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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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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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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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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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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This also shows how Mary is worried about her reputation so she throws John under the bus. Then a copious amount of people continue to be arrested for witch craft because these young group of girls keep making accusations at people sometimes for family personal reasons other
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Mary Anne Warren argued that fetus is a human being but not a person‚ which only persons have full moral rights. What is human being? What is person? Is it right for a woman to carry out abortion? In this essay‚ we will pinpoint at commenting her criteria on personhood. It is useful to look beyond for us to decide whether other beings like aliens are a person or not. If we want to be sure of behaving morally towards these beings‚ we have to somehow decide whether they are people‚ and hence
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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 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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