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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Proctor is motivated by anger to speak out against Reverend Parris even though no one else does. Proctor dislikes and distrusts Reverend Parris. This can be seen when Proctor says‚ “[there is] no light of god in that man” and “I will not conceal it”(30). He is willing to admit that he does not like Parris and feels that he‚ “can not speak one minute without speaking of hell”(30)‚ and therefore does not have divine backing. Proctor knows that Parris is more concerned about his own pride rather than
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impacts the Puritan and Salem society the most. In the play some characters value their reputation and other characters do not seem to care about their reputation as much. Miller describes the importance of reputation through his characters‚ Reverend Parris‚ John Hale‚ Elizabeth Proctor‚ and Giles Corey. In The Crucible‚ some characters will do anything to protect their reputation and others do not seem to worry. One character that lives and
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However‚ I think that other characters‚ namely Reverend Parris‚ Hale and even John Proctor are responsible to an extent. Abigail is the main antagonist of the play‚ so its no wonder that most of the blame for the trials are pinned on her. Abigail‚ at first‚ was driven by her jealousy of Elizabeth Proctor‚ wife of John Proctor whom she has feelings for‚ to dabble in witchcraft in an attempt to use dark arts to kill Elizabeth. This leads to Reverend Parris walking in on the girls and Tituba practicing
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Paranoia can be caused by a traumatic incident or physical injury.(Manfredi) Betty and Ruth were two of several girls that were dancing in the woods. In the Puritan culture‚ dancing is considered a sin. The minister of Salem Massachusetts‚ Reverend Samuel Parris‚ caught the girls in the woods committing a sin‚ which was dancing. Some people do not want to remember such bad memories as these because it scares them. Fear may be a great motivator because the girls were motivated to not get in trouble
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evidence--share great similarities with the “witch hunts” of the McCarthy Era. The first great example of McCarthyism in The Crucible appears in Act One when Reverend Parris first becomes a major character in the tragedy in his confrontational interaction with Abigail. On pages 915-16‚ Betty is in a comatose state and will not wake. Reverend Parris visits the house and questions Abigail‚ immediately suspecting witchcraft (with little outside evidence‚ most of it is to keep his good name in the village
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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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with the conversation between Reverend Parris (a fearful reverend who instigates the witchcraft panic when he finds his daughter‚ Betty Parris and niece‚ Abigail Williams dancing in the woods with several other girls) and Abigail Williams (the niece of Reverend Parris‚ the Proctors’ servant before Elizabeth Proctor fired her for having an affair with John Proctor. Instigates the Salem
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mistreated‚ she can be cold. Reverend Parris is recently the assigned minister in Salem‚ Massachusetts. He is also the father of Betty Parris. He is also the uncle of Abigail Williams. His belief in witches and his desire to punish his enemies set in motion the chain of events that leads to the hysteria in Salem. During the witch trials‚ he pressures Danforth‚ the chief judge‚ to punish those who‚ in his opinion‚ are possessed or in partnership with the Devil. Parris refuses to tolerate conflict
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and majorly influences the choices they make. While all the people in Salem are concerned with keeping up a good reputation‚ three stand out above the rest. They are controlled by their need for a good name. John Proctor‚ Judge Danforth‚ and Reverend Parris are all extremely concerned with their reputations‚ which affects their actions throughout “The Crucible”. All three of these characters decisions are influenced by a desire to have a good reputation. John Proctor is a farmer who lives outside
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