accumulating characters with this quality. There are many characters in this book‚ but the ones that convey these qualities are‚ Reverend Parris‚ Abigail along with John Proctor. Miller uses Parris‚ in the first act‚ to demonstrate the theme of having great reputation and integrity. Reputation can be a great deal to some and not that great of a deal to others. Parris‚ the minister of the church‚ has a great reputation and self-respect. As soon as the book starts off he is walking through the forest
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The examinations for the first three accused women began with the examination of Sarah Good. During her examination‚ she did not confess to witchcraft and persistently claimed her innocence; the same went on during Sarah Osborne’s examination; but Tituba’s examination went almost in an opposite direction of the others. When Tituba’s examination began‚ it started off as usual with her being asked what evils she had committed and if she was responsible for hurting the children. She denied the accusations
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from the fifties and McCarthyism‚ The Scarlet Letter tells of a young Hester Prynne. Her much older husband sent her ahead to America while he remained in England. There‚ she encountered (and fell in love with) a man by the name of Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale. The Reverend shared her love and it cost her her reputation and the rest of her life she was to wear a scarlet letter "A" boasting adultery. Though the Reverend’s crime wasn’t public‚ he was torn up inside from guilt. This guilt was somehow magnified
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capture the reader’s attention by keeping the narration very dark and lugubrious. The Crucible 1. What does the Overture in Act I tell us? a. The Overture in Act I explains to us the setting of the first scene. It also tells us that Reverend Parris is very worried about his daughter‚ because something happened to her that she cannot move‚ and that she cannot even wake up. 2. What is the
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Fear plays a great role in the story‚ The Crucible‚ written by Arthur Miller. Fear is in everyone who lives in the town of Salem‚ including the accusers. The accusers are scared to be found fraud so they accuse those who know the truth of witchcraft‚ and the accused are scared for their lives if they do not confess. Fear rules over Salem in this dark time and it does not end until the trials are over every person that was accused got mete. The people who have the most fear are those who are doing
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of those inaudibles that was accused of witchcraft. She as an individual suffered from a miserable life of poverty and excommunication. In the community Tituba was not viewed very highly. She worked for Reverend Parris as a slave taken away from her home land. “His negro slave enters Tituba...Parris brought her with him from Barbados...” (Applebee et al 169). She had limited free time to have a social status because of her work. Slaves in general were the lowest social class possible. Economically
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Jesse Aguirre Ms. Kim English 11-period 7 24 September 2012 In The Crucible‚ Arthur miller dramatizes the Salem witch trial‚ which people are falsely accusing of witchcraft because people were tempted to lie for their own benefit. Puritan societies were concern how they looked in other people eyes and judge each other based on their reputation. The ultimate goals of the puritans was to gain salvation because in order to look good in front of god eyes. The prideful character in The Crucible
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When Tituba is accused of having dealt with the devil she is poorly treated‚ ‘‘Parris smashes the whip down on her repeatedly’’ (26). The judges easily believe the lies of the girls who accuse Tituba and they beat her several times until she confesses to have been in alliance with the devil. Although‚ not everyone accused‚ like Tituba
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John is a man of strong moral beliefs any way he or she look at him‚ concerned only for the safety of his family and personal welfare. He cares of nothing for the beliefs of any of the other people in the town and what his supervisor which is the Reverend‚ thinks either. After trying to avoid involvement in the witch trials he is later prosecuted for witchery and sentenced to hang. John trys to avoid any involvement in the Salem witch trials. His reason for doing so is to protect his image because
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Abigail‚ the niece of Reverend Parris‚ starts out motivated simply by clearing her name and being an accepted member of the community‚ but‚ as her power grows she wants to control the community by fear. Abigail instigates her problems by lying‚ in order to avoid punishment and to remain an accepted member of the community. Author Miller describes that she has‚ "an endless capacity for dissembling."(9) She starts out by trying to convince her uncle‚ Reverend Parris‚ that she never participated
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