filled with mass hysteria when a group of puritan girls including Abigail Williams the niece of the local minister Reverend Parris‚ Betty Parris the daughter of Reverend Parris‚ and Ruth Putnam the daughter of Ann and Thomas Putnam‚ accompanied by Tituba the Barbadian slave of reverend Parris are found dancing in the woods by Reverend Parris. The next day Ruth Putnam and Betty Parris fall sick and the town jumps to witchcraft to be the cause. In order to keep her reputation in the town Abigail Williams
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Massachusetts during the late 1600’s‚ starts off with the local Reverend Parris discovering several girls from the colony dancing in the woods. His arrival causes fright amongst the girls‚ panicking them. One girl‚ Parris’s daughter Betty‚ takes ill becoming unresponsive to any efforts to wake her up. The colonists believe the girl’s illness is caused by supernatural forces brought about by demonic witches. The colonists summon Reverend Hale to investigate Betty for signs of witchcraft. This leads
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The Crucible Study Guide Questions Amy Pham Act I - An Overture Describe the personality of Reverend Samuel Parris. Reverend Parris believed he was being persecuted wherever he went‚ despite his best efforts to win people and God to his side. He was a widower with no interest in children‚ or talent in them. He never conceived that they were anything but thankful for being permitted to walk straight‚ eyes slightly lowered‚ arms at the sides‚ and mouths shut until bidden to speak. He is described
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John Proctor vs. Reverend Parris In “The Crucible‚” it is clearly illustrated that religion is the foundation in which the society of Salem is built upon. This directly implies that morality is highly valued in the society. In the beginning of the play‚ Arthur Miller draws a distinct line between John Proctor and Parris from their backgrounds and moral standards. Proctor is a married farmer who had an affair with a 17-year old house worker‚ Abigail. Parris is a minister of the church‚ and his reputation
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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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secret was his affair with Abigail Williams‚ who was once a servant to the Proctors and was the niece of Reverend Parris. John Proctor transforms from being minding his own business to becoming the center of the witchcraft trials in Salem. This dilemma started when Reverend Parris stumbled upon Abigail Williams‚ Betty Parris‚ his daughter‚ and his slave Tituba in the forest. Reverend Parris believed that they were practicing witchcraft. Witchcraft was not tolerated under any circumstances in Puritan
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After studying Arthur Miller’s play‚ The Crucible‚ I have come to the conclusion that the three people most to blame for the witch hysteria and the subsequent death of innocent people are Abigail Williams‚ Reverend Parris‚ and the judge Hathorne. Each of these people‚ in some way‚ caused harm to blameless people‚ and I will‚ in this essay‚ explain what these people‚ knowingly or unknowingly did to contribute to the death of the innocent people hanged as witches in Salem Village in 1692. Abigail
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tried to kill Elizabeth Proctor with a curse. In her eyes if Elizabeth were dead and gone then John would be with her. A little later in the play we will see her accuse Elizabeth of witchcraft. She stabbed herself with a needle and then told Reverend Parris (her uncle) that Elizabeth Proctor’s spirit had done it. Abigail watched Mary Waren make a poppet in court that day and seen her stick a
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Reverend Parris is the father of a girl who was afflicted with “witchcraft” and the uncle of Abigail Williams. He is scared that Abigail could ruin his ranking in the church if she is found guilty in being in an affair. In the text‚ Reverend Parris smacks Abigail WIlliams during their conversation.He doesn’t want her being in an affair with John Proctor due to if might being
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protagonists. She is manipulative and unthruthful from the very beginning as she refers to their dancing in the woods as nothing but a “sport”‚ and then says “there be no blush about my name”. She lies because she is clearly scared of her uncle‚ Reverend Parris. However‚ when John Proctor comes in‚ it is clear that she still has feelings for him as she says to him‚ “ you loved me then‚ and…you love me yet!” Also‚ because of her affair with John Proctor‚ she is very bitter with Goody Elizabeth Proctor
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