The Crucible – Mary Warren Mary Warren is a young servant girl whose ethics are challenged when she becomes afflicted with terror and intimidation. She is a maid for John Proctor‚ and becomes involved in the Salem witch hunt as one of the accusers‚ led by Abigail Williams. Mary Warren is a very weak person in the play‚ who gives in to pressure a number of times. Proctor manages to convince her to reveal that she and the other accusers have been fabricating their stories and ‘supernatural experiences’
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Excessive pride is an inflated sense of one’s personal ego or how they feel about their own accomplishments. The play‚ The Crucible‚ recounts the time period of American history in which the country was being plagued with accusations of innocent citizes working for Satan; these citizens were labeled ’witches’ or ’wizards’. Most of the accused were hanged for their ’sins’ and many were excommunicated from the Church. The author of The Crucible‚ Arthur Miller‚ employs the theme of Pride throughout
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causes people to make rash decisions‚ so he began to doubt all the work he had been doing in Salem and the Witch Trials as a whole. Hale’s inner conflict begins when John Proctor‚ a town leader‚ brings one the “bewitched” girls‚ Mary Warren‚ before the court. Proctor brings Mary because she claims that all the girls are lying about being witched and is ready
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He admitted the truth about Abigail and his past relationship with her when Elizabeth is imprisoned‚ but it was overlooked when Abigail tried to place the blame on Mary Warren. The court believed Abigail’s word because of her authority as crucial evidence to the witch trials. She kept denying her acts of fraud‚ even when Mary Warren confessed the truth and Proctor revealed his affair with her. If Proctor had told Hale about Abigail’s lie beforehand‚ she wouldn’t have any power to cast doubt on Elizabeth
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Proctor had together. So Abigail did everything she can to make sure Elizabeth was out of the picture. One day on trial while sitting next to Mary Warren who is now Elizabeth’s and John’s maid she saw her making a poppet and when she finished she stuck the needle in the stomach for safe keeping. This was when Abigail’s plan fell into place she knew that Warren was going to give Goody Proctor the poppet so she decided to strike herself in the stomach with a needle. Placing the blame on Elizabeth. With
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their lives. Once he found out that Abigail had accused his wife‚ Elizabeth‚ of being a witch and stabbing her with a needle using a poppet‚ he knew enough was enough. He had Mary Warren confess to have been the one to make the doll and that she never saw any spirits of the other accused people. After Abigail started accusing Mary of witchcraft‚ Proctor called out Abigail‚ stating “How do you call Heaven! Whore! Whore” (Miller‚ 1206). Being the time period and the religion that they are‚ making a statement
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intentions‚ for fear of ruining proctor’s reputation. When arrested‚ proctor goes wild and realizes that he must save his wife‚ even if it means losing his good name and confronting Abigail in court about their affair. Proctor convinces Mary Warren to write her deposition accusing Abigail and her friends of lying and never seeing an evil and spirits. When in court‚ proctor confesses that Abigail wants his wife dead because they had an affair and his wife threw her on the high road for being
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Elizibeth had been given a poppet by Mary Warren and it had no intention the make controversy. However‚ John went to Abigail to stop the madness of witchcraft but Abigail did not give up and stabbed herself wit ha needle. As of later‚ the poppet had a needle found in it which led to Elizibeth
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In The Crucible there are consistent themes of the importance of reputation in society during the Salem Witch Trials. Within the town of Salem women specifically were expected to keep and maintain a good image by their actions‚ words‚ etc. Due to the witch trials‚ women were robbed of their good woman title‚ and their honor. Reputation was a key part of society during the time period of the witch trials. Women weren’t seen equal to men‚ and they had to be held accountable to high standards. In
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In Act 2‚ Mary Warren‚ John and Elizabeth Proctor’s maid‚ Mary‚ returned back to their house to announce that she was an official of the court for the witch trials. She said that thirty-nine people were in jail and Goody Osburn will be hung because she did not confess to the witchcraft. Mary told them that Elizabeth was accused‚ but she defended Elizabeth before the case was dismissed. Elizabeth then realized that Abigail wanted to take her place as Proctor’s wife‚ and that she was going to get executed
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