show when her uncle (Reverend Parris) questions her about wrongdoings. Parris claims to have seen Abigail and the other towns girls dancing in the woods and seeing clothing on the floor. He strongly believes that the girls were trafficking with spirits as they danced in the forest. Abigail admits to the dancing and claims that Betty‚ Parris’s daughter‚ fainted when he appeared. Abigail uses her so-called innocence to prove to her uncle that they were only playing around. Parris has high doubts‚ but
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of Salem causes persecution of calumny became a common fear of a good‚ respectable name to be tarnished. Early in the play we are introduced with our first couple of victims due to the infamous fear. Our first encounter is with Abigail when Reverend Parris questions her about as to why Elizabeth Proctor had fired her Abigail responds “My name is good in the village! I will not have it said my name is soiled! Goody Proctor is a gossiping liar!” We can see here that she believes that Goody Proctor
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were not white you would instantly be placed lower than anyone who was white and this would lead to you being shunned by the fellow residents. This is clearly shown in the opening act of The crucible by Abigail when she is being questioned by reverend hale and says “I never called him! Tituba‚ Tituba...” and by saying this blames Tituba (the black servant/slave) of conjuring with the dead. As Abigail is being questioned she blames Tituba as it is the easy way out. She knows that because Tituba is
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them something or someone to fight against. Later‚ when Parris ’s daughter was also paralysed‚ Mr.Putnam begun to persuade him to fight the evil and said‚“Now look you‚ sir. Let you strike out against the Devil‚ and the village will bless you for it! Come down‚ speak to them- pray with them. They ’re thirsting for your word‚ Mister! Surely you’ll pray with them.“ Mr.Putnam was looking for Parris to help him fought with the evil. He urged Parris to accuse those powerless people that involed in the happen
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Tituba description of how Reverend Parris extracted her confession is depicted in Robert Calef’s book‚ More Wonders of the Invisible World‚ and proceeds as follows‚ “…her master did beat her … to make her confess and accuse (such as he called) her sister witches‚ and that whatsoever said
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Reverend Parris is a self serving person who only thinks of himself and his own reputation. He is a static character because his behaviour doesn’t change throughout the play‚ The Crucible. At the beginning of the play‚ he is concerned with the way his niece and her friend’s actions reflect on him and his reputation. Toward the end of the play‚ he is concerned about how he and his reputation will look if people find out some of the most respected people of the church died because of his niece‚ Abigail
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importance of keeping a good name. One of the main characters Reverend Parris‚ walks up to the woods and finds that there are girls dancing and chanting songs. Reverend Parris immediately assumes that the girls are committing witchcraft because he finds his daughter Betty laying motionless on the ground. Once Reverend Parris gets Betty back inside‚ he calls for Abigail Williams ‚to question her about what happened in the woods. Reverend Parris questions her about witchcraft but the proceeds to tell her
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had been conjuring witchcraft. The problem is that they were caught by a man named Reverend Parris. Unlucky for him his daughter Betty was apart of the group who was in the forest. The next day she appears to have fallen into a coma‚ and rumors about Witchcraft start to spread all throughout the town. With rumors spreading around the girls start to blame others so that they are not tried with witchcraft. Hale says this quote because he see’s that the town is very corrupt and no one likes each
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The Crucible In “The Crucible”‚ Abigail Williams played the psycho in the play. Abigail was Reverend Parris’ niece‚ and also the woman John Proctor cheated on his wife‚ Elizabeth with. In the beginning of the play‚ Abigail acts as the innocent‚ not all knowing‚ towns girl. Much later on in the play‚ she reveals herself as the suspicious‚ smart and vindictive character. She was once a servant of John and Elizabeth Proctor‚ but was fired once Elizabeth found out she had an affair with her husband.
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In The Crucible written by Arthur Miller‚ the Salem townspeople goes into a frenzy‚ because Abigail and some of the girls enter the forest and dance. When Parris catches the girls they are accused of witchcraft. Abigail doesn’t want to get in trouble so she creates a plan that starts the havoc. This chaos in the town is from Abigail’s actions. When Abigail and the girls are questioned regarding witchcraft‚ Abigail lies to everyone‚ accusing Tituba when she says‚ “She sends her spirit on me in church;
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