Crucible body

Though many people fear someone more superior than them, fear is just the devil's way of devouring negative emotion and manipulating them back to frighten the weak. Mary Warren displays these actions when Abby frightens her into not mentioning the truth of what really took place in the courtroom, and becomes intimidated with terror. When Mary is arguing with John on whether to tell the truth Mary's fear starts to take over "in terror: I cannot, they'll turn on me"(Miller,Arthur 80). Marry Warren is Battling with herself as well as John to either go to the court and tell the truth or let Abby be her puppet master and back off and keep quite and not get on Abby's watch list. Fed up with everything Marry still has no courage to confess and tries to escape "struggling to escape him: I cannot do it, I cannot(80)! Proctor tries to get marry to confess so he can save his wife but the power of Abby on Marry is much bigger. Suspicion cannot build and expand reputation if fear is what you intend to have.

What people talk or say behind your back is clearly the position you might stand in through the publics eyes. While Parris only Fears what the town thinks of him and his role in the community he encounters a problem when his niece and his daughter start talking witch. When Parris's daughter cannot wake he turns to Abigail to tell him the truth so he can hide it before, fearing that his enemies will find out and talk badly."Now look you, child your punishment will come in it's own time. But if you trafficked with spirits in the forrest I must know it now,for surly my enemies will ,and they will ruin me with it"(10).Parris as he becomes more fearful and anxious he starts become more demanding of Abigail to give him more information so he can try to hide and protect it so his enemies will not start talk. "There is a faction that is sworn to drive me from my pulpit. Do you understand that (10). Still talking to Abigail Parris starts to fear more and more of what his