In Arthur Miller's play The Crucible the main characters contribute to the chaos
that is aroused in Salem. Abigail Williams, John Proctor, Thomas Putnam and all
contribute to the chaos surrounding the trials. If it had not been for these people most of
the men and women who died never would have seen the horrible death they did. Abigail
was the main source of the craziness that went on in the town and John Proctor's
stubbornness didn't help much as well. Thomas Putnam was just a greedy money loving
man who had no respect for human life.
If it were not for Abigail Williams none of upheaval that took place never would
have gone on. Salem went into hysterics because of a girl who did not want to get into
trouble for something that she knew was forbidden. All she had to do was admit that she
had done something wrong and not blamed everyone else in the town for her wrong
doings, then everything would have been fine. Also, she caused problems with the other
girls. She was the main influence for the lies that were told by other girls who were
"witched". She was the one who told that if they told anyone the truth about what went
on in the woods that she would personally kill them. Even when one of the girls tried to
stop by telling the courts the truth, Abby persuaded all the others into lying just so they
would not get into trouble. Abby was the main problem in the Salem witch trials, if she
had taken responsibility and not lied and gotten others into trouble, and killed, nothing
would have gone wrong and Salem could have been a normal town.
Thomas Putnam was another major influence in the hysterity that occurred in
Salem. He was a greedy and revengeful man, who thought of nothing but himself. He
turned in his neighbors for witch craft they never committed. Putnam had many of his
neighbors hung because he was hungry for land and money. He would make his dau...