The Crucible and Me

Although The Crucible is a very old play and I am not a Puritan like most of the characters in it, I am able to relate a little bit to the play. The connection that I am able to make is through Rebecca Nurse. I am not saying that I am all high and mighty and people look up to me, I'm saying that I have been falsely accused of a "crime" that I did not commit and did not find out about until it had already happened. Now before you start freaking out let me explain. In my house there is a carton of milk (among other things) that is for everyone to use and put in their coffee and cocoa and what ever else it is that you want to drink...and then there is the coffee creamer that is only to be touched or used my mother and all her important coffee needs. Then there is my 13 year old brother Jacob, and he does not like to follow rules and frankly likes to make my mother mad, however my mother thinks that he is an angel and feels that he can do no wrong (gag). Now one night Jacob made cocoa and decided that instead of putting regular milk in his mug he would use my mother's coffee creamer. He used about a quarter of what was left in the bottle actually. When my mother went to make her coffee the next morning (1/3 coffee and 2/3 creamer) she noticed how much less coffee creamer there was in the bottle than there had been the morning before. She asked Jacob and of course he said that he had nothing to do with it and his shiny little halo gleamed above his head. Having eliminated Jacob from the suspect list that left my 4 year old brother Daniel and me. Now because Daniel is 4 she didn't even think of asking him...because he can't get his own drinks. So who did she accuse? I'll give you a hint...it was me. I got a very stern talking to and was unable to have any of the coffee that she made for the rest of the month while Jacob got off scott-free and even made a point of telling my mom that he was certain that it was me who had done it.
How does this relate to Rebecca Nurse you ask? Well Rebecca Nurse was accused (and later hanged) of being a witch. She was an outstanding member of society and most everyone liked her and her husband. She basically did absolutely no wrong but was accused and sentenced for a crime she was not a part of. She was able to recite all of her bible verses and wanted nothing to do with Samuel Parris's witch hunt, which I would say should have proven that she was innocent. She reacted the same way that I did when I was accused of the "coffee creamer crime", we both immediately admitted that we had nothing do with anything of the sort. Which most people (the people at the trial and my mother) immediately take as protesting to much, a sure sign of guiltiness. We are both women who did not deserve the punishment that we received for crimes that we did not commit.