Williams DESCRIPTION OF CHARACTER MOTIVATION FOR ACTIONS PERSONALITY TRAITS 17-year-old niece of Rev. Parris had an affair with John Proctor to protect herself her desire to have John Proctor all to herself witnessing her parents’ murder good at deceiving others violent untrustworthy leader vengeful Betty Parris 10-year-old daughter of Rev. Parris scared to get in trouble scared Reverend Parris Salem’s minister; disliked by many people in the town the fact that he has many enemies who want
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When Susanna exits‚ Abigail makes a confession to Parris‚ which she recants near the end of the Act. What is the confession‚ and why does she change her mind? She confesses that there is no witchcraft. Abigail tells Parris she danced and she is willing to be whipped for punishment for this deed. Later she blames Tituba and others for bewitching the girls. She is motivated both by self preservation and a sense of power. 6. Why does Rev. Parris become upset at the thought that Betty’s illness is
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2a Throughout the Crucible there is evidence that the character Reverend John Hale undergoes evaluation within his own beliefs and those that others tell him. In Acts I and II he strongly believes everything that the court‚ the girls and Reverend Parris tells him. But as the play continues his belief in what those in the village says starts to deteriorate‚ and his own beliefs start to arise. Throughout Acts I and II the reader sees Reverend John Hale’s firm belief that there are witches in Salem
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A specialist in seeking out Satan’s disciples‚ Rev. Hale travels to New England towns wherever rumors of witchcraft are present. Think of him as a puritan version of “The X-Files.” At first‚ the audience might find him to be just as self-righteous as Rev. Parris. However‚ Hale seeks out witches because in his own misguided way he wants to rid the world of evil. He speaks as though his methods are logical and scientific‚ when in fact he uses wives’ tales and mythology to root out so-called demons
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place during the year 1692‚ and what finally stopped the madness of the witch-hunt. The Salem witch trials were fueled by many different things‚ but the beginning of this hysteria can be traced back to a small group of girls in Salem Village. Betty Parris‚ a nine-year-old girl with poor health‚ lived
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The Crucible “A competent and self-confident person is incapable of jealousy in anything. Jealousy is invariably a symptom of neurotic insecurity” -Robert A. Heinlein. The The Crucible by Arthur Miller is a play about witchcraft hunts in Salem‚ Massachusetts where many where accused‚ many innocent victims were faced with a cruel decision. They could either confess that they were guilty and would get punished or deny any relationship with the devil and get hang. Arthur miller was inspired to write
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the crucible essay Rev. Parris and Rev. John Hale are both important characters in the story. These two characters can easily be compared and contrasted. There are some commonalities between the two in the story. Both men are lead male figures in the town‚ but they were also ministers in the Puritan faith. This was important during this time period because of the beliefs of the time period. And the obvious one if you read the book‚ is that both are main characters in the story. One area the two
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group of girls joined together to go in the woods at night to meet a slave woman name Tituba. Tituba is a slave of Reverend Parris. During their meeting all the girls are dancing amongst a fire pit that will be used for collecting material items to be presented for voodoo purposes. Tituba ask each girl to throw in their items into the pot‚ although young Betty‚ Rev. Parris daughter is hesitate but later abides and throws in a frog or lizard in some sort. Last to present their item was Tituba‚ which
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result of Betty Parris’ predicament hinting towards signs of witchery‚ Reverend Parris sends for Rev. Hale of Beverly. As witch-hunts were occurring across Massachusetts in 1692‚ Rev. Hale’s reputation as an expert on witchery manifested from what Salem citizens heard‚ of him being a “sensible” (Miller 35) and “learned man” (Miller 37). In contrast to the spread of accusations in the village‚
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A NOTE ON THE HISTORICAL ACCURACY OF THIS PLAY by Arthur Miller "This play is not history in the sense in which the word is used by the academic historian. Dramatic purposes have sometimes required many characters to be fused into one; the number of girls involved in the ’crying out’ has been reduced; Abigail’s age has been raised; while there were several judges of almost equal authority‚ I have symbolized them all in Hathorne and Danforth. However‚ I believe that the reader will discover here
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