The era in which the puritans lived in was a time where the settlers based their daily basis with religion. The puritans were a group of people that accepted different type of peoples into their religion. They believed that their religion was the purist that is where their name comes from; based word of puritans. They as well had a series of blue laws to follow within. They as well were from the Anglican Church from England. Some of them escape to the new world for religious freedom but did not make that excuse, they said that they were going to the new world to spread their religion when settled in. The movie and act The Crucible consists on witchery that happened in Salem during the famous witch trails. It shows how people actually fell in the lies of injustice. Since all of the people living in Salem were puritans they follow religion and they never realized the harm they created in the people’s everyday life. All the dilemmas that were created in Salem mostly took part because of their belief in religion.
The Crucible starts of with Act I in which Tituba and the girls are out in the forest “contacting with the devil”. They begin to start dancing naked around in the forest until they get by the Reverend Parris, one of the Salem’s minister. His daughter gets sick and the people began to think it’s because of witchcraft. However Abigail denies that she was not involved in the witchcraft, but admits that they were dancing in the forest. “But we never conjured spirits” (page 170). The Reverend Parris’s daughter Betty starts to act in an odd way by just laying on her bed without moving. That causes people to worry more than usual because something like this has not been happening throughout Salem. Abigail is not a relative of Reverend Parris or his daughter, she just moved in with them because her parents are dead and she got kicked out of John and Elizabeth Proctors house for some mysterious reason. John Proctor goes and visits Betty to see what is wrong with her and confront Abigail. As they have the conversation it is clear that they had an affair before. When Abigail lived in the Proctors home Elizabeth got ill and Abigail flirted with proctor. When they met up that day he clearly states that its over within them and he is going to be loyal to Elizabeth. Abigail in anger tells him that is is Elizabeths fault because they can not be together. “she is blackening my name in the village” (page 177). Moments later Abigail says that Tituba did indeed contact with the devil. When they go and interrogate Tituba they began to whip her and until she says a lie and confesses that she did contact with the devil. That shows that people lie so they won’t get hanged. Something that later in the play continues to happen often.
Act II open with Elizabeth and John Proctor in their home. Their household helper Mary Warren is beneath the accusations and Elizabeth is scared because she knows that Abigail is beneath this accusation as well. Mary Warren later gives a poppet that is stiched and made for her during the witch trails in court. “I made a gift for you today Goody Proctor” (page 194). Mary also tells her that her name cameup but she saved her life in the court. Elizabeth knew that sooner or later her name was going to come up in the witch trails so she tells Proctor that he needs to settle stuff with Abigail. So they go on a search for Elizabeth’s guilt and find the poppet with the needle stuck in the poppet’s stomach. In the day Abigail arrives to the court with her stomach stabbed with a needle and accuses Elizabeth of being a culprit in the witchcraft. “Abigail were stabbed tonight a needle were found stuck into her belly” (page 203). Mary Warren swears that she kept the needle in the poppet for safe keeping but they take Elizabeth.
Act III opens up in the court room and John bring his household girl Mary Warren to confess that she had never seen the devil and the other girls were as well just pretending in seeing anything odd. When Mary Warren says that the other girls following Abigail William accuse Mary of witchcraft as well. She as well couldn’t faint in the courtroom which was an extra point for Abigail because she began to turn cold as ice. John Proctor soon screams out that Abigail is a whore and that he committed adultery with Abigail who is a liar and adulteress; this proves that she can not be trusted. To prove this they bring out Elizabeth to tell the truth sice proctor says that she does not lie at all. Danford which is the main judge orders both Abigail and proctor to turn around to avoid tension on Elizabeth and so their facial expression does not affect Elizabeth truth. Since Elizabeth does not want to condemn her husband she says that it is not true so therefore Danford sends Elizabeth back to the prison and claims it to be untrue. “Elizabeth I have confessed it” (page 223). All of a sudden Abigail Williams and the girls start to act weirdly and say that Mary warrens spirit is attacking them as a yellow bird and that it was on top of the courthouse. “why do you come yellow bird” (page 224). So they leave out of the courtroom screaming making a chaos and people began to huddle around and see what is happening. Mary lies and says that Proctor is after her at night and made her sign the Devils book. Proctor says the god is dead so he is taken away and arrested. “I say-I say God is dead!” (page 226)
Act IV opens with proctor about to be hanged. They want john to confess to save his life but john does not want to lie because he knows confessing would be a lie. Abigail goes and rescues proctor so they could flee together but proctor refuses and tells her to go to hell. However Abigail fled but takes all of reverends money. Elizabeths ask the judges if she can see her husband for the last time and they allow each other to see themselves. As they talk Elizabeth tells proctor that she will not judge him on the actions he does and affirms that he is a good man no matter what. Although Elizabeth would not judge proctor she says that she herself can not confess about witchcraft because then that would be a lie. When the time comes for proctor to confess he can not and crumbles the paper. He says that he can not confess on his name. So he is taken away and they pled Elizabeth to make him confess but she says that she can not stop him. “he haves his goodness now God forbid I take it from him” (page 240). As he goes to his death they do a prayer that would stay within them for the afterlife.
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