She admits to doing this, justifying it by saying, “Reverend Parris, I have laid seven babies unbaptized in the earth, “ (Miller 1.214-215). This is done in hopes to apprehend the person who has been exterminating her children. In attempts to reach closure, Ann sends her daughter, Ruth, to summon the spirits of her dead children. Goody Putnam comes up with a specious conclusion, that a person has been conspiring with devil to rid Ann of her children. Answers are desired, with desperation to know why such tragic events have been occurring. The play is widely performed when social unrest is present in a culture.Suspicion takes over Ann’s conscience after seven of her children are born with pale faces and no heartbeat.Like the witch trials, it was easier to admit guilt than maintain innocence.He felt there was a “witch hunt” within the government and beyond.Miller wrote The Crucible as a metaphor for the Red Scare in the 1950’s.Samuel Sewell was the only judge to apologize for actions.In 1706, Ann Putnam signs a letter of apology.Overall nineteen were hanged, four accused died in prison, and one was pressed to death.Tituba and two elderly women were accused at first by the end, many of the community’s most prominent citizens were accused.Several girls in the town began to have seizures and lapses of unconsciousness after seeking Tituba, a slave from Barbados, for fortunetelling.The Puritan culture attributed its hardships to the Devil.In 1692, twenty were executed 150 were jailed.Many named names to save their own careers.
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