by Arthur Miller. The main character Abigail Williams demonstrates that Unjust people or pride will attempt to break them down by pointing fingers‚ turning Salem people against each other‚ running away‚ and stealing money from her Uncle “Reverend Parris” to defend her mistakes. Abigail is in love with John Proctor‚ whom she has an affair with. John is married to Elizabeth and when she finds out that John is sleeping with another woman‚ Abigail‚ she fires her from being their maid. Abigail’s hates
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The Salem Witch Trials of 1690s was an extremely dark time in American history. More than 200 people were accused of practicing witchcraft and 20 were killed during the hysteria. The events that led to this hysteria caused the people of Salem to be deeply affected by this terrible time in our history. With that in mind‚ the outcome of these trials caused people to be killed even if they were innocent. Historians believe that this time in our history was immensely unfair and no one had a fair trial
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with Betty Parris laid “inertly on a bed” and Reverend Parris knelt weeping and praying‚ instantly creates tension and suspense for the audience who are unaware of the situations‚ which have led to this strange occurrence now portrayed before them on the Stage. Parris’s concern and fear of what is happening to his daughter alerts the audience to the seriousness of Betty’s condition and so causes for a sense of drama and tension to further grow in the audience’s minds. Reverend Parris is powerless
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PUTNAM: Reverend Parris‚ I have laid seven babies unbaptized in the earth. Believe me‚ sir‚ you never saw more hearty babies born. And yet‚ each would wither in my arms the very night of their birth. I have spoke nothin’‚ but my heart has clamored intimations. And now‚ this year‚ my Ruth‚ my only – I see her turning strange. A secret child she has become this year‚ and shrivels like a sucking mouth were pullin’ on her life too. And so I thought to send her to your Tituba- PARRIS: To Tituba! What
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The Crucible. The Crucible is a play written by Arthur Miller. Reverend Parris‚ Abigail Williams‚ Betty Parris and many more characters are found in this play. Find out how the accuse everyone and anyone in the town as to being a witch or conducting witch craft. In Act One Reverend Parris‚ Abigail Williams‚ Betty Parris‚ John Proctor and Reverend Hale are introduced and brought to life. During Act One Reverend Parris Questions Abigail about being in the woods and summoning the devil or
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sparked the “Great Awakening” of this time period. Not only is fear used as a tool for persuasion in Jonathon Edwards‚ sinners in the Hands of an Angry God‚ but it is also used in The Crucible. Reverend Parris and his niece‚ Abigail‚ instate fear into people for two completely different reasons. Parris uses fear in his “Brimstone and Fire” types of sermons. He states that “there is either obedience or the church will burn like Hell is burning‚” to show that the people who
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people started to argue about why betty was sick in the book the crucible‚ parris says‚” there be no unnatural cause here” this arouses some people in the group and then parris and putnam start to argue about how she lost 7 babies because of witchcraft she thinks. in the book the crucible‚ ms putnam says‚ “ they were murdered‚ mr.parris and mark this proof! mark it!. They then
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black woman from Barbados was brought to Salem‚ Massachusetts by Parris. Tituba is not respected in the community as she is recognized as a slave due to her skin color and her Barbados culture. She is treated like she should not be acknowledged‚ let alone compared to anyone as it is looked at as an insult. Proof: Conversations about Tituba in the play‚ show that she is contrasted to everyone else in Salem. When Abigail tells Parris that The Proctors kicked her out of their house because they wanted
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works‚ and even determines whether or not the community will eat. In Salem‚ Massachusetts where The Crucible took place‚ the community is run as a normal town. The only person who can even slightly relate to Grandpa Herman in The Crucible is Reverend Parris. He is the Reverend of the local church and doesn’t control community affairs. Both of the communities are Christian however their denominations vary‚ despite the fact that the church of Fire and Brimstone technically isn’t a denomination. In The
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some sort of a circle form. Judge: Who’s them? Proctor: I can’t name. Judge: If you do not name anymore witches I am going to have to hang you. Proctor: Okay I will name the witches‚ I believe that the other witches may be Tituba‚ Betty Parris‚ and Reverend Parris. Judge: Why do you suspect them? Are those the ones who were saying those weird words as they were sitting in some sort of a circle you say? Proctor: Yes sir they are. As a matter of fact I have an eye witness. Judge: Now why didn’t you
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