Plot Summary of The Crucible by Arthur Miller in Under 10 Minutes

the year is 1692 welcome to Salem a society governed by priests who rule in God's name and still believe in the powers of witchcraft and hocus-pocus we start off with the distraught Reverend Parris weeping and praying in a bedroom his 10 year old daughter Betty Parris lies motionless on the bed she seems to be very ill Reverend Paris's orphaned niece 17 year old Abigail Williams enters the room with susana Wolcott the servant of the local town doctor dr. Griggs susannah is carrying a message for Betty unfortunately dr. Griggs can't find a cure for her illness he even suggests witchcraft as the cause of Betty's illness Reverend Parris strongly denies this and sends for an expert on the subject of witchcraft Reverend Hale to confirm that Betty has not been bewitched meanwhile Reverend Parris asks Abigail what happened last night when he caught her dancing with Betty in the woods Abigail says that they just danced and the shock of being discovered made Betty faint I mean everybody loves a little midnight dance in the woods right but the fainting are we sure Betty is just embarrassed and there isn't any witchcraft going on mercy Lewis and Mary Warren two servants from the village into the room they are both Abigail's friends and discuss last night's incident with her they managed to wake Betty up for a moment who suddenly rushes to the window to everyone's horror Betty yells out that Abigail drank blood in the woods as a charm to kill John Proctor's wife Elizabeth Oh gross later we'll find out that Abigail used to be Elizabeth's servant before she was fired for having an affair with John Reverend Hale enters the room as planned to investigate whether Betty has been bewitched to save themselves Tituba Reverend Parris's slave along with Abigail and Betty hysterically accused other people of bewitching them the blame game begins cut - John and Elizabeth Proctor's house five miles from the village Mary has gone and returned from the local courthouse where a few judges from Boston have come to investigate all these claims of witchcraft Mary hands Elizabeth a small rag doll which she sewed while sitting in court Mary also tells them that she saved Elizabeth from being arrested the townsfolk are starting to accuse anyone and everyone of being a witch but who would want to accuse poor old Elizabeth Proctor well Elizabeth correctly guesses that it was Abigail who accused her probably in an attempt to steal John away all for herself Ezekiel Cheever a clerk of the court of Salem arrives after a few minutes of snooping around Cheever discovers a needle in the stomach of Elizabeth's doll creepy right he arrests Elizabeth explaining that Reverend Parris discovered a needle stuck in Abigail's belly that night Abigail had accused Elizabeth spirit of pushing in the needle as Elizabeth is taken away John furiously demands that Mary will accompany him to court and tell them the truth as if we even know what the truth is at this point cut to the courtroom the prosecutor judge Hawthorne is questioning Martha Corey Giles Martha's husband can't bear to watch his wife be slandered and is forced into an empty room next to the courtroom judge Hawthorne Danforth Frances nurse John Proctor and Mary soon enter the room Mary is the first to denounce witchcraft claiming that all the accusations made were false then Giles states that Thomas Putnam accused George Jacobs of witchcraft to gain more land because convicted witches would have to give up all of their property other real motives behind all of this paranoia finally being revealed however Jars refuses to give the name of his source and is arrested for withholding information it's safe to say that the jail cells were filling up fast at this point meanwhile at the trial Abigail denies Mary's assertions that they were lying and uses some impressive acting skills to pretend that Mary has actually begun to bewitch her outraged at Abigail's antics John reveals that their secret affair is the real reason that Abigail keeps trying to get Elizabeth out of the way however without telling Elizabeth about John's testimony Danforth asks Elizabeth why she fired Abigail concern for her husband's reputation Elizabeth lies and says that there was no affair and Danforth is forced to dismiss John's testimony Abigale draws on her acting training again as she and the other girls claim that Mary's spirit is attacking them in the form of a yellow bird when Danforth sentences married to be hanged she switches sides and accuses John of being evil it was John's affair that got them all into this mess in the first place despairing and furious John announces that God is dead that doesn't fly with the townspeople and before he knows it John too is arrested and taken to jail by now Reverend Hale also thinks Abigail is lying he is shocked at the injustice and angrily leaves the court as the play comes to its final act we find ourselves inside the Salem Jail Danforth is annoyed that Herrick the jailer has been letting Reverend Hale pray with the prisoners suddenly Reverend Parris enters looking frightened apparently Abigail has vanished and has taken all the reverends money with her she was probably worried about the riots against the witch trials in nearby towns reaching Salem after all she was the one who accused others of witchcraft to persuade John to confess and escape being hanged Danforth summons Elizabeth Elizabeth says that it is his decision whether to confess or not eventually John decides that he will even though the confession of his witchcraft is a lie Danforth enters John's cell and asks John to incriminate any others who were also practicing witchcraft he refuses Danforth reluctantly stops questioning John he gives John the written testimony and asks him to sign it but John refuses to hand over the paper demanding to know why his repentance must be made public how can he make his signed confession public when it is a lie weeping in fury John tears the paper as Danforth orders John to be hanged Reverend Parris desperately asks Elizabeth to change John's mind Elizabeth ignores Reverend Paris's requests she can finally see that John is valuing honesty above his reputation and she refuses to take that away from him John dies with his integrity we hope you enjoyed this schooling online production for more easy lessons on the crucible check out our analysis of the theme of hysteria and fear

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Length: 9min 17sec (557 seconds)

Published: Tue Jun 16 2020