The Crucible
This book starts of in the first act laying down the foundation on how Salem was based. The author starts by telling in which how Salem was during the trials. It was a hard working town that people had strict values on how they based their lives upon. Books were rarely read, and dancing in the forest was interpreted as witchcraft. These people never celebrated much, but when the roof of a barn was installed everyone sat around and drank cider. The play starts in the bedroom of Betty Parris, who after her father found her in the woods dancing naked, is now sick an unable to move. A slight argument is pursues with another woman, as Reverend Parris is pushing the doctor to find a medicine for Betty's sickness. With the prospect of witchcraft looming over his head, he is desperate. Hysteria is starting to set in and now a woman is crying that the devil caused the death of her seven children. A short while later they start to question the Abigail Williams in an interrogative way. That was when they shifted the interrogation towards Tituba, Reverend Parris' slave. Abby had made a comment that she was in the woods with them speaking in her native tongue. After speaking to Tituba is when he young gir
Later that fall is this next act is to take place. With the actual trials now set aside and over with, the hanging are starting to take place. Owners of farms that were once there to tend to their land are no longer and the farm animals are all about in the city. People that are imprisoned are coming forward with their confessions with their association with the devil. The main part of this act is really about Goody Proctor trying to pursue her husband John Proctor to confess and go on with his life. When she was brought to the courtroom Mr. Hale along with the Deputy Governor Danforth and Judge Hathorne asked her to talk to her husband. She did talk to her husband, and with a grand effort, she convinced him to do so. He confessed, right to Mr. Hale. Once the confession was through, he was asked to sign a paper and then it went all down hill from there. He refused to sign the paper and then the deputy rescinded their offer to accept his confession. Then they sent him to the rope and hanged him. ls start taking advantage of the mass hysteria in Salem, Massachusetts. Abigail Williams starts chanting out names like wildfire. By the time she is done, six names have been mentioned. Then suddenly Betty wakes up, and she said that there were four more people are accused. Eight days later in the house of John and Elizabeth Proctor is where the next act takes place. John walks in and she serves them dinner while they have some small talk. Soon there after is when the friction begins, because the housekeeper went to the town of Salem for business of the court and John Proctor
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Approximate Word count = 1079
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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