very high temperatures; thus a severe trial or test). Get ready to have your brain melted!! List of Characters Reverend Parris -- vicious‚ shallow‚ cowardly‚ villainous‚ peacock of a man (former merchant in Barbados) using God as a pretense to extort whatever riches he can out of the already economically strained villagers in Salem. Betty Parris -- daughter to Reverend Parris‚ mother is dead. One of the afflicted girls. She suffers from a malediction that clears up when the adults leave the room
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She was a servant in the house of Reverend Parris. Tituba was a dark woman from Barbados‚ and could have quite possibly been the cause of the horrible events in Salem Village starting up. Many girls from Salem Village were caught by Reverend Parris as they were dancing in woods while Tituba stirred a stew in a crucible‚ and chanted words in her Barbados tongue. Supposedly‚ Ann Putnam sent her
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The author‚ Arthur Miller‚ of a timeless classic play The Crucible tells us the story of a small town not too far from Salem where a young girl by the name of Abigail Williams brings witchcraft claims on the most highly respected and innocent people in the town. Eventually others close to Abigail and other envious locals in the town begin to accuse nearly half the town of witchcraft for personal gain. The harsh‚ yet true reality of human behavior when faced with jealousy and greed is displayed throughout
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trials of 1692‚ the play describes the destructive consequences of individuals abusing their authority for individual gain. Through the test of Reverend Parris‚ Deputy Governor Danforth and the afflicted girls‚ it is evident that power when wielded carelessly can lead to disorder and tragedy. Reverend Parris: A Self-Serving Authority Reverend Parris‚ the person in charge of Salem‚
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them‚ including a deep rooted phobia. * Parris plays a part in influencing their decisions in court – ‘The Devil lives on such confidences!’ . However‚ in Act 4 when it is clear to Parris that they will not confess‚ they do not listen to his pleas to delay the hangings‚ Danforth calling him ‘a brainless man’. * Their fear and insecurity cause them to be seen as ruthless and irrational judges of the case. This is shown as they listen to Parris‚ a very selfish religious leader who claims every
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Tituba was accused of being a witch by Abigail and after Parris said‚ “You will confess yourself or I will take you out and whip you to your death‚ Tituba‚” she confessed‚ “Oh many times he bid me kill you‚ Mr. Parris!”(Miller 14‚ 16). Parris forced Tituba to confess that she was a witch and also forced her to tell him names of other “witches” in Salem by threatening to take her life if she didn’t
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with little or no reputation attached to their name. Society mistreated most women in Salem 1692. Being a female means she is automatically open to abuse by men and even other women who saw themselves as being above you. When men such as Reverend Parris needed to feel in control‚ they’d make unnecessary threats such as “I’ll show you a great doin’ on your arse one of these days”‚ threats as this are unwarranted for and were used just to regain the much needed authority (Miller 21). Another example
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Williams is claimed to be a witch‚ which is the niece of Reverend Parris. She is the most evil character in the play‚ and also ends up being the instigator of the Salem witch trials. Initially‚ it was she who was accused of practicing witchcraft with other girls in the forest‚ including Parris’s daughter‚ Betty‚ and his slave‚ Tituba. Coincidental to her practices‚ Thomas and Ann Putnam‚ one of the more hidden families in Salem‚ come to Parris and say that multiple of the witchcraft events are occurring
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Sarah Andrews Caldwell ENGL 1102 07-28-10 Arthur Miller was born October 17‚ 1915 in Harlem‚ New York. His father Isidore Miller‚ a Jewish immigrant from Poland‚ owned a successful ladies’ clothing store and manufacturer despite his illiteracy. His mother‚ although a native New Yorker‚ had family roots in the same village of Poland as his father. Miller graduated from high school in 1932. He had been seemingly unimpressive throughout his early education‚ but nonetheless earned a degree in
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Salem began when a group of young girls‚ Betty Parris‚ Abigail Williams‚ and Ann Putnam Jr.‚ began to throw their “fits”; hiding under furniture making odd noises‚ contorting in pain and unnatural bodily movements. Without a doubt the girls had to be examined. When doctors couldn’t find a physical explanation to what had been occurring‚ they were diagnosed as being bewitched. They later named three women as those who had been hurting them; Tituba‚ the Parris’ slave‚ Sarah Good‚ a poor beggar‚ and Sarah
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