miscommunications between a community all in one area Salem‚ Massachusetts. Accusations broke out between the populace and people in 1692. The Salem Witch Hysteria (meaning a chaotic level of fear) of 1692 began with two girls‚ Betty Parris‚ daughter of Samuel Parris‚ and Abigail Williams. The young cousins first accused Tituba‚ a West Indian brought to assist them in their fortunes. Not too long afterwards‚ the young girls began acting strange and absurd. They crawled under chairs‚ kept to themselves
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task will consist of two letters‚ one written by Abigail Williams‚ one of the major characters of the play and one written by Reverend Parris. Abigail’s letter will be directed to her uncle Parris‚ while Parris will write to John Proctor. With both texts I will show their weak side; the one that Abigail tries to hide by being mean and very direct and the one that Parris attempts to cover up by being
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filled with mass hysteria when a group of puritan girls including Abigail Williams the niece of the local minister Reverend Parris‚ Betty Parris the daughter of Reverend Parris‚ and Ruth Putnam the daughter of Ann and Thomas Putnam‚ accompanied by Tituba the Barbadian slave of reverend Parris are found dancing in the woods by Reverend Parris. The next day Ruth Putnam and Betty Parris fall sick and the town jumps to witchcraft to be the cause. In order to keep her reputation in the town Abigail Williams
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Crucible takes place in Salem‚ Massachusetts in 1692 * Salem under a theocratic form of government * we learn that Reverend Parris’ daughter is sick * rumors of witchcraft are running through Salem about Betty because her sickness is unknown * Abigail‚ Parris’ niece‚ Betty and a group of girls were seen dancing in the woods by Reverend Parris * Parris jumped out of a bush when he sees the girls dancing‚ startled them‚ and Betty has been sick ever since * Mrs. Putnam is introduced
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heat. When things are under extreme stress or pressure they change into something else and react in different ways. People can change just like metals do in crucibles. They can change personalities do things that no one expected them to do. Reverend Parris‚ Reverend Hale‚ and John Proctor in The Crucible‚ changed under pressure and did things that were unexpected when they were were under great pressure. Reverend Parris’s judgement is usually clear but recently it is unclear when he finds out there
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with Betty Parris laid “inertly on a bed” and Reverend Parris knelt weeping and praying‚ instantly creates tension and suspense for the audience who are unaware of the situations‚ which have led to this strange occurrence now portrayed before them on the Stage. Parris’s concern and fear of what is happening to his daughter alerts the audience to the seriousness of Betty’s condition and so causes for a sense of drama and tension to further grow in the audience’s minds. Reverend Parris is powerless
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it was abused abruptly as an excuse to rule salem‚ the ones who thought they were doing god’s work later found out that they are doing the opposite. That they are killing innocent people. Well at least some did change and some didn’t‚ like reverend Parris. The puritans see it as a life manual. In The Crucible‚ Arthur Miller uses many different types of themes throughout the play. The theme that seems to be the most important one in the play is religion. Religion is always in all the characters’ mind
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at times. Some people let their greed get out of control‚ which was exactlywhat happened in Salem during the witch trials. Three people’s greed brought up this whole tragedy of the trials‚ convictions and hangings. These three people are Reverend Parris‚ Thomas Putnam and Abigail Williams. Thomas Putnam was a "well-to-do‚ hard-handed‚ landowner." He valued his land probably more than his marriage‚ his other possessions or his anything else that he had. He used his land as a power source to get anything
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group of English Protestant Christians who came to New England in hopes of changing their religion. The Puritans used the Bible as the guide to their life‚ basing decisions on it and taking the Bible literally. The trials in Salem began when Betty Parris and Abigail Williams asked Tituba‚ a West African slave‚ to read them their fortunes. After the reading‚ the girls began "getting into Holes‚ creeping under Chairs and Stools‚…" and later accused two local white women and Tituba as the witches that
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characters of Parris‚ Putnam‚ and Proctor. Reverend Parris‚ the minister in Salem‚ fears the people of the town to a point where he can hardly leave his house without believing that someone is plotting against him. Reverend Parris has a suspicion that there is a faction in the church that is looking to overthrow him just as they have overthrown that past 2 ministers before him. He explains this idea of faction to John Proctor‚ who he assumes to be a member of this. Reverend Parris’ daughter‚ Betty
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