Women of Salem The Crucible is a play that contains many betrayals and lies. Among these‚ there are three women who have a role to play. Abigail Williams was an absolute ‘witch’. Mary Warren saved herself. Last but not least‚ Elizabeth Procter never lied. Each of these women showed society who they were as they played their role. “Abigail Williams‚ seventeen‚ enters – a strikingly beautiful girl‚ an orphan‚ with an endless capacity for dissembling. Now she is all worry and apprehension and propriety”
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In the court case resulting in this. In the court Abigail breaks down and get all of the other girls to join her in mimicking everything that Mary Warren in saying trying to accuse her of casting her spirit onto them and trying to hurt them in this way. Mary Warren in an attempt to save her own skin‚ then breaks down and admits her love for God and she tells everyone that it was John Proctor that was a devil worshiper and that she couldn’t do anything
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hysteria. Arthur Miller uses Mary Warren to show how hysteria causes the town to fall into pieces because of the destruction‚ hallucination‚ and distrust rampant in Salem. Hysteria causes the town to frantically destroy itself from the inside out. This is shown in Act II when John Proctor asks Mary Warren “is it true? There be fourteen women arrested?” and Mary explains how “there be thirty-nine now” (Miller 1238). This drastic jump in
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Dishonesty and lying are huge factors in The Crucible and in society today. We are all guilty of lying or being dishonest at one point in time. The Crucible written by Arthur Miller in the 1952‚ is based in Salem Massachusetts. The book is centered around witchcraft being committed by local citizens in Salem. In the book John Proctor and Abigail Williams are the two main characters that are dishonest throughout the book. Witchcraft is known throughout Salem at the time because multiple groups of
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The Crucible by Arthur Miller is set in Salem in a Puritan community. John Proctor‚ Elizabeth Proctor‚ Reverend Hale‚ Reverend Paris‚ and Abigail are the main characters. The book is about witchcraft or what the town thinks is witchcraft. John Proctor is the tragic hero because he is loving‚ loyal‚ authoritative‚ but his tragic flaw is his temper. John is a loving husband. He proves that by telling Elizabeth‚ “It is well seasoned” (p. 48) in reference to the rabbit she cooked‚ in which he had
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takes place. In Arthur Miller’s The Crucible Elizabeth Proctor develops from a powerless woman‚ to a protective wife‚ to supportive wife. In act two Elizabeth Proctor shows the character trait of being powerless women when she is confronted by Mary Warren. Elizabeth says‚ “I couldn’t stop her.” Proctor responds‚ “It is a fault‚ it is a fault‚ Elizabeth—you’re
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character is Mary Warren she is very honest and innocent. Mary went to the trials‚ she made the doll that basically put Elizabeth in jail‚ When proctor made her lie she still came out and told the truth. In fact‚ Mary was very interested in the trials she was even in the court room knew every detail about everything. Mary went to court when proctor told her not to this was in act to proctor and Elizabeth was so furious with her they demanded
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Abigail Williams is a very selfish‚ liar‚ and cunning character. She holds most of the responsibility for the groups of girls including Tituba meeting in the woods. Once Reverend Parris discovers them‚ Abigail attempts to conceal her behavior because it will eventually reveal her affair with John Proctor. Abigail is very selfish‚ she had an affair with Mr. John Proctor even though he is married. She states that she only wants john for herself. She also told john they could run away together‚ to be
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The Salem Witch Trials can be described as a set prosecutions of people who were charged with witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts despite a lack of evidence. The Crucible‚ by Arthur Miller‚ portrays the catastrophic events that occurred in Salem and their impact on their society. In the play‚ Abigail Williams is dismissed as the servant of the Proctors due to her affair with the husband‚ John. Proctor wants to move on after the affair as he states‚ ‘I may think of you softly from time to time‚ but
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Danforth had jailed the wrong people. Reverend Hale is not the true Hero of the story. Hale just tried to help and free them and convince Judge Danforth that Abigail and the other girls was lying on Mary Warren. When they were saying Mary Warren was controlling the girls and John Proctor knew Mary Warren was innocent‚ he kept telling Judge Danforth that they were pretending but Danforth was being Gullible and believing them.
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