The Change in Salem

The town of Salem has changed durastically throughout the story of the Crucible. Entering the final act of the story, the whole town is different. In the beginning of the story, everyone believes in witchcraft but doesn't want to get involved with it and don't plan to. Then all of a sudden, the girls start accusing innocent people and pretty soon the entire town is caught up in witchcraft. The whole town is in mass hysteria. Towards the middle of the story, the majority of the town has been accused of witchcraft. Some people of the town are getting suspicious. One of these people is John Proctor. He figures out that the girls are just accusing innocent people of witchcraft. He can't believe that the people of Salem aren't figuring it out as well. When he says," If she is innocent! Why do you never wonder if Parris be innocent,or Abigail? Is the accuser always holy now? Were they born this morning as clean as God's fingers? I'll tell you what's walking Salem--vengeance is walking Salem. We are what we always were in Salem,but now the little crazy children ar jangling the keys of the kingdom, and common vengeance writes the law! This warrant's vengeance! I'll not give my wife to vengeance!!"(page  77) He can't believe that everybody just believes the children.Towards the end of the play people are starting to realize that the kids are making this up. Hale especially changes. He realizes it's a little far fetched as well. People also get suspicious when some of the girls just disappear. Overall the town of Salem was pretty messed up.

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