craft. In Act One Reverend Parris‚ Abigail Williams‚ Betty Parris‚ John Proctor and Reverend Hale are introduced and brought to life. During Act One Reverend Parris Questions Abigail about being in the woods and summoning the devil or doing witchcraft. Abigail lies and says‚ that Betty fainted from shock not witch craft (sparknotes). Abigail I believe is a little bit mental in the
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The Crucible‚ none of them show quite as much development as Reverend John Hale. His character at the beginning of the play and his character at the end are almost completely different people. This change in character is caused by the trials that take place within the town and how Hale perceives them‚ and affects how the reader views his unique character. At the beginning of the play‚ the story introduces the young‚ naive John Hale. Parris has called for him to check out his daughter and see if she
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opinions. It is either their own or societal perspectives that will affect their actions. Arthur Miller’s‚ The Crucible‚ displays a character that shows the difficulty of extreme scrutiny from societal and personal perspectives. The character‚ John Proctor‚ struggles with opinions from society. He also struggles with the difficulty of his own opinions. He struggles to find himself and what will make him happy throughout the play‚ but with the help of his own opinion‚ he is able to find happiness
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Dynamic characters are changed by the characters and events that occur in the play or book. In The Crucible‚ two characters that change for the better are Reverend Hale and John Proctor. They both go on a journey of self due to the hysteria of The Salem Witch Trials. The community had fallen into mass panic over a group of girls who convicted dozens of innocent people of witchcraft. Throughout the book‚ they become more suspicious of the girls and take a more active role in trying to convince people
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Abigail Williams‚ John Proctor‚ and Elizabeth Proctor are influenced by their sex and sexual repression toward each other. The main antagonist of the play‚ Abigail‚ is guided by her sexual urges toward John Proctor. The witch trials that were started by
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utilize her position to her advantage and drive a wedge between Proctor and his wife once again. Abigail even admits that she has “a heat [for John]” and “looks for the John Proctor that took me from my sleep and put knowledge in my heart” (Miller 24). Evidently‚ Abigail still has repressed desires for John. Given that Abigail and John’s affair ended poorly with Abigail fired from her job due to Elizabeth‚ Abigail not only lusts for John‚ but also looks to seek revenge on his wife‚ Elizabeth. In Act
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all the other girls. When all the girls were in the forest with Tituba she whispered to her that she wanted to sacrifice her turkey so she can kill John Proctor’s wife‚ Elizabeth and be with John. When Tituba told her no‚ she smashed the turkey’s head and drank its blood hoping to kill her. The next day‚ when the girls are acting funny and John Proctor hears about it and comes into town‚ she sees him at her house. This is when it shows how crazy she is about him. She follows him outside when he is
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John Proctor wanted Mary to confess the dishonesty of the witchcraft accusations‚ but Abby and the other girls didn’t want her to. When Mary arrived at court‚ ready to confess‚ John Proctor would repeat these words to Mary‚ “‘Do that which is good and no harm shall come to thee.’” (page 88) Proctor would repeat this Bible verse to Mary so she understood the significance of telling the truth. His influence convinced Mary to tell the truth to the court which satisfied John because he knew
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from the beginning of the play to the end. Around the end of the first act‚ Abigail attempts to guilt Proctor into continuing their affair‚ trying to convince him that he still loves her no matter the sin (Miller). She tries by saying‚ “I have a sense of heat‚ John‚ and yours has drawn me to my window‚ and I have
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Hale of Beverly both have strong concern for their prestige in the community. Mary Warren is the servant to John and Elizabeth Proctor and once Abigail accuses Elizabeth and she is arrested‚ John insists Mary tell the truth of what the girls are doing to the court. However‚ Mary is afraid of what Abby can do to her and what could happen if she spoke out against her. Mary speaks her fears to john when she says‚ “I cannot charge murder on Abigail . . . She’ll kill me for sayin’ that!” (Miller 1286). She
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