her. Abigail then uses her uncle‚ Reverend Parris’ servant‚ Tituba to perform the crime of witchcraft so she can fulfil her lustful dream of having John Proctor to herself. Parris catches Abby‚ Mary Warren; who is the servant to John Proctor‚ Tituba‚ and many of the other teenage girls in the village dancing naked in the woods. He ultimately catches them in the act of witchcraft. In fear of losing his position of the Preacher‚ he seeks the help of Reverend Hale to drive the devil out of Salem. Throughout
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Ridgeview High School Expository Reading and Writing The Crucible Bennett‚ Jessica. “The Flip Side of Internet Fame.” Newsweek. March 3‚ 2008. Hamilton‚ Anita. “Outsmart Your Haters.” Time. October 6‚ 2008. Miller‚ Arthur. The Crucible. Penguin Group Inc: New York‚ 2003. “Witch Hunts‚ Pledges‚ and Blacklists.” www.borndigital.com/mccart.htm. Rationale: Witch hunts‚ blacklists‚ character‚ reputation‚ defamation‚ public and private identity‚ the dark side of human nature‚ and
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small 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
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long-held grudges‚ claim other’s land‚ and settle old scores. The most obvious case is Abigail‚ who accuses Elizabeth Proctor of witchcraft and have her sent to jail. Reverend Parris
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many characters do in the play‚ The Crucible‚ by Arthur Miller. The three people who are ultimately to blame for the deaths of innocents during the witch trials are Tituba‚ Abigail‚ and Reverend Hale. Tituba is one of the main characters to blame. When they were talking about what happened in the woods‚ Reverend Parris says “I saw Tituba waving her arms over the fire when I came on you. And I heard a screeching and gibberish coming from her mouth. She was swaying like a dumb beast over that fire!” (11)
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------------------------------------------------- The Crucible: Act I Characters Reverend Parris Abigail Williams Mary Warren Betty John Proctor Thomas Putnam Mrs. Putnam Rebecca Nurse Reverend Hale Tituba A small upper bedroom in the home of Reverend Samuel Parris‚ Salem‚ Massachusetts‚ in the spring of they year 1692. There is a narrow window a the left. Through its leaded panes the morning sunlight streams> A candle still burns near the bed‚ which is at the right. A chest
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showed enough support towards the church before Reverend Parris took over that there is no way that him and his family could ever be questioned for associating themselves with the devil. However‚ after Abigail Williams tells the church that she saw Goody Proctor with the devil they had to question her. What originally was a trip to warn the Proctor family and ask a few questions turned into a rather defensive and disappointing ending. Reverend Hale had asked John Proctor three interesting questions:
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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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and and making potions in the woods. Reverend Parris finds them. Ruth Putman is trying to talk too the spirits of her dead siblings too find out why they died ‚ at the request of her mother. Abby Williams is trying to make a potion to kill Elizabeth‚ John Proctors wife‚ because Abby had an affair with John and now wants to have him to herself. Tituba ‚is who Ruth goes to about speaking to her siblings. After the girls are caught in the woods Betty ‚ Reverend Parris’ daughter‚ and Ruth fall ill. The
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the theme "is it better to die honorably or live dishonorably" becomes vital to the story and well conveyed throughout it. The characters that exemplify this idea are John Proctor and Giles Corey‚ both of whom die by the end of the play‚ and Reverend John Hale and Abigail Williams‚ who live through the trials. John Proctor is an honest‚ though harsh‚ man who is clearly the protagonist of The Crucible. Before the beginning of the play‚ John had an affair with Abigail Williams‚ a girl who worked
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