Feb
2019
The crucible: Making connections
In The Crucible Act 1, Reverend Parris is trying to find the person responsible for Betty’s sickness and the witchcraft activity in the forest. He interrogates Abigail and Tituba, who participated in the witchcraft activity. Since practicing witchcraft is a sin and punishable by death, Abigail and Tituba starts to name names to stop the accusations against them. When Reverend Hale asked if Abigail conjured witchcraft, she immediately blamed it on Tituba as soon as Tituba enters. “She made me do it! She made Betty do it!” (40) When Tituba was accused, she was threatened for being hanged and confessed to working for the devil. “I don’t know, sir, but the Devil got him, numerous witches.” (42) Abigail and Tituba named several names and blamed them for working with the devil. “Aye, sir, and Goody Osburn” (44) “I saw Sarah Good with the Devil! I saw Goody Osburn with the Devil! I saw Bridget Bishop with the Devil!” (45)
This situation reminded me of movie court scenes, where the judge is trying to find out who is guilty of their crimes. In the movie “Sully” the pilot was in a situation where he needed to land the plane on water as an emergency landing. In court, they had different witnesses and victims to testify for the court case. This was a very similar situation to when Reverend Hale and minister Parris interrogates Abigail and Tituba.
shuwu21
February 18, 2019 at 1:28 pm (5 years ago)Dear Evelyn,
For your blog post, it is not clear to me which topic you chose from the 4 options we have. But anyway, I think your connection of the interrogation in The Crucible and the movie Sully is very interesting. I did not watch the movie Sully before, so I am very intrigued to know what is the plot of Sully and how it is similar to The Crucibles interrogation. Was anyone in the movie Sully lying blatant? Or was anyone forced to accuse someone else so that they can get away from responsibility? Or did Sully have to sacrifice and important principle to protect the others?
meltai21
February 18, 2019 at 1:54 pm (5 years ago)Hi Evelyn! I really like how you connect “The Crucible” to a movie. Your connection reminded me of a short video that I saw on Youtube, even though we’re in the same situation but we might see things in different perspective. This leads to my question, do you agree that all of them were in different stances and they look at this problem in different situation? Lastly, I really like how you connect the book to a movie and how you relate back to the novel!
yunche21
February 18, 2019 at 2:52 pm (5 years ago)Hello Evelyn! I found your point about the book reminding you of a judge trying to find out who is guilty of their crimes very interesting. It reminded me of a movie called “The Judge,” which is about a lawyer trying to defend his father, a former judge to be innocent. What did you think about the part in which Tituba and Abigail reveal the devil accompanice? Was it right for them to sellout other, to prove their innocent?