The lust for power was a very big reason for the Salem witch trials because it helped with the naming of innocent people. "(Abigail rises, staring as though inspired and cries out)... I saw Sarah good with the devil! I saw Goody Osburn with the devil! I saw Bridget Bishop with the devil (45)!" Abigail sees Tituba and the power given to her when she cries out so she does the same for the power. She sends innocent people to their deaths for the crime of witchcraft, just for the lust for power. Another good example of who abused power is Mary Warren. "My name, he wants my name. "I'll murder you," he says "if my wife hangs! We must go and overthrow the court," he says(114)." Mary is so scared of being jailed or hung so she uses her power to send Proctor to hang for witch craft. Mary does this to save herself and to move any thou

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