The Salem witch trials began in 1692 because a group of girls were found dancing in the woods‚ calling for the devil Salem‚ Massachusetts. Abigail Williams is one of the young girls who was found dancing in the woods by her uncle‚ Reverend Parris. Along with her good qualities comes a few certain flaws as well. Abigail gets very jealous when it comes to Elizabeth‚ spiteful when she has a lot of anger built up and untruthful when it comes to admitting that she danced in the woods. Abigail is a main
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falsely accusations was one of the main causes of the Witch Trials in the Crucible. “HALE: Why can she not wake? Are you silencing this child? “HALE: Why can she not wake? Are you silencing this child? TITUBA: I love me Betty! HALE: You have sent your spirit out upon this child‚ have you not? Are you gathering souls for the Devil? ABIGAIL: She sends her spirit on me in church; she makes me laugh at prayer! PARRIS: She have often laughed at prayer! ABIGAIL: She comes to me every night to go and drink
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The Crucible has such a title‚ meaning severe trial‚ because puritans believe that life is a test. They lived a very strict style and understood that if you do anything wrong in life‚ god would harshly punish you for it. This puts a lot of stress on the characters to live up to the expectations of living perfectly and faithful. People are willing to do anything to make themselves look good. For instance in the play Abigail lies about several things to save herself. One of the things she lies about
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thanks to their lack of fear of what could happen to them as shown through the actions of Elizabeth Proctor‚ John Proctor‚ and Reverend John Hale. During Act II‚ Elizabeth goes against the bible’s words about witches even though it meant that she could be ostracized by the community. In the play‚ Elizabeth says‚ “I cannot think the Devil may own a woman’s soul‚ Mr. Hale‚ when she keeps an upright way‚ as I have. I am a good woman‚ I know it; and if you believe I may do only good work in the
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people struggling to gain or escape the clutch of it. One of the people that are trying to dictate over other people is Abigail Williams. On the other hand‚ a few of the people that attempt to escape the powerful peoples’ grasp are: John Proctor‚ Reverend Hale and Marry Warren. This struggle for power is very suspense full and it is shocking to imagine the way a town could be so easily deceived. First of all‚ Abigail Williams is no innocent twelve year old. She develops immense control over the village
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Andrea Rodriguez Mr. Addiego Social Studies 8 Honors 22 March 2014 In the year of 1692‚ a serious fear of Devil-worshipping and witchcraft swept through a small town in Massachusetts‚ like a plague. This led to a series of hangings and accusations made by the Puritans. Many of these happenings occurred due to the Puritans strict beliefs on religion. The Salem Witch Trials could have been prevented if the Puritans were not so dependent on religion. The Salem Witch Trials took place in the
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characters for example John Proctor and Reverend Parris‚ base their actions on the desire to protect their personal reputation. When the play first begins‚ Parris fears that Abigail‚ his niece‚ is convicted of being a witch because of her intolerable actions‚ and the witchcraft that associates with his daughter?s coma will cause much chaos and bring down his power as a Reverend in Salem. Parris feels that power and reputation is the most important thing to him as a Reverend and as a townsperson in Salem.
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Massachusetts. Abigail Williams‚ the niece of Reverend Parris‚ Used to work for the Proctor family. She was fired by Goody Proctor due to her affair with her husband‚ John Proctor. Because of Abigail Williams jealousy towards Elizabeth‚ she creates a hysteria of witchcraft in hopes to get her killed for the opportunity of being with John again. Early one morning twelve young girls between the ages of 10-17 went in the middle of the woods where they met Tituba‚ Reverend Parris’ slave from Barbados.
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In this film a group of girls go dancing in the woods with a black slave named Tituba. They see that they have been caught by the local minister and one of the girls falls into a coma. The girl is rushed to the village and puts everyone at worry. Parris tries to calm everyone down they gathered were the girl was kept. Abigail the main girl from the clique talks the girls into admitting they were just dancing in the forest nothing else. John Proctor‚ a local farmer‚ hears about what went on in the
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The Crucible The Crucible‚ written by Arthur Miller in 1953 recalls the hysteria and madness of the Salem Witch trials of 1692. Miller incorporated many themes in his play. These themes highlight other factors in The Crucible. This essay will look at a theme which is effectively highlighted by a scene and it will explain how the theme is explored in the play as a whole. It will also show how this scene effectively highlights the theme. Puritanism controls life in the town of Salem as a number
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