The Crucible: Hysteria And Injustice

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wrong.

II. Plot:

The plot begins with the inciting incident where Rev. Parris finds his
niece Abigail Williams and his daughter Betty along with his slave Tituba doing
some dance in the forest. Right when he finds them, Betty becomes sick and
won't talk or open her eyes, about this time other people's daughters become
sick too. Rumors spread that witch craft is involved in Betty's illness and the
development of the plot begins. Important to the major development of the plot
is the fact that in the forest, Abigail and the others were just playing like
witches. But they were following Abigail because she wanted to try to put a
curse on a lady named Elizabeth Proctor. Abigail was in love with Mrs.
Proctor's husband, John Proctor, and she wanted to some how get rid of Elizabeth.
The problem was that as the rumors spread about the devil Abigail went along
with it and blamed the slave woman Tituba for forcing her to join the devil.
The rising action begins when Tituba out of ...

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play is in the court room when John Proctor and Mary
Warren finally say that Abigail is lying and nobody was doing witch craft. But
Abigail is a good actor and liar and actually turns it around on Mr. Proctor and
says he tries to get every one to worship the devil. The court finds him guilty
of devil worship and wants to hang him if he does not confess. The falling
action of the play comes when Rev. Parris comes to court three months later and
says that Abigail has stolen all his money and has left town and he feels guilty
for the people who were accused by her and hung because of it. The court does
not want to admit they were wrong though because they feel the people will rebel
if ...

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