The Crucible 2/3 book

In act two of The Crucible, 14 people have been arrested and accused of withcraft by Abigail and the girls. They accuse people they want and whoever is accussed by them is suspected guilty and put in jail. This shows how much power the girls have gained just due to the fact that every one in salem is scared, including all of the men who are supposed to be leading the town, and will believe anything to make the issue of witchcraft go away.One family in Salem does not believe in all of the witchcraft madness and that is John Proctor and Goody Elizabeth Proctor. John knows that Abigal is making all of her accussations because she told him. When John tells Elizabeth this she losses faith in him knwoing that he and Abigail were alone together. Even though The Proctors tried to stay out of this, their made,Marry Warren, went to a trial and stated that Elizabeths name had come up in the trial. Abigail brought it up because John Proctor and Abigail had an affair and Abigail wants to be with John so she is trying to get rid of Elizabeth. The night Marry Warren came home from the Trial, she had given Goody proctor a doll she had sewn in the trial. A few days later, Ezekiel Cheever and Herrick, town marshal, came to arrest Elizabeth , asking her if she owned a doll. She said no, that she had not owned one since adolecence. Cheever spots the one Marry Warren had given her and finds a needle in it. The evening prior,Reverend Parris had found a needle in Abigails stomach, and Abigail accussed Elizabeth of witch craft. Abigail and the girls have an unusual amount of power for them to be young, unmarried puritain females at this time. They had the power to ruin anyones life whenever they wanted. I feel like this sets a bad example for women and how they would function if given large roles of influence and/or power. This is an example of why men did not "allow" us(women) to have large power roles in society.Also, it seems as if The proctore family is the only ones who have kept a sound ming throughout what has happened so far, but now that Goody Proctore has been arrested and accussed of witchcraft, John may loose his mind as well. Not into believing all the witchcraft madness but by proving all those that have been accussed are innocent, including his wife. Also proving that Abigail and the girls are nothing but liers and frauds.

The Crucible - 1/3 book read

The Crucible is a drama written by author Arthur Miller that was published in 1953. This play takes place in Salem, Massachusetts in the time on 1692. The small town of salem is ruled by a theocracy type government which means it is ruled by God though the authority of church officials. In the beginning of the play, Reverend Parris has a daughter,named Betty, who is laying in bed sick. He stumbles upon his niece, protagonist of the story, Abigail Williams and other girls in the woods dancing around fire while Tituba, the slave, is chanting weird things. After the event in the woods is discovered, talk of witchcraft in salem circulates around the town. People suspect that the girls in the woods were engaging in witchcraft. Abigail pleads that the girls did not participate in witchcraft but then tells the other girls to blame Tituba and say that she was conjuring spirits of the dead.

This story shows the things people believed in, and how they acted out of fear in those times. The religious group in Salem in that time were called the Puritans. They are very strict christians who believe that religious authorities know everything thats right in the world because they hear it from God. Witchcraft was a threat to that belief so whoever was suspected of being a witch was put to death. The girls in the story knew that what they were doing would get them in a lot of trouble and eventually death. In fear, they blamed the black slave, who was obviously lower in social status them any of the young girls. The girls of Salem have no power because they are female. In that time in history, women had few to no rights. They are starting to gain power over other individuals that live in Salem because they can and are probably going to make more false allegations against other salem citizens so that they do not get in trouble for witchcraft.

Jeffersons Monolouge

Scene: Jefferson is looking in a mirror at himself.

Jefferson: You know, Grant found your writings on the floor. Yea, about how there is a difference between man and hog. What do you believe in ?!( voice a little louder) Your starting to have these thoughts on issues that really bother you but yet, never state a conclusion to anything in your mind. No specific statement on what you believe. Remember when reverend Ambrose came by and told you to pray, ut you cant because you dont know if heaven exist. I guess you dont believe in heaven then, huh?! But (sigh) thats what grant is here for right? Oh, but wait, Grant is lost in what he believes in right. A man on a much solid path than I am, I mean he isnt about to be put to death, needs help from me to find who he is in what he believes. Aint that something. Maybe we will help each other find ourselves. He is already helping me. I will try to help him in any way I can. Well lets go!

Jefferson Diary Entry

Diar Diary,
Being in prison makes me wonder about alot of things.Things that i certainly would not have thought about if i wasnt in prison. Its seems like poor people suffer alot more than rich people do. I mean of course the will suffer financially but the rich people rule the world.The make the world so that certain people are poor.Like black people. White people want black people to be poor. Its true, because the Lord only loves Whites. Thats why the are rich. Well, Grant doesnt think this. He says that I am better than the white people say I am.I dont know about this.I mean if the Lord likes them more than blacks.Then I am what they say i am, Right? Maybe, im not but I dont know, I have low expectations of my self but it would be great if something, or someone somewhere could prove what Grant said about me. Gosh! Ive never had so many thoughts Diary. Orobrably because their was nothing in the past so important for me to think about.

Blog #1: Letter from Jefferson

Dear Mr. Lawyer,

Your words have brought me to a state of insecurity, self-doubt and self-worthlessness. In my trial instead of defending me in a positive manner, your testimony took away my dignity and left me to believe the vile words you stated about my identity. In my defense, you stated that I am unable to think and make plans, being the reason why I could not have made plans to rob the store in which Alcee Grope was working. Stating that I am not a man but a fool, even comparing me to a mindless hog. Your defense did not prove me innocent, but an incompetent, immature minded wrong doer who, by the judges ruling, is sentenced to death. In the times we live in and how people of my race are treated, my self- esteem to begin with was not very high and has now decreased to where I believe I am worth nothing more than a hog. In this racist society you proved the white man’s perception of the black man as a pathetic inhumane individual. I do not know when I am going to be put to death but I do not have many feelings about the matter. I am in a cell and because of you, I now conduct myself in the manner a mindless animal would. I do not wish to have contact with anyone, not even my godmother, Miss Emma. She sent Mr. Grant to come speak with me, about me dying. God Mama wants me to learn how to die like a man. I wonder why she sends him to teach me this lesson that she thinks is so valuable, I mean dying is dying no matter how you die, once you die your dead. Well, from his first visit, due to the way I am acting, I am sure he started to wonder whether the task was and still is possible or not. That would not be an issue if I didn’t believe I was a hog. Well, Mr. Lawyer sir I appreciate you taking on my case and thanks to you I now think, act and conduct myself as a mindless animal. After all, that’s who I am, right?

Sincerely,

Jefferson