Ap Essay Number 2

In The Crucible the author has girls, who are believed to be "witches",  rebel against what was expected out of women by society and the Church.  They used many mischievous acts to manipulate people into what they wanted and "needed." The girls lie, frame others, and one of them tries to have an affair with one of the married men in the town.

In the time period the story took place, women were expected to take care of the house, the kids, and only talk to when spoken to.  In the beginning the girls are caught "dancing in the forest" and are accused as witches, but they lie their way through the accusations and flip the blame to others in the village. Once they learn this power they begin to use this new profound freedom of speech and accuse anyone,as witches, in the way of their wants and needs.  They leave their jobs in townspeople's houses because they are in the courts sending innocent people to be condemned.

In the early years of America religions like Puritanism were very popular.  The Church was what life and towns revolved around.  Everyone tried their hardest to leave a honest, Catholic life so when the day of their salvation came they didn't get sent to Hell for an eternity, but in this play the girls threw away all of their religious beliefs, which at the time was unheard of, and ran with no thought of the consequences of their actions. They were being non-puritan and going against everything that their society was set out to be.