Proctor‚ and many others because of that one little word‚ and the girl behind it all was Abigail Williams. She destroyed the whole town by peer pressuring her friends in the accusing people in the town that they were doing witchcraft‚ after Reverend Parris caught them dancing around a fire in the forest. But she wasn’t the one person that liked to use peer pressure to make people say things that they didn’t really want to say. Which at the time everyone thought that the forest was a devilish place
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leaders‚ they run everything that happens. When the girls were caught in the woods dancing and singing‚ the court had no idea it was happening. The court found out because the young girls such as Betty and Ruth had not woken the next day and Reverend Parris had heard them. When the court found out they had been accused of witchcraft because it was something that the girls failed to share so they immediately had taken it as they were lying. If it was suppose to be a secret than of course they have
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What do you think about John Proctor? In the Crucible‚ John proctor was a farmer who desperately wanted to be the reverend. He lived in Salem‚ Massachusetts with his wife‚ Elizabeth‚ and three sons. John proctor is a dynamic character in the crucible because he wants his name to be good and have a good reputation‚ but he ruins his life from public reputation‚ he chooses to not admit to committing adultery‚ but eventually he does‚ and he becomes selfless and sacrifice himself to save his wife and
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tried to kill Elizabeth Proctor with a curse. In her eyes if Elizabeth were dead and gone then John would be with her. A little later in the play we will see her accuse Elizabeth of witchcraft. She stabbed herself with a needle and then told Reverend Parris (her uncle) that Elizabeth Proctor’s spirit had done it. Abigail watched Mary Waren make a poppet in court that day and seen her stick a
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wrong and turn into the problems they tried to avoid. Rev. Parris is the epitome of worrying too much about his public image. Parris is first introduced while sitting next to his sick daughter’s bed worrying about her well being‚ but as Miller states‚ “he believed he was being persecuted wherever he went…” (3). This paranoia causes him to refuse the doctor’s suggestion that he bring in a priest that specializes in works of the devil. Parris declines because he fears that if word gets out that there
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progresses‚ people’s words and actions cause Reverend John Hale to change his views on whether the people prosecuted were guilty or innocent of witchcraft. As numerous events and their consequences unfold‚ they cause Hale to rethink his initial views on witchcraft and to be persuaded of the innocence of those convicted in Salem. Entering these trials‚ Reverend Hale feels as though he is an expert on witchcraft. He is specifically called upon by Reverend Parris to diagnose his daughter and determine
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The Crucible‚ by Arthur Miller Act I Responses 1) How does Miller characterize Parris? How does Parris feel about his parishioners? a) Parris is characterized as a 40-year-old reverend. He is a cold‚ strict man who cares deeply for his daughter but does not always show it. b) Parris is paranoid that his parishioners want him to be replaced as reverend. 2) Why is Thomas Putnam willing to speak of witchcraft? How does Mrs. Putnam know what Ruth was doing in the woods? a) Thomas Putnam
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characterized as having “an endless capacity for dissembling.” On page 1093 of the play‚ Reverend Parris is confronting Abigail of what happened the night before where she and other girls‚ including Betty were seen by him. Parris claims he saw a dress and a naked girl‚ “ Parris: I cannot blink what I saw‚ Abigail‚ for my enemies will not blink it. I saw a dress lying on the grass. Abigail‚ innocently: A dress? Parris - it is very hard to say: Aye‚ a dress. And I thought I saw - someone naked running through
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In act one‚ Proctor exchanges angry words with Reverend Parris and says‚ "I may speak my heart‚ I think!" (30). Parris is more concerned with money than God‚ and John honestly speaks of how wrong that is even though it would get him into trouble. When Reverend Hale asks him why his third son is not baptized‚ John tells him‚ "I like it not that Mr. Parris should lay his hand upon my baby" (65). He sticks to his conviction‚ while‚ again‚ it will cause
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individuals in the play. At many times‚ John Proctor talks with Hale about Parris’s need to become rich‚ by gathering valuable golden candlesticks. He says‚ “He preach nothin’ but golden candlesticks‚ until he had them… I think‚ sometimes‚ the man dreams cathedrals‚ not clapboard meetin’ houses” (Miller 65). Proctor says this to Parries to illustrate Parris’s materialistic nature and thirst for power‚ land and material possessions. Like Reverend Parris‚ Thomas Putnam is also greedy. Thomas uses his daughter
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