Intolerance is not a new idea as can be seen in the play The Crucible written by Arthur Miller‚ which takes place in 1692 during the Salem Witch Trials. The Puritans specialized in narrow-minded beliefs as anyone who did not conform to their ideals was not tolerated in their society. Without their ignorance‚ it would have been much harder for the Witch Trials to occur if they did at all. It may seem like dangerous intolerance is an ancient concept‚ but discrimination lives on in today’s society.
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Tituba being a slave for Parris could be easily blamed for his daughter not waking.. Tituba cares for the girls like betty by saying things like “I love me Betty!”(1232). With this quote she shows that she is a caretaker and the dancing in the forest was not meant for harm but a
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The Crucible play takes place in Salem‚ Massachusetts set around the mid to late 1600’s. Inside this peculiar little town most people are very religious and believe in the Puritan religion. For a little background Puritans do not believe or participate in activities like dancing and reading novels. Growing up as a little kid in the Puritan religion could seem like you are being hidden or kept away from activities that would alter your beliefs towards how your religion teaches them. Throughout
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Directions – Read pages three through eight‚ which constitute Miller’s commentary and background on the play The Crucible. Then‚ fill in the blanks below with the missing information. Reverend _Parris_’s age is about mid-¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬ 40s. Betty Parris is the Reverend’s daughter and she is 10 years old. He is no longer married after having been widowed. Although the Reverend has a child he is not very fond of ________. His house is in the town and the _________ __________ is nearby. Salem and
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The play “The Crucible” was published in 1953 by Arthur Miller and takes place in Salem‚ Massachusetts in 1692 during the Salem witch trials. The night before the actual action begins‚ Reverend Parris had discovered his daughter Betty‚ his niece Abigail Williams‚ his slave Tituba and some other girls in the woods‚ where they were performing an occult blood ritual and casting spells. Soon the rumor that something supernatural is going on in the village spreads and puts the village in turmoil. Abigail
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completely convinced that the witchcraft occurring in Salem was in fact reality and was determined to get rid of it whatever way possible. He was constantly researching the source of witchcraft itself and how to destroy it. He investigated Betty Parris and the Putnam’s daughter to gather clues and evidence as to why these events are happening. He also talks with Abigail Williams and Tituba and aks them if they ever recruited others to be followers of the devil. Later in the act‚ Hale’s confidence
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Throughout the play‚ persecution proves to be a direct consequence of fear. Parris wants Proctor to confess and wants everyone to convince him to confess because he fears the town and what they’ll think of him. The obsession Parris had about how the village thought of him overcame and that’s when he started pressuring the people to convince Proctor. Another character that falls into the trap of fear is the Abigail Williams. Abigail‚ a former servant to the Proctors‚ was kicked out because of the
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prefer believing propaganda shoved by the religious figures of the community‚ Reverend Parris and Reverend Hale. These men of priesthood are considered to be completely holy‚ and they were exempt of any accusations of witchcraft‚ unlike almost everyone else in Salem. For example‚ Reverend Hale states that “The man’s ordained; therefore the light of God is in him.” (Hale‚ 66) Hale is referring to Reverend Parris‚ who in his eyes‚ was allowed to be overlooked as a victim of witchcraft because of his
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The Salem witch crisis‚ which occurred during the 17th century‚ involved a series of hearings and prosecutions of individuals in the Salem community who were accused of witchcraft. This crisis began in mid-January when the daughter and niece (Betty Parris and Abigail Williams) started having fits after playing with white magic (Wilson‚ 7). This was followed by more cases of alleged afflictions as other girls in the neighborhood started showing similar behaviors. The more afflictions also led to a long
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wondering after my long night of travelling. I could not dismiss her as a fool thou‚ why any child would ever fake such a thing didn’t make sense. The event of the day that gave me the strangest feeling was meeting with the town preacher. Reverend Parris‚ I very cold man he was. A stern handshake more like that of a merchant then the head of the church. I questioned his character from the very moment he welcomed me. Although this is a pure town the forces I felt today were unnerving I can only pray
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