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The Crucible Essay
The story The Crucible takes place during the times of the Salem witch trials in
Massachusetts. This was a time of much hypocrisy in the people of the town of Salem. Many
people believed anything they heard or saw. Although The Crucible is fictitious, the
story depicts the historical information of the Salem witch trials, and blends them with
fictitious characters with minds of their own to create a very realistic plot and
conflict in this story. This story has a few themes that are shown through the actions
and the thoughts of the characters. One theme that I felt had an impact on the outcome of
the story is Fear and suspicion can produce hysteria which results in the destruction and
breakdown of the people. The thesis of the story is shown by people's actions people can
become suspicious of one thing and this leads to an uprising in the town and the people.
The story begins with the dancing of the girls in the forest. When the girls are seen
they become scared and run off. This is what leads to the uprising in the town. The
Puritans are viewed as being very religious they believe in God and everything he did for
them. They believe in an unconditional election in which God has no obligation to save
anyone, no matter how little the problem is. The Puritans use this during the witch
trials in which they hanged many people that were innocent of witchcraft. These hangings
happened because everyone believed everything the girls said and showed. People in the
crowd seemed awe struck by the girls and their ability to view people as witches or not.
These hangings produced hysteria in the townspeople.
In the story because of the dancing of the girls the priests of the town, Hale and Parris
believed that the girls called the devil upon their town. Many people are accused of
witch craft because of the girls. Puritans also believe in The Supremacy of Divine Will
in which god is absolute. When the girls supposedly brought Satan upon their town the
people got frightened and the only way to get rid of the demons in the town is through
several hangings. The girls was the link between the people they could see Satan and the
people 
that followed his work. Through the stories the girls lied about what they saw this
should not have happened. The girls took their fear out on the people of the town and
they did not even realize it. 
The thesis of this story has a large impact on the people and the conflict of the story.
The other side of my thesis would have explained that if nobody in the town got
suspicious or involved in the witch trials there would not have been hysteria in the
people. If this was true there may have been many lives saved including John Proctor and
Rebecca Nurse. The other side 
of the thesis was not used because the opposite of the thesis does not explain the way
the outcome of the story was. If nobody got involved in the trials the conflict/outcome
would have been different.
In conclusion peoples actions and suspicions of one thing can lead to and uprising in the
town. Throughout the story the people turned to the girls to rely on who was a witch. The
girls were led by Abigail she stunned everyone with her attitude and her ability to see
the Devil. Because of what the girls said there was a disturbance in the town. The
Crucible is a great example of fictional/history. It also shows that you can not always
believe what you hear because it may not be true.