begins to arise after the event of young girls of the community of Salem‚ who were caught dancing in the moonlight in an order that they believe will kill Proctors wife‚ whom Abigail has feelings for. After the girls are caught by Abigail’s uncle‚ Reverend Parris‚ they blame their actions and influence on the Devil‚ and that Tituba‚ Parris’s slave who teaches the girls about spirits‚ has called upon him and made them dance. In
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destruction. Abigail’s envy controlled every action she had. Abigail‚ a young girl of 17‚ shows your envy can change you for the worst. In The Crucible‚ Act 1 reveals that Abigail has had a previous affair with John Proctor. No one in the town knows that Reverend Parris’s niece and a respectable towns man had a thing together. It is shown that Abigail’s life is unsettled and why she wanted to be with John Proctor again and is willing to try and win him over again‚ while removing his wife Elizabeth at the
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colonial Salem‚ Massachusetts‚ a Puritan run society. In a room‚ Reverend Parris is beside his "ill" daughter Betty and he is suspicious of his niece‚ Abigail Williams. Abigail and other girls were caught dancing in the woods while having a ceremony‚ which in this time is unholy. At random‚ characters begin to arrive to his house to check up on the girl and talk about the rumors going throughout Salem of his daughter’s condition. Reverend Hale arrived and he uses his holy powers to make Tituba confess
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The key to maintaining a safe and orderly society was to go to church and stay on the path of God. The government they established was Puritan Theocracy. 1b. The community’s structure and philosophies led to its falling apart because 2a. Reverend Paris is trying to figure out what happened the night in the woods and wants to know if Tituba was talking to the devil and performing witchcraft. Abigail immediately responds saying that no one was performing witchcraft. 2b. Paris suspects Abigail
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“He believed he was being persecuted wherever he went‚ despite his best efforts to win people and God to his side” Miller about Parris and how he doesn’t belong to the community but belongs to religion pg13 “To the European world the whole province was a barbaric frontier inhabited by a sect of fanatics” Belonging to a place – Miller says this about Salem 13 “Their creed forbade anything resembling a theatre or ‘vain enjoyment’.” Miller says what belonging to a community/group can lead
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Abigail Williams In "The Crucible" the character I dislike the most is Abigail Williams because she is portrayed to have no morals‚ very deceitful‚ and is a liar. Abigail is the kind of person who always wants her way‚ no matter who she hurts. Abigail Williams is a character of no morals. Abigail only did what she thought was best for her and never thought about others. Abigail went to great distances to get John Proctor to be her husband. She had an affair with John. She even accused
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that is used throughout the Crucible would be Either or Choice. A fallacy where one is made to think they have just one choice. An example of Either or Choice would be in Act 1 where Reverend Parris tells Tituba “You will confess yourself or I will take you out and whip you to your death‚ Tituba!” By saying this Parris is automatically giving Tituba only a limited amount of options and only those options. Instantly stating Tituba to being guilty to witchcraft‚ where she had been forced to admit guilty
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woods but doesnt think much of it. After that scene we see betty laying in bed unconscious with the town physician suggesting it was witchcraft. This is when the heat starts to rise because Reverend Parris recalls them dancing in the woods‚ and says he saw Tituba mumbling some words around a fire. After reverend Hale the “Witch Doctor”‚ questions Tituba with forceful manner‚ Tituba gives in and says the devil has her soul. Of course she knows the
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characters in the story that were accused of witchcraft admitted to being a witch to get out of being hanged. The first person to confess to working with the devil was Tituba‚ Reverend Parris’ black slave from Barbados‚ when she was accused by Abigail Williams. At first‚ she denied it until she was threatened to be hanged by Reverend Parris and Thomas Putnam. John Proctor also showed human weakness when he committed lechery against his wife with Abigail. He tries to ask Elizabeth for forgiveness when he hasn’t
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are ridiculous. If she was really a witch and had the power of a witch then he would fear her. 3. Danforth‚ Hathorne‚ and Cheever’s conversation tells the audience about what changes in Salem in the months that passed between Act III and IV? Mr. Parris seems to be crying all the time. Mr. Cheever
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