Crucible: Act 2

In Act 2 of the book the Crucible by Arthur Miller, the story really begins to take a turn. There is a lot of ciaos going on in the Virginia area. Abigail and her little clan of brats are pretty much causing all of the trouble. They are publicly claiming and "confessing" that they are witches and freaking everybody out because they were saying how other people were also witches, and how the devil was having an impact on their lives. There are fourteen people in jail. If the accused "witches" who are in jail do not confess to the things they are accused of, they will be sentenced to death by hanging. So many people are getting arrested because Abigail and her band of mean girls tell the people that they are the reason why they girls are acting strange. Th girls go into fits of hysterics, and while they are freaking out, they blame someone else for it. Abigail is making sure all of these weird things are happy so scared people accuse the innocent. At this time, everyone who thought the slightest thing was out of place accused it of the devil or witchcraft. One example is the use of the poppet. Mary Warren had sewn a poppet in the courthouse, and when she came home she gave it to Elizabeth Procter, simply as a nice gesture. There are more people in jail because of Abigail. Apparently, Abigail was in the courtroom at the same time as Mary Warren, and saw her sewing the poppet.  While she was creeping on Mary Warren, she also noticed that she stuck the needle into the doll.  She took advantage of the situation to accuse both Mary Warren and Elizabeth Procter of being witches and dealing with witchcraft, as well as the devil.  As the story goes on, the Virginia area is getting more suspicious of everything going on.  Even things that used to be considered normal are now being assumed of dealing with the devil.  As I have said before, Abigail is the brat that is making all of this up and making life horrible for the whole entire area.

Miller, Arthur. The Crucible. New York, NY: Penguin, 1996. Print.