Examples Of Inhumane In The Crucible

“On the bandwagon” is a term used to describe people that jump on trends that most people are doing. In The Crucible, when Rev. John Hale was interrogating Tituba, she started accusing two other citizens in hopes that the masses won’t accuse her of undergoing witchcraft/ being a witch. She is seen accusing the people, “there is Goody Good … Aye, sir, and Goody Osburn” (47) which shows Tituba’s characterization as a liar and a deceiver. However, the bandwagon is seen after she has accused the two people in which many of the other young girls also start to accuse others in hopes of not being accused. For example, when Abigail states, “I saw Sarah Good, Goody Osburn, and Bridget Bishop with the devil,” (48) many of the other girls started to accuse

More specifically, however, one of the causes and effects are seen when Abigail blames Tituba for Betty’s sleeping. When Abigail states, “She made me do it! She made Betty do it!” (43) and Hale shifts his focus onto Tituba, Tituba starts to make outbursting comments about how certain citizens were seen with the Devil. The cause of Abigail blaming Tituba lead to the effect of Tituba blaming “Goody Good and Goody Osburn” which will then lead to Hale interrogating those two citizens. This represents “Bandwagon” since Tituba’s outburst were all reliant on the fact that Abigail blamed her. Thus, this lead to Abigail starting to blame others, and the young girls starting to blame more people, as well. Another cause and effect is John Proctor’s conversation with his wife, Elizabeth Proctor. More importantly, Elizabeth’s long dialogue about Abigail. In this scene, Elizabeth talks about Abigail, stating, “where she walks the crowd will part like the sea for Israel.” (53) This isn’t only a Biblical allusion, with respect to Moses, but also an example of bandwagon. Ever since Abigail started spouting random citizen names, the girls were also tempted to do the same. After this, however, the girls start viewing Abigail as their “savior,” that only she can stop the accusations and life will return to

Furthermore, if those that have been accused accuse even more citizens, the mob will therefore attack those people that have been accused. One example of the “mob mentality” is with Rev. Parris and every other character that say the young girls are bewitched. In the beginning, Rev. Parris was scared about the notion of witchcraft, stating, “No—no. There be no unnatural cause here,” (9) but when everyone started talking about the Devil running amok Salem, Rev. Parris changed his opinion to believe in witchcraft. This represents “mob mentality” since Parris changed his mind once it was clear that everyone started to believe in witchcraft. Another example of “mob mentality” is the conversation between Giles Corey and Rev. Hale. Before Rev. Hale arrived in Salem, Giles never mentioned his wife hiding his books, but when Rev. Hale arrives in Salem, Giles tells him about his wife, Martha. Giles tells Hale about his wife, stating, “she hides them … walks out of the house, I could pray again!” However, he didn’t tell everyone else about his wife because they denied the notion of witchcraft. As soon as Rev. Hale arrives and tells them that the Devil may be running amok in Salem, and everyone agrees is when