrilling although many people no longer believe in witchcraft. The witches have an important role in the storyline or plot of the play. They affect Macbeth’s state of mind and encourage him‚ ultimately‚ to do actions he would have dubitably done on his own. During their first encounter with Macbeth‚ the witches
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Tituba’s Diary May 13‚ 1692 Today I told the girls that we would do something different tomorrow. A very special practice that is unknown to the people of this village. We will preform a voodoo ritual . We will meet in the woods and get started right away. Hopefully they gathered all the items and have not forgotten what I have showed them. May 14‚ 1692 Today we preformed the voodoo ritual. It went pretty smoothly except for the fact that Abigail went a little too far. That Abigail
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The noose swung back and forth. Another execution had taken place in Salem in 1692‚ the victim falsely accused of witchcraft. Why were citizens fearful enough the killed others? The Salem witch trials were caused by poor‚ young girls who acted possessed because they were jealous of the rich. These girls hated being bossed around‚ so they pretended to be controlled by witches‚ who were the rich people they were jealous of. According to document B‚ the young girls didn’t want to be told what to
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The Crucible In The Crucible‚ Abigail Williams is a wicked‚ sinful‚ foul girl who lies to get what she wants. She defends her life and her name by falsely accusing others of conspiring with the devil. Witchcraft or evil is forcefully shown through abigail williams. wickedness is represent by abigail in many ways. She uses many ways to fulfill her evil wants some of them were through whoring‚ insanity‚ allegation. Abigail williams is accused of whoring and from this branched the wickedness of
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kicked out because of the affair she had with John and that’s when it all started. Abigail and the village girls were caught dancing in the woods‚ they were afraid of what would happen to them so they started acting weird and accusing people of witchcraft. To John in private‚
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Arthur Miller has created a version of Salem in which the people are dependent on easily fabricated and unreliable evidence in order to prove or disprove a person guilty of witchcraft. Attempting to show that Elizabeth Proctor is guilty of witchcraft‚ Mr. Cheever explains that the poppet he found could be evidence that Elizabeth stabbed Abigail Williams. He says of Reverend Parris‚ “Stuck two inches in the flesh of her belly‚ he draw a needle out. And demandin’ of her how she come to be so stabbed
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free”(Willis). This quote is proven in the play The Crucible by Arthur Miller. The Crucible is set in salem during the salem witch trials when a group of girls take things too far by accusing innocent people of witchcraft. Elizabeth Proctor is the wife of John Proctor; she was accused of witchcraft by Abigail Williams who had an affair with John. In this play‚ Elizabeth is motivated by an affair between John and Abigail‚ her decision to protect her husband in court creates forgiveness in the end of the
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the play. It introduces the fact that everyone in the town is carrying their own demons inside and their willing to bail them on anyone to escape judgment. In the play there are two types of demonic forces at work‚ literal demonic forces‚ like witchcraft‚ possession‚ death during child birth‚ people being turned into witches‚ and dancing in the forest late at night. As well as figurative demonic forces‚ examples of that would be reputation‚ intolerance‚ deceit‚ lies‚ and rumors. One prominent
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eighteen other people followed behind her and were hung as well. Martha Corey who was a faith based‚ church going women was also accused. Religion was important during this time‚ so seeing someone who had such strong religious beliefs get accused of witchcraft was astonishing. This basically sent out a message to everyone that anyone could be accused of talking with Satan. The people accused were as young as five and as old as eighty. The number of people being accused continued to skyrocket‚ and it eventually
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in the woods and trying to conjure the boys they all liked‚ she tried to kill Elizabeth Proctor with a curse. In her eyes if Elizabeth were dead and gone then John would be with her. A little later in the play we will see her accuse Elizabeth of witchcraft. She stabbed herself with a needle and then told Reverend Parris (her uncle) that Elizabeth Proctor’s spirit had done it. Abigail watched Mary Waren make a poppet in court that day and seen her stick a
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