that was using revenge in The Crucible is Thomas Putnam. From the beginning of the play‚ Thomas Putnam had grudges against Francis Nurse for preventing his brother-in-law from being elected to run for office as minister. "Thomas Putnam’s man for the Salem ministry was Bayley. The Nurse clan had been in the faction that prevented Bayley’s taking office" (Act 1). He also dislikes George Jacobs because they have had land disputes in the past. Thomas Putnam decides to have his daughter Ruth charge witchcraft
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events in the forest? About Abigail Williams’s past connections with the Proctor family? 4. What information about Thomas Putnam does Arthur Miller tell us in his expository aside? What does Ann Putnam claim in the play about her dead babies? 5. Before the arrival of John Hale‚ what are some of subjects for petty disagreement among John Proctor‚ Giles Corey‚ Thomas Putnam and Samuel Parris? 6. According to the stage directions‚ how does John Hale enter the first time? 7. What happens when John
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about the effects and difference that civic engagement has done over time. In this analysis I will summarize both of the analysis and talk about the different arguments and my own experiences in civic engagement. In the first article by Robert Putnam‚ Bowling Alone‚ he talks about the decrease in civic engagement throughout the years of American communities in specific population (i.e.) the older and younger people. He showed the different data using charts and statistical numbers and percent
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------------------------------------------------- The Crucible: Act I Characters Reverend Parris Abigail Williams Mary Warren Betty John Proctor Thomas Putnam Mrs. Putnam Rebecca Nurse Reverend Hale Tituba A small upper bedroom in the home of Reverend Samuel Parris‚ Salem‚ Massachusetts‚ in the spring of they year 1692. There is a narrow window a the left. Through its leaded panes the morning sunlight streams> A candle still burns near the bed‚ which is at the right. A chest
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Abigail‚ Thomas Putnam and Paris. On the other hand many people with pure hearts were willing to be hanged than named other people such as Giles Corey and John Proctor. Abigail‚ Paris and Thomas Putnam hearts were blacken by the power of god but granted by the devil. They accused other of witchcraft in order to benefit from it. Thomas Putnam accused other as witchcraft so he could by off the land while Paris accused other who against him to protect his fame. Unlike Paris and Putnam‚ Abigail purpose
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Priyanka Kapur Ms. Ragland H. American Lit 24 September 2012 Abigail and Reverend Hale: The Characters of the “Devil” During the time of the Salem Witch Trials in 1692‚ there were people with manipulative and equivocal personalities who drastically altered the aspects of Massachusetts. Consequently‚ chaos caused an intractable problem in the government of Salem‚ and its principles ruined. Thus‚ in Miller’s The Crucible‚ Miller shows‚ through fictional characters‚ how and who the Salem Witch
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defensive self-absorbed nervous paranoid Ann Putnam mother of Ruth and seven babies who died at birth depression from losing seven children desire for revenge for the death of her children paranoid crazy depressed Mary Warren the Proctors’ current servant her fear of Mr. Proctor her fear of Abigail and the other girls submissive and inferior unreliable naïve lonely CHARACTER DESCRIPTION OF CHARACTER MOTIVATION FOR ACTIONS PERSONALITY TRAITS Thomas Putnam father of Ruth richest man in the village
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DBQ: Salem Witchcraft Trial Hysteria of 1692 In the 1600’s rumors of witchcraft spread throughout England and even more so in New England. Though punishing someone by death for practicing witchcraft was not unheard of‚ it was all but common; that is‚ until the year 1692 in Salem‚ Massachusetts. From the tenth of June to the twenty-second of September‚ twenty men and women were killed‚ all by hanging except one‚ because they were accused and convicted of practicing witchcraft; the convictions
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Ryan Hermes Mr. Kadwell Advanced English 11 January 2nd‚ 2016 Exploitation of the Trials The Crucible‚ taking place in the highly theocratic Salem‚ Massachusetts during the late 1600’s‚ starts off with the local Reverend Parris discovering several girls from the colony dancing in the woods. His arrival causes fright amongst the girls‚ panicking them. One girl‚ Parris’s daughter Betty‚ takes ill becoming unresponsive to any efforts to wake her up. The colonists believe the girl’s illness is
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children and only one child survived. Mrs. Putnam then claims that Rebecca did this purpose and is therefore a witch. Thomas Putnam is a wealthy man and is the first character to start accusing citizens of witchcraft. Thomas Putnam was a wealthy man who owned a lot of land. He used his daughter Ruth to accuse people and take their land away from them after they died. it was a law that if you died that your property was available for auction. Thomas Putnam was the only man around that was able to afford
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