his authority needed to be kept. Parris believed that the church is the authority of all people in the town. Since he was a Reverend‚ he considered himself an authoritative figure and by commanding people he maintained his power. Parris challenges John Proctor’s love for god when he says he has failed to
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exudes jealousy and envy over Elizabeth Proctor and she wants her dead for it. In Abigail’s raid of jealousy‚ she first mentions Elizabeth’s name in court and then she has Mary Warren give Elizabeth a poppet which is soon used against her. When Abigail and the other girls were first dabbling in witchcraft‚ Abigail supposedly drank blood which was supposed to have killed Elizabeth. Abigail has such hate for Elizabeth due to the fact that she is married to Proctor and also because she had fired Abigail
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The Crucible. Her relationship with John Proctor and her animosity towards Elizabeth Proctor all stem from her evil ways of lechery. Abigail loved John‚ but John only had lust for her because of strains in his marriage. This lust became evident. She makes her story plausible by using spectral evidence against the accused. John Proctor knows he did wrong and has repented his ways‚ however Abigail refuses to forget and repent; she wishes to runaway with John and stay with him. Abigail continued
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confessions from those accused to protect the John Proctor and his wife. Reverend Hale job was to get confessions from the people said to be witches. In Act three though he has a change of heart. When Elizabeth doesn’t say he husband has committed adultery she becomes in trouble. Hale raises to her defense‚ “It is a natural lie to tell!”(75). He later says that Abigail‚ “…is false!”(75). Hale’s change of heart is brought about when he comes to believe the John is telling the truth. The reverend goes from
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the move = 56:05 Abigail Williams - is Parris’s niece - raised as an orphan after her parents were killed by Indians - used to work for the Proctors until Elizabeth found out Abigail and John were having an affair - is in love with John Proctor - 17years old - brilliant actor and persuading the other girls to follow her into blaming anyone being a ’witch’ - is controlling‚ intimidating‚ charismatic‚ good liar‚ selfish‚ manipulative - is a ’whore‚ witch‚ harlot’ - she is the one that starts
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Elizabeth and John Proctor‚ A relationship that defines the main characters‚ as well as their inside thoughts and desires. We first get a true depth into the strained relationship of Proctor and his wife‚ when Proctor encounters Abigail‚ desperate young women who he once had feelings for and became unfaithful with. “John I am waitin’ for you every night. Abby‚ I never give you hope to wait for me” we are introduced to the affair‚ and the impact of it on Abigail‚ she is still idealized for Proctor and herself
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naked in the forest‚ presumably performing witchcraft. The townspeople were all in paranoia and convicting women of witchcraft‚one of the convicted women is Elizabeth Proctor‚the wife of the protagonist John Proctor.Arthur Miller shows how fear can lead to blame through the wavering‚timid‚ and dishonest nature of Mary Warren‚who is John Proctor’s servant. Through Mary Warren’s wavering nature the author shows how fear can lead to blame.When all the characters were in the courtroom in act 2 scene
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“How may I live without my name? I have given you my soul; leave me my name!” Says the character John Proctor in Arthur Miller’s The Crucible. Probably the most powerful line the entire play‚ it is apparent that the idea of the importance of “names” is the central theme of this great classic. The author begins to develop this idea early in the play beginning with the conversation between Reverend Parris (a fearful reverend who instigates the witchcraft panic when he finds his daughter‚ Betty
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1.The court is considering the evidence that they have on her being a witch‚ Hawthorne calls her out when he questions‚” there is abundant evidence in our hands to show that you have given yourself to the reading of fortunes‚ Do you deny it?”. She responds saying‚” I am innocent to a witch. I know not what a witch is.” 2.Giles Corey accuses Thomas Putnam’s of his purpose in promoting the witch trials to be morally unsound. Giles declares‚” Thomas Putnam is reaching out for land!” By yelling this
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extreme stress or pressure they change into something else and react in different ways. People can change just like metals do in crucibles. They can change personalities do things that no one expected them to do. Reverend Parris‚ Reverend Hale‚ and John Proctor in The Crucible‚ changed under pressure and did things that were unexpected when they were were under great pressure. Reverend Parris’s judgement is usually clear but recently it is unclear when he finds out there is witchcraft happening around
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