In Arthur Miller’s play “The Crucible”, the character’s were used to emphasize the supernatural within the Yellow Bird scene to create an atmosphere filled with pandemonium in the town of Salem.
This hysteria was created by using the town of Salem, Massachusetts during the time when blaming someone else was the only choice to escape the accusation of being a witch. Abigail Williams reacted to Mr. Hale’s instinctual claim of “always [striking] [him] false” with a “weird, wild,” action as well as emitting a “chilling cry” while pointing to the ceiling and pretending to see a yellow bird (114). Abigail claimed Mary’s spirit, bound by the devil, controlled the imaginary bird that only the young women could see. A chaotic courtroom was created