Us vs. Them

In the Crucible all the witch trials are, are tools to get revenge or to gain something from somebody or something.  There were never any actual witches and the witchery was just a political tool.  On one "side" so to speak we have John Proctor, Rebecca Nurse, and Giles Corey, who in a way are the good guys of this story.  The three of them don't believe in witchery, and Proctor himself isn't even a religious man.  Rebecca Nurse who had a lot of knowledge in dealing with children, said at the beginning that all Betty was doing was fooling around pretending that she couldn't wake up.  Giles Corey was just a man who was trying to defend the commoners who were being accused of witchery because the Putnam's wanted their land.  In the end these three are all executed because the other "faction" so to speak twists and plays with the law to get what they want.  This other faction consists of the Putnams, the girls, Reverend Parris, and in a way the judge.  The Putnams want to aquire more land, the girls are all just doing what Abigail is telling them to do, and her motives are to kill Elizabeth Proctor so she can have John all to herself, and the Judge sort of has a crazy vibe that he likes condemning so many people and that killing the "witches" is the right thing to do.  In all all the accusations of witchcraft are just used by certain people to get what they want, and has nothing to do with actual witches or witch problems.