Tituba

Archetype:
Scapegoat because she is on her way to death and is blamed for all the witchcraft that happened. More people want to see her dead than alive.

Definately scapegoat, every witchcraft sin performed by the young girls of Salem ends up getting pinned on Tituba. The teenage girls have no respect for her, because she is a slave. And they would rather see her dead, than to see one of them get in trouble.

Reader Commentary:
She is constantly framed for witchcraft,and because she is a slave she gets no say and no one believes her.

The young girls of the town know that a slave such as Tituba is instantly discredited due to her rank in society, so they all use Tituba as a scapegoat for their own actions.

Characteristic Adjectives:
black

slave

scapegoat

kind- she never tries and throws the girls under the bus, even when they are selling her out and using her as a scapegoat for sins that they commited

loving- she looks out for betty and Abby despite their hateful attitude towards her



Important Quotations:
Mrs. Putnam says "Tituba knows how to speak to the devil, Mr. Parris".

"You beg me to conjure! She beg memake charm"

"I have no power on this child, sir."

"I don't compact with no Devil!".





Motivation: (shifts) (Evidence)
Video of a major shift in Tituba's goals, and how the reader views her: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-R3KL3x9oI