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    Mary Warren is an important character in Arthur Miller’s play‚ THE CRUCIBLE. Much of the action in Act III revolves around Mary’s testimony in court. She is a kind and basically honest girl who tries to do the right thing‚ saving her friends from harm. However‚ throughout Acts I and II‚ Mary is a follower who allows Abigail Williams to negatively influence her good judgment. To make matters worse‚ Mary is terrified of Abigail’s threats. Because of her weak will‚ the reader isn’t certain if Mary will

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    Mary Warren The Crucible is a play about the Salem witch trials and all the people involved with the deaths and he people that actually died. The play explains the trigger to thee trials and the events that lead to the first and last people that were hanged. Mary Warren‚ a character in the play‚ was the cause of a lot of the deaths in the play‚ even though in was pretty much all a mistake. The Crucible really makes you thing about how even innocent people are the most guilty. Arthur Miller was

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    character of Mary Warren in The Crucible? Arthur Miller Shows Mary Warren in different limelight’s of power. At the beginning of the play there is an aspect of her having no power but as you go through the play there seems to be shifts in her power. Miller uses Mary to demonstrate young‚ single women’s power and how when you have so much power it can just slip right out of your hands in one brief moment. Miller shows that power can be taken away pretty easily and quite absentmindedly from Mary Warren’s

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    written about in The Crucible that have many meaning. Mary Warren is a character of importance and shows examples of a lesson that many people need to learn today. Demonstrating qualities of being a coward‚ fearful‚ and a very dishonest‚ the character of Mary Warren is developed by Arthur Miller in order to support lesson that many people need to learn today that if we do not learn from the past that history will repeat itself. Mary Warren is a coward. She demonstrates this quality throughout the

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    went through the same things as Salem are going through with this witchcraft nonsense. Everything that I’ve heard and seen has definitely been happening here because of this woman Mary Warren. Once I heard about this nonsense I knew Mary Warren had to be prosecuted. Do you guys really think that she is such a great person? I personally don’t think so there is definitely hidden evil behind that supposedly innocent face. Ms. Warren has many flaws behind her that proves that she is behind all this

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    The Crucible: Mary Warren

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    during the Salem witch trials. Mary Warren‚ in particular‚ is a young servant girl whose ethics are challenged when she becomes afflicted with terror and intimidation. <br> <br>The essential conflict Mary Warren encounters is admitting to the court that the trials are simply pretend. Internally‚ she realizes that the accusations are mortally wrong and cruel. The trial is based on hatred and revenge‚ resulting in the condemning and execution of innocent villagers. However‚ Mary feels threatened to speak

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    Mary Warren- the Crucible

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    Salem witchcraft trials began‚ Mary Warren was twenty years old and employed as a servant in the household of John Procter of Salem Village. Before her first formal examination on April 19‚ 1692‚ Warren participated mildly in the afflicted girls’ accusations. Both John and Elizabeth Procter disagreed with the conduct of the trials. Therefore‚ when John Procter discovered that Mary Warren participated in the accusations he threatened to whip her until her senses returned. After Mary Warren stayed

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    move the plot along? “Goody” is a term of address much like our “Mrs.” It is short for “Goodwoman.” 9. What motivation is Miller attributing to Thomas Putnam’s actions? 10. What do we learn from the conversation that Mercy‚ Abigail‚ and Mary Warren have while alone? 11. How do we see that Abigail is the acknowledged leader of this group? 12. In his stage directions‚ Miller tells us that despite‚ or perhaps due to‚ his upright appearance‚ John Proctor feels he is a fraud because he

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    Mary Warren Character

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    not change for the better‚ they make go back to their old ways‚ but they change at some point‚ and even the small changes matter. In The Crucible by Arthur Miller‚ Mary Warren changes for the better‚ until she goes back to her old ways. Yet that’s what made her so realistic‚ she wasn’t always good or noble‚ she wasn’t brave. Mary Warren was absolutely‚ without a doubt‚ a coward‚ and a selfish one at that. However‚ she knew she was selfish and cowardly‚ she hated that about herself and wanted to change

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    Mary Warren Essay

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    drama a troubled girl named Mary Warren fights through the false accusations of other girls and the citizens of Salem‚ Massachusetts. Mary Warren is an innocent girl stuck in the middle of a bad situation. She is forced to make some harmful decisions in order to protect her own life. Mary Warren is a young girl that is intimidated easily. She is a follower and her leaders are John Proctor and Abigail Williams. Throughout the play both Proctor and Abigail force Mary to do things that put her life

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