"Tituba's Troubles" Examines Arthur Miller's play "The Crucible" and Tituba's role particularly

Tituba's Troubles <Tab/>In Arthur Miller's The Crucible, Abigail William's is a young puritan woman who leads her friends in court as they wrongly accuse dozens of Salem citizens for being "bound with the devil". Abigail is responsible in some ways for many of the deaths sentenced in the play, particularly that of John Proctor, but Tituba really started Salem's troubles when she falsely confessed to Reverend John Hale that she …

…wrongdoing regarding Abigail, and confesses to "walking with the devil". He, along with two others, is put on trial and hung in front of the town. Meanwhile, Abigail flees Salem where it is believed she became a harlet. While Abigail was not the start of Salem's troubles, she definitely was the leader of the accusations and "spells" the girls had in the courtroom, and could be rightfully blamed for the problems resulting from Tituba's influence.