Question

In The Crucible, the children have taken over society and gained real power over the adults. Miller emphasizes this in this section by showing the children acting in childish ways—mimicking, taunting, and playing games, but with deadly consequences. What has allowed this to happen? Be sure to cite evidence from the text to support your claims. Your response should be 200-300 words.

Answer 1

What allowed this power to the children was the intense fear that the population had of the accusations of witchcraft and the faith in the children's word.

We can reach this answer through the following information:

• "The Crucible" is the story set in a Puritan community and portrays the trials of the Salem witches.
• Puritans believed in the purity of children and that this purity made them always speak the truth.
• The witchcraft accusations, which provoke mass hysteria in the city, started with the accusations made by children, mainly girls.
• This gave a lot of power to the children, who could take revenge on adults who didn't act as they wanted.

Thus, the children managed not only to take control of the city, but they took advantage of this power to torture the adults, teasing them and threatening to be accused of witchcraft.

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