In Arthur Miller's play "The Crucible," Tituba, a slave from Barbados, meets the devil in the woods outside Salem, Massachusetts. This secret meeting is depicted as part of her involvement in witchcraft, where she participates in rituals that invoke the devil's presence. The woods symbolize a place of fear and the unknown, serving as a backdrop for the moral panic that ensues in the Salem witch trials. Tituba's encounter highlights themes of temptation, societal fear, and the consequences of scapegoating.
becaues they dont want to go to haven
Tituba is allowed to live if she names the people she has seen with the Devil and if she becomes a saved Christian.
Back to Barbados
Tituba.
In Arthur Miller's play "The Crucible," Tituba claims to have seen several people with the Devil. Specifically, she mentions seeing a number of townspeople, including Goody Osburn and Sarah Good, in the company of the Devil. Her confessions play a crucial role in escalating the witch trials in Salem.
becaues they dont want to go to haven
Tituba is allowed to live if she names the people she has seen with the Devil and if she becomes a saved Christian.
Back to Barbados
Tituba was a slave that confessed to seeing the devil who appeared to her sometimes like a hog and sometimes like a great dog
Tituba.
becaues they dont want to go to haven
In The Crucible by Arthur Miller, Tituba accuses Goody Good and Goody Osburn of being involved in witchcraft. She said that the devil came to her at night and that Goody Good and Goody Osburn were with him.
Titiuba of Salem Village takes place in Massachusetts, not on an island. However, it is believed that Tituba was from Barbados.
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if she does not confess to being contacted by the devil thgen she will be hung.
After being beaten and pressured to confess, Tituba confesses that she was in a pact with the Devil. As a slave, Tituba was aware of how powerless she was and decided to just tell them what they seemed to want to hear and her torment. She also goes further and indict several other women as being in league with Satan as well.
She should be hanged and so she shifts the focus from herself by denouncing that she wants to work for the Devil.