if he has shown his face!” (Miller 39). This scene takes place when Reverend Hale is observing Betty in her bed. The people in the town think that witchcraft is among them and Parris invited Hale to come and investigate. This quote is significant because it shows us what puritans think about the Devil and witches and how they think they can help banish the Devil from their towns. This also gives hope to the town people that Hale has come to save the day. They believe that he can help them by ridding
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order to prove or disprove a person guilty of witchcraft. Attempting to show that Elizabeth Proctor is guilty of witchcraft‚ Mr. Cheever explains that the poppet he found could be evidence that Elizabeth stabbed Abigail Williams. He says of Reverend Parris‚ “Stuck two inches in the flesh of her belly‚ he draw a needle out. And demandin’ of her how she come to be so stabbed‚ she testify it were your wife’s familiar spirit pushed it in‚”(71) after he draws a needle out of the poppet’s stomach. Elizabeth
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goes dancing within the forest. While the girls are dancing in the forest they were caught by Reverend Parris. Parris’s daughter Betty‚ who was amongst the group in the forest‚ falls into a coma-like state. Parris questions Abigail Williams - the girl’s ringleader and Parris’s niece – about the events that took place in the forest‚ she admits to doing nothing other than dancing. Parris sends for Reverend Hale‚ an expert on witchcraft‚ after jumping to the conclusion that witchcraft caused Betty’s state
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into human nature. Consider: Proctor‚ Hale‚ Rebecca Nurse. 3. A more highly evolved thinker is someone who can‚ in part‚ transcend dichotomies (or‚ Dualism‚ a simple way of dividing the world into paired opposites‚ such as black-white‚ night-day‚ good-evil). Which character‚ of all of the characters in the play‚ comes closest to being able to see beyond simplistic‚ Dualistic thinking? Consider: Proctor‚ Elizabeth‚ Martha and Giles Corey‚ Reverend Hale. 4. Argue that if the vast majority
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At the time‚ having an affair with Abigail Williams may have seemed like a good idea but little did John Proctor know it would be the cause of his very own death. Living in a town built on religion and living the proper way it was a very absurd move to make. Abigail Williams is a young woman living in Salem with her uncle and young cousin Betty. Before living with her uncle‚ Abigail was a servant in the Proctor household. Abigail was soon dismissed by Goody Proctor after the affair. Abigail held
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chronological order of events that set this dark episode of history into motion. They believe it began in the household of Reverend Samuel Parris. Reverend Parris owned a West Indian slave named Tituba. Tituba would tell the young girls stories of her experiences in sorcery when the reverend was away. This small group of girls started with Abigail Williams‚ the reverend’s niece‚ and Elizabeth Parris‚ his daughter. Soon‚ a few girls from neighboring homes joined. Eventually‚ the girls began to exhibit exceptionally
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Tituba being a slave for Parris could be easily blamed for his daughter not waking.. Tituba cares for the girls like betty by saying things like “I love me Betty!”(1232). With this quote she shows that she is a caretaker and the dancing in the forest was not meant for harm but a
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Abigail Williams‚ John Proctor‚ and Elizabeth Proctor had been honest‚ many innocent lives could have been spared and Salem would not be in such disarray. Abigail Williams lies many times throughout The Crucible. In Act I‚ Abigail deceives Reverend Parris by claiming that the reason she was dismissed from working for the Proctors was due to the fact that “She [Elizabeth Proctor] hates me‚ uncle‚ he must‚ for I would not be her slave” (Miller 12). The reality of this statement is that although Abigail
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divided into two main groups…the residents that wanted to separate consisted mainly of Farmers”. Salem was separated into two different groups‚ the people who wanted to stay and the people who wanted to leave. The farmers‚ like John Proctor‚ disliked Parris and wanted to leave. They thought that the economy was too individualistic and went against Puritan law. The Puritans were only caring about themselves even though the Bible says to put others before yourself. The political situation led to many strained
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of those inaudibles that was accused of witchcraft. She as an individual suffered from a miserable life of poverty and excommunication. In the community Tituba was not viewed very highly. She worked for Reverend Parris as a slave taken away from her home land. “His negro slave enters Tituba...Parris brought her with him from Barbados...” (Applebee et al 169). She had limited free time to have a social status because of her work. Slaves in general were the lowest social class possible. Economically
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