The
Crucible
A symbol is an object,
action or event that represents something or that creates a range of
associations beyond itself. In the story of the Crucible I think that the
symbols are being truthful and obsessed.
In
this story about 19 people had died because a group of girls had lied in a
court of law. They had been practicing witch craft in the woods. They got
caught red handed and instead of admitting to it they blamed other people.
People had noticed that some girls had been acting weird and the girls blamed
innocent people for their weird behavior. In doing this they got a lot of
people killed. In my mind another reason for the killings was because of
Abigail Williams was in love with John Proctor. She was upset because his wife
kicked her out the house. She later became obsessed with being with him. She’ll
do whatever it takes to be with him even if that’s means accusing his wife of
witch craft. One day she and John meet each other in the woods, and she tries
to have sex with him with but he pushes her off of him saying that they’ll
never be together and that she better not accuse his wife. Later that day she
runs into the courts with a needle inside her blaming Procter’s wife’s spirits
made her do it.
At
the start of the story you see Abigail drink blood from a bird. It very
disturbing for 10 year Betty Parris. It frightens everyone in the village.
People thought that the devil surrounded the town. The girls sent many people
to court falsely accusing them of witch craft. The girls had banded together
and promise each other that they wouldn’t tell. If one were to tell the group
would kill them without thinking twice. They came up with lies and pretended
that they were been taken over by the devil in court so that the men would
believe them.
Eventually the time came for the executions of people. But soon people
got tired of seeing hangings. So people kept away from the girls as much as
possible. It seemed as everybody knew that the girls were lying. Everyone but
the courts. That all changed when John Proctors wife was on trial. John fought
for his wife’s freedom he knew the reason for the lies. He even admitted to
sin. He was later sent to jail for also being accused of witch craft. While in
jail Abigail breaks in his cell and tells him to come with her. John’s response
was I see you in hell. She then goes missing.
Soon the town finds out about her
leaving, they all see the truth of her lies but they need someone to confess to
her lies. They turn to John but he refuses saying that his name wouldn’t be in
shame because of the courts that sent many innocent people to their deaths. In
a way Abigail is the one that loses in this story she becomes the hated liar
and she lost the love of her life
