In Arthur Miller's Crucible, eight Salem girls face a dilemma. The eight girls were in trouble because their uncle Parris, who was a minister, saw them dancing in the forests without knowing who was watching them. Uncle Parris believes that the girls' dancing is the cause of the illness of one of the youngest girls, Betty. Betty was thought to be in a coma right after the girls danced in the forests. When the girls were asked why they danced selfishly in the forests, they blamed everyone they thought of and hated and accused them of making them drink cow's blood (Act 1; Page 19) and sending their spirits to them (The Mary Warren incident of act 3; pages 114-115). The Salem witch trials were caused by people selfishly blaming others for their own conflicts. An example of this selfishness is when one of the girls, Abigail, influenced the girls to pretend to be bewitched. Abigail said, “Now look at you. All of you. We danced. And Tituba conjured the dead sisters of Ruth Putnam. And that's it. And mark this. Let any one of you utter a word, or the shadow of a word, about the rest of things, and I will come to you in the dark of a horrible night and bring you a sharp judgment that will make you shudder... » (Act 1; page 20). Abigail said this when her uncle became suspicious of her and the girls dancing in the forests. Since the girls knew it would become real if they didn't listen, they covered up all of Abigail's mistakes and pretended to be bewitched. Also, on top of what happened, the girls lied to the court about Mary Warren (Act 3; pages 114-115). This was a form of lying because they were lying by acting "wrong" about the fact that Mary Warren was controlling their minds by copying everything Mary said. This ...... middle of paper ...... itch trial was caused by people's selfish actions and the manipulation of others. Both Abigail and Thomas lied and manipulated others into lying for their own selfish reasons. If the girls had not lied, nineteen innocent men and women convicted of witchcraft and witchcraft would not have been hanged on Gallow's Hill and innocent Giles Corey would not have been pressed to death if not for the girls who condemned his wife. who was convicted. Plus, if Abigail hadn't lied and confessed earlier, she wouldn't have had to steal from Uncle Parris. Mary Warren was also selfish, because if she had not confessed without accusing John Proctor of being the devil's man, John Proctor would not have been hanged for no reason. If the influence had not taken place during the Salem Witch Trials, the story told today would have been entirely different.