Reverend John Hale A scholar from Beverly‚ Reverend Hale comes to Salem on Reverend Parris ’ request to investigate supernatural causes for Betty Parris ’ suspicious illness and thus instigates the rumors of witchcraft. Hale approaches the situation precisely and intellectually‚ believing that he can define the supernatural in definitive terms. Despite his early enthusiasm for discerning the presence of witchcraft in Salem‚ Hale soon grows disillusioned with the witchcraft accusations that abound
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Reverend Parris‚ Abigail Williams‚ and John Proctor are good examples of how fear and hysteria can destroy good judgment. Reverend Parris had one of the most difficult times with keeping his good judgment‚ especially since he was supposed to be leading the church in Salem. Since nobody in the town really liked Parris anyways‚ when rumors started spreading about his daughter and niece using witchcraft‚ he came to be terrified. He thought they would try to over throw him as minister. Parris did anything
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Reverend Parris‚ base their actions on the desire to protect their personal reputation. When the play first begins‚ Parris fears that Abigail‚ his niece‚ is convicted of being a witch because of her intolerable actions‚ and the witchcraft that associates with his daughter?s coma will cause much chaos and bring down his power as a Reverend in Salem. Parris feels that power and reputation is the most important thing to him as a Reverend and as a townsperson in Salem. For example on page 30 Parris shrieks
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husband’s affair with Abigail Williams. What is also ironic about this event is the reason that it happened. When John Proctor was in trial‚ the judges needed somebody to tell them something about Proctor that they did not know. When Judge Danforth tells Parris to go get Elizabeth Proctor‚ he asks John Proctor if whether she is of trust. Proctor responds that she had never told a lie in her life‚ that she did not have the capability to lie (Miller 873‚ Act 3). I believe that this is ironic because he said
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Betty‚ Abigail‚ and a few more girls were seen by Reverend Parris in the forest gathered around a fire bearing a boiling pot. But‚ what Parris did not know is that the girls had instructed his slave‚ Tituba to prepare a charm for Abigail to drink that would kill Elizabeth Proctor. Abigail assumed that by Elizabeth’s death‚ John Proctor would marry her because she had had an affair with him in the past. But‚ at the startling sight of Parris the girls were frightened and Betty fainted. After Betty was
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opening of the play portrays a worrying and fearful scene‚ when we see Betty in bed not moving and Reverend Parris knelt down and praying. A child unconscious in bed creates tension because we don’t what is wrong and grabs the attention of the audience as the audience would be keen to know what is wrong with the child. More hysteria is caused when Tituba comes in through the door‚ which makes Parris angry and shouts at her “Out of here!” This sharp and imperative sentence allows Miller to show that even
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Proctor is motivated by anger to speak out against Reverend Parris even though no one else does. Proctor dislikes and distrusts Reverend Parris. This can be seen when Proctor says‚ “[there is] no light of god in that man” and “I will not conceal it”(30). He is willing to admit that he does not like Parris and feels that he‚ “can not speak one minute without speaking of hell”(30)‚ and therefore does not have divine backing. Proctor knows that Parris is more concerned about his own pride rather than looking
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in tragedy. In the novel‚ the Crucible‚ written by Arthur Miller‚ the Parris family‚ the Procter Family‚ Giles Corey‚ and the Putnam family can be compared and contrasted to their real life personas. Miller demonstrates a rather dramatic story of a group of families pulled together and ripped apart due to a jealous little girl. But his has some big differences to reality. Tituba‚ a slave from Barbados who was owned by the Parris family during the time of the witch trials was the first person in the
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something out of the ordinary happens the people of Salem automatically blame it for it being the devil. Most likely‚ this was the first generation of people because everyone only looked towards God and there mostly was not different opinions. Reverend Parris is one of the only people in the story that wanted it to not be true it was witchcraft because it could affect his reputation. But‚ for some people they wanted the reason for all of what is happening to be witchcraft. Mrs. Putnam is the cause for
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ultimate fall more devastating. The characters of Parris and Danforth illustrate the moral corruption at the heart of Salem’s society and witch trials. Parris embodies self-absorption through his constant evaluation of every development in terms of how it affects his power and status. The Crucible opens with Parris‚ anxious over the unknown illness of his daughter Betty‚ viciously questioning Abigail on what might have caused Betty’s sudden ailment. Parris discovers that the girls were “dancing like heathen
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