How the Character Tituba Is Formed In The Crucible

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be blamed. All three of them were the low-class of the society and while they were the first to be accused, the first to admit was Tituba. Looking at the primary documents, we can see how the exact three characters were “brought before [the court] upon suspicion of witchcraft” and Tituba “acknowledg[ed] the matter of fact”(3), just like in the play itself. Miller further used the documents in order to base the character’s narrative. For example when being interrogated, she at first denies having familiarity with evil spirits but then continues by claiming that the Devil “came to [her] and bid [her] [to] serve him” (3). It is also mentioned that there were four people with him and the same happens in Act One. Hale asks her if she interacts with the Devil and while she denies it at first, she eventually, in fright, admits it and says “there [were] four” (p.44) people with him, including Goody Good and Osborne. This was the beginning of the hysteria which was to follow in which ...

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