“It’s Easy To Blame Anyone”

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Term Paper Title	“It’s Easy To Blame Anyone”
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“It’s Easy To Blame Anyone”
     The book The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, is set back in the late 1600’s based on
Puritan beliefs tells about many people accused of witchcraft in Salem Massachusetts
and hung for it.  They believe that they will be “purified” if they strip away all the extras
of the mass by taking the ceremony, splendour, and fun activities out of it.  The Puritan
religion is reduced to the simplest biblical terms.  They also believe in the Doctrine of the
Elect.  They accept that certain people are predestined by God to be saved and that the
devil selects certain individuals to be bewitched.  Another belief the Puritans
acknowledge is theocracy.  They have faith that God is the head of the state and he has
representatives acting as religious authorities. The religious authorities, reverends, rule
the state.  The play has two main characters.  The first one is John Proctor.  He is the
protagonist.  John’s beliefs remain the same and is a honest man.  On the other hand,
Abigail Williams, is not.  She is the antagonist.  Abigail likes to change her story to favor
herself.  Throughout the play, victims aren’t hung and accused because of witchcraft, but
actually because of someone’s fear, guilt, and lust.

     Abigail’s fear gets her out of trouble when she is accused of being involved with
witchcraft.  Betty lays in bed to scared to get up because she and her Abby and Tituba
committed a sin by dancing in the woods.  Parris, Abby’s uncle and Reverend Hale
question Abigail about what they did to make Betty act this way.
     Parris says, “I saw a kettle in the grass where you girls were dancing.  I believe I
saw some movement in the soup.”(39)  He asks if little creatures were put in the pot.
     Abigail admits that a frog did jump in.  She gets a little scared now thinking she
shouldn’t have said that.  They seem to want to know more about the girls mischief so
Hale calls for Tituba.
     Hale asks Abigail if Betty ever drank any of the brew in the kettle and she replied,
“She never drank it.” (40)
     Then Hale asks Abby why she is concealing and if she sold herself to the devil
and Abby blurted out, “She made me do it!  Tituba makes me drink blood!”(40)
     Tituba is accused of making Abigail drink blood.  Abby continues on about how it
made her laugh at prayer and Tituba comes to her every night and makes her drink blood.
Abby is now not at the fault of Betty and witchcraft.  Tituba is a easy target to blame
since she is one of the few black girls around.

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