What Are False Accusations In The Crucible
False accusations affect the character’s lives in “The Piece of String” and the “The crucible” both externally and internally. In the story “The Piece of String”, Maitre Hauchecome was an outsider. His economic position was very weak. He also didn’t have a good reputation, that’s why people mocked him when he tried to show his innocence. “... prolonging his history every day, adding each time new reasons, more energetic protestations, more solemn oaths…”(7) He had a conflict within himself because he got convicted to a crime that he did not commit. The more he denied, the more artful his argument, the less he was believed. He was affected internally. When the villagers said “You big rascal”(6), he grew more and more angry, feverish, in despair