In Arthur Miller’s The Crucible‚ the character who has a major impact on the village is Mary Warren. Even though Mary is John Proctor’s maid‚ and claims she will always do the right thing‚ she needs the help of Abigail Williams. Although‚ Mary is afraid of Abigail and all the things she can do‚ Abigail is known for being deceitful and clever‚ and that is exactly what Mary Warren wants to be when the time comes. Mary Warren gets herself out of trouble with Judge Danforth and Hathorne during the trials
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The Crucible‚ by Arthur Miller‚ Abigail Williams’ behavior is not without reason; her mental instability is to blame for her actions. For example‚ she saw her parents murdered as a child and this seems to have lead to her being mentally unstable. John Proctor‚ a much older man‚ also basically sexually abused her. And her being raised by Reverend Parris‚ the paranoid‚ power-hungry man‚ is sure to be messing Abigail up in some way or another. As a young girl‚ Abigail witnessed both her mother and father
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story that are dynamic like John Proctor and Abagail as a static character. John Proctor is one character in The Crucible that is a dynamic which change a bit throughout the story; for he has changed from a quiet “farm boy” to a man with huge couragement. At the beginning of the play‚ Proctor kept things inside of his mind‚ and tries to get Abagail to keep the main secret that John had since he knew that he wife‚ Elizabeth‚ would not tell what happen seven months. When John and Abagail had an affair
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Miller makes us respond to her throughout the play (30 marks) Throughout the Crucible Miller uses Elizabeth‚ who is a pious character‚ as a judge of character. Through her eyes we learn who is innately good such as Rebecca Nurse‚ we learn that John Proctor is a tragic hero whose fatal flaw is that he is “somewhat bewildered” and that Abigail truly is “a whore” with an “endless capacity for dissembling”. The audience trusts her because when Hale asks her if she knows her commandments she says‚ “I
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failings of this system as indicated by the juxtaposition of Miller’s stage direction “Hale in a fever of guilt and uncertainty” with his words “Proctor‚ the court is just”. This demonstrates that he was not able to instantly relinquish his connection to the Salem community‚ despite the moral ramifications. He loses all sense of self-respect as he encourages Proctor to “give his lie”‚ which directly contradicts one of the Ten Commandments reiterated throughout the play “Thou shalt not bear false witness”
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helplessness. The Crucible and June Bug contagion occurred due to Paranoia.In the first place‚people were getting hanged because of lies they hear and believe everything what certain people say without any proofs or evidences.In the play crucible John proctor states that “people
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power-hungry‚ and intelligent attributes that were demonstrated in The Crucible. In the midst of McCarthyism‚ Abigail would continue to be as ruthless and cunning as she was when she confronted the Witch Trials. She accuses Elizabeth Proctor of witchcraft so she can marry John Proctor. She was never afraid to lie to save herself and burden others with accusations. Abigail claims Mary Warren is a bird threatening her safety so that she can fool the others in believing that she is not a witch.Those actions
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because she’s in love with John Proctor from whom she had an affair with. She does everything she does to try to get John to be with her. One night when Tituba and the other girls went out in the woods to dance around a fire Abby brought a chicken. She drank the chicken’s blood and sacrificed it into the fire in hope that Elizabeth proctor would die. When Betty wouldn’t wake up from her sleep while John came to visit her‚ so then Abby tried to make her move with him. John stated that he didn’t want
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continuously. In this case‚ revenge should never be an option‚ but unfortunately it is used very often in ¨The Crucible.¨ Abigail’s revenge against Elizabeth Proctor was cold and evil. For example‚ Abigail makes Mary Warren give Elizabeth a poppet that was used to stab Abigail. In act #2‚ Mary Warren says to Elizabeth‚ “I made a gift for you today Goody Proctor. I had to sit long hours in a chair‚ and passed the time with sewing.” Abigail framed Elizabeth to get her in jail. To better explain‚
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Conflicts in the Crucible 1. Tituba confesses to witchcraft and reveals the names of other women in Salem who are consorting with the Devil. The girls‚ led by Abigail‚ begin to accuse other women of witchcraft 2. John Proctor vs. Elizabeth Proctor- Proctor has an affair with Abigail. Elizabeth knows of the affair and doesn’t forgive him. 3. Reverend Hale vs. himself‚ Judge Danforth‚ and Judge Hawthorne- Hale knows there is no God present in witch-hunting and he questions his motives as well
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