Mary Warren to criticize the court for his wife unfairly with a petition‚ Parris exclaims that" ’they’ve come to overthrow the court’ " (88). Proctor is merely attempting to show his evidence to protect his wife from being hung . Parris is unfairly accusing them for what they weren’t doing. 2. What role does Parris play in this scene? a. Parris portrays a flippant tone against the people at court during his role. Mainly‚ Parris plays as an informant for the judge but informs them in a biased way‚ which
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possess excessive pride are Reverend Hale‚ Elizabeth proctor‚ and John proctor. Reverend hale is an expert in witchcraft. He has books on witchcraft to become so well skilled and knowledgeable about fighting the devil. When he finds out one of the girls are possessed and have gone into a coma he races over to see Betty Parris‚ hoping to show off his knowledge about bewitchment. One of Reverend Hales faults is the he possess to much excessive pride. When reverend Hale Says “Pray you‚ someone take
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Throughout the play‚ preserving one’s reputation is a prevalent theme. I believe that the truth is more important than a good name. Some characters that are an example of preserving reputation are Abigail‚ John Proctor and Parris. Abigail plays a big role in the play as kind of an antagonist. Abbigail is involved with John in doing sexual things with him even though he has a wife. Abigail says “ I know how you clutched my back behind your house and sweated like a stallion whenever I come near! Or
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citizen’s minds. People in this play had only one thing that they were afraid of: shame brought to their family’s name and punishment from a ruling authority‚ in this case court. For example‚ Reverend Parris‚ father of Betty‚ was holding back of telling the town citizens what was going on with his sick daughter. Parris feared how the citizens would react and take him down from the pedestal he stood on since witchcraft was still a possibility for his daughter’s obscure sickness. He could of told the people
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isn’t compromised. In the play The Crucible‚ Arthur miller expresses how important ones reputation is in a small community. He shows how they will defend their reputations because it is what keeps their social status in place. John Proctor and Reverend Hale are characters who make an attempt to maintain their reputations in their time of crisis. John Proctor‚ who is the main character in the play‚ has the biggest struggle with his reputation. At the beginning of the play‚ he isn’t even concerned
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Massachusetts during the late 1600’s‚ starts off with the local Reverend Parris discovering several girls from the colony dancing in the woods. His arrival causes fright amongst the girls‚ panicking them. One girl‚ Parris’s daughter Betty‚ takes ill becoming unresponsive to any efforts to wake her up. The colonists believe the girl’s illness is caused by supernatural forces brought about by demonic witches. The colonists summon Reverend Hale to investigate Betty for signs of witchcraft. This leads to
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inside their house‚"He is a hypocrite and guile!" "He has only a gaunt layer of trust in this village! I can’t believe we were so credulous!" Betty Parris screamed. "Where are the children?" proctor mumbled to Hale. "I will bring them home as soon as you get settled." Hale replied. As soon as proctor hit the sheets of his bed‚ he became inert. The next day Hale comes by to drop off the Proctor children. "I am full of penitence‚" John said to his children and Elizabeth‚" I will try to make our lives ameliorate
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Parris‚ Elizabeth‚ Hale and Rebecca are being tested unintentionally by the court system‚ they are being pulled apart on whether or not to choose what they think could be the right choice. “Goody Proctor‚ I have gone this three month like our Lord into the wilderness. I have sought a Christian way‚ for damnation’s double on a minister counsels men to lie.” (Hale 132). Reverend Hale makes a great decision to go against god’s commandments to save innocent Christian lives. Hale is priest and came to
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Objective Summary Fernando Garcia This story begins in Salem Massachusetts and a father (Reverend Parris) finds his daughter and some other random girls dancing in the woods as it is forbidden to dance in that place. Reverend Parris begins to ask his daughter what she doing as dancing is considered witchcraft. Some of the girls begin to get sick and Rebecca Nurse can help them. Reverend Hale is called to try and find witchcraft in these girls. The girls start accusing people of seeing them
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I. Authorial Background Titilola Mark/3rd Author Miller was an American playwright‚ essayist and prominent figure in twentieth-century American theatre. Born on October 17‚ 1915‚ in Harlem‚ New York City‚ he was the second of three children of Polish Jewish immigrants. At the University of Michigan‚ Miller first majored in journalism and worked as a reporter and night editor for the student paper‚ the Michigan Daily. It was during this time that he wrote his first play‚ “No Villain” which won the
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