It is not a good idea to blame someone for something they did not do especially if you are the one who actually did it. Like many other children, I used to blame others or even objects for doing something that I actually did. Not only does it probably hurt the person's feelings that you are blaming, but you also sound pretty dumb when you blame an object. In The Crucible there is a lot of blaming going on. Once someone lies about something they did, the lies just keep piling on and everything just goes downhill.
A prime example of a character who is accusing other people of witchcraft in The Crucible is Abigail. I really do not like her. At first she manipulates the other girls into saying that all they did was dance around a fire. Soon though, the story was changed because Parris saw them doing other things. Abigail then blamed Tituba for performing witchcraft. Tituba, not wanting to get in trouble, said she did perform witchcraft, but the devil made her do it. She says she wants to go back to Christ, and then she is forgiven for what she did. At the end of Act I Abigail and Betty are shouting names of people that they said was with the devil. All of this is pretty much a lie. The reader knows that Abigail, Betty, and the other girls have something to do with the witchcraft, and they are blaming everyone else so that they do not get in trouble. Their lies get bigger and bigger, and their accusations get worse and worse. Abigail even accuses Elizabeth Proctor of witchcraft because Abigail wants John Proctor to be with her again.
The girls keep accusing innocent women, and soon, I think, they will get in trouble for it. I at least hope they do. They deserve to get in trouble for blaming innocent people of terrible crimes. They were to be found guilty of witchcraft all they would get is a whipped. The other women could actually be hung for being accused of witchcraft.
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