The Parris Household Bewitched (the Crucible)
Silas Hanegraaf
The Parris Household Bewitched!
Last night there had been a rumor of all the girls in Salem summoning the devil by witchcraft. Betty Parris is one of these girls, and it has been said she is running rampant around Salem being demon possessed. Nobody knows for sure if she has been bewitched, nor if she isn’t bewitched. These rumors are spreading to be real since Betty Parris is lying without movement in her bed.
It was on the night in Salem, Massachusetts, 1692 where in the backyard of Parris’ backyard many girls were chanting and crying out witchery. One of the many girls that were involved in this discrepancy was Abigail Williams. Abigail Williams is Reverend Parris’ niece and live with Parris and his daughter Betty. The last night Betty, Abigail and several other children were all dancing and messing around by pretending to chant things to the Devil. The girls also had stew cooking on the fire when all of a suddenly, a frog had jumped into the stew on the fire. While all this was still meaningless, Betty is still without motion in the bed and Abigail is trying to tell Reverend Parris that the entire matter was horseplay “Abigail: It were sport, uncle!” (Miller, 1953). Even after Abigail’s many attempts to convince Parris, he still does not believe her.
Betty wakes up from here motionless rest and is faking to be bewitched, but is seeking for attention. Betty begins to go insane claiming that Abigail had drank blood, but Abigail still denies it claiming it was pretend. Parris then realizes rumors are going around and that someone had contacted Mr. Hale to check on Betty. Hale is a doctor that deals with witchcraft and he comes to try and help realize what is wrong with Betty. This is when Hale begins to question Abigail about last night, and she mentions the frog jumping in the stew, and Hale thinks this might have conjured the spirits. Abigail knowing there are no spirits wants Betty to confess but she will not confess and give up the
The Parris Household Bewitched!
Last night there had been a rumor of all the girls in Salem summoning the devil by witchcraft. Betty Parris is one of these girls, and it has been said she is running rampant around Salem being demon possessed. Nobody knows for sure if she has been bewitched, nor if she isn’t bewitched. These rumors are spreading to be real since Betty Parris is lying without movement in her bed.
It was on the night in Salem, Massachusetts, 1692 where in the backyard of Parris’ backyard many girls were chanting and crying out witchery. One of the many girls that were involved in this discrepancy was Abigail Williams. Abigail Williams is Reverend Parris’ niece and live with Parris and his daughter Betty. The last night Betty, Abigail and several other children were all dancing and messing around by pretending to chant things to the Devil. The girls also had stew cooking on the fire when all of a suddenly, a frog had jumped into the stew on the fire. While all this was still meaningless, Betty is still without motion in the bed and Abigail is trying to tell Reverend Parris that the entire matter was horseplay “Abigail: It were sport, uncle!” (Miller, 1953). Even after Abigail’s many attempts to convince Parris, he still does not believe her.
Betty wakes up from here motionless rest and is faking to be bewitched, but is seeking for attention. Betty begins to go insane claiming that Abigail had drank blood, but Abigail still denies it claiming it was pretend. Parris then realizes rumors are going around and that someone had contacted Mr. Hale to check on Betty. Hale is a doctor that deals with witchcraft and he comes to try and help realize what is wrong with Betty. This is when Hale begins to question Abigail about last night, and she mentions the frog jumping in the stew, and Hale thinks this might have conjured the spirits. Abigail knowing there are no spirits wants Betty to confess but she will not confess and give up the