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Crucible - Coggle Diagram
Crucible
Key themes
Mass hysteria
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Becomes an unconscious means of expressing the resentment and anger suppressed by strict Puritan society
if the Devil is attacking your town suddenly ensuring your neighbour being punished for selling you a sick pig becomes a necessity.
Some people took advantage of it for personal gain others were genuinely overwhelmed by fear. Particularly the people of a lower class of lower intelligence.
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Fear
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Driven by fear of the unknown, Self preservation
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When Tituba begins the accusations so too do Abigail and Betty to take owness on who they wanted out of their path first.
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key moments
- Abigail and the group of girls dancing in the forest
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- Tituba's False confession
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- John proctors confession to adultery
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counteracted as Elizabeth does not confirm his lie in fears of their own name. Even though it was widely known
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- Johns refusal to give up his name
Most powerful moments in the play, encapsulating its central them of integrity.
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Quotes for introduction
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while the Crucible depicts one witch-hunt, it was written during another.
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