parishioners. Why is Thomas Putnam willing to speak of witchcraft? Thomas Putnam demonstrates that his motivation involves his longstanding grudges against others; the witchcraft trials give Putnam an opportunity to exact revenge against others‚ and‚ as will later be shown‚ to profit economically from others’ executions. How does Mrs. Putnam know what Ruth was doing in the woods? ... Why does Abigail "admit" that Tituba and Ruth were conjuring spirits? ...
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replaced as reverend. 2) Why is Thomas Putnam willing to speak of witchcraft? How does Mrs. Putnam know what Ruth was doing in the woods? a) Thomas Putnam is willing to speak of witchcraft because he is worried about his daughter‚ Ruth. b) Mrs. Putnam knows what Ruth was doing in the woods because she asked Tituba to perform a spell that would allow her to speak to the Putnam’s seven dead babies. 3) Why does Abigail “admit” that Tituba and Ruth were conjuring spirits? Why is Abigail afraid
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as the realm where evil prevailed; the town is the realm where good‚ or God‚ prevailed. Quote #2 MRS. PUTNAM: Reverend Parris‚ I have laid seven babies unbaptized in the earth. Believe me‚ sir‚ you never saw more hearty babies born. And yet‚ each would wither in my arms the very night of their birth. I have spoke nothin’‚ but my heart has clamored intimations. And now‚ this year‚ my Ruth‚ my only – I see her turning strange. A secret child she has become this year‚ and shrivels like a sucking
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healthy children who survived. All of Ann Putnam’s eight children died. The only one who survived was Ruth. For this reason‚ Ann Putnam accuses Rebecca of using witchcraft to kill her eight children. Thomas Putnam also uses revenge just like his wife‚ but for greedy reasons. To clarify‚ Thomas Putnam uses the witchcraft trials to get the land back that he thinks is rightfully his. In act #1 Thomas Putnam says‚ “He had no right to sell it. It stands clear in my grandfather’s will that all the land between
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The author‚ Arthur Miller‚ of a timeless classic play The Crucible tells us the story of a small town not too far from Salem where a young girl by the name of Abigail Williams brings witchcraft claims on the most highly respected and innocent people in the town. Eventually others close to Abigail and other envious locals in the town begin to accuse nearly half the town of witchcraft for personal gain. The harsh‚ yet true reality of human behavior when faced with jealousy and greed is displayed throughout
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Ihan Nur Ali 11FMC Assignment 1 ; Hale ’s letter to Danforth Reverand John Hale 14 Jacobs Road London NW10 9EC Judge Danforth 64 Zoo Lane Witchcraft Street WC7 DEV 09/12/14 Dear Judge Danforth‚ Your Excellency‚ Judge Danforth. You know‚ I have graduated from Harvard College and I am an expert in all things witchcraft and the supernatural. When I first arrived in Salem‚ I was tangled in a web of lies and a sheet of deception. In this trial‚ I believe
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The Crucible are Ann Putnam‚ Thomas Putnam and Abigail‚ each representing the evils of jealousy‚ greed‚ and vengeance‚ respectively. Ann Putnam‚ an antagonist of Rebecca Nurse‚ is very jealous of Rebecca. Rebecca has “eleven children and [is] twenty-six times a grandma.” On the other hand‚ Ann Putnam has “laid seven babies un-baptized in the earth‚” and now her one and only child Ruth “walks‚ and hears naught‚ sees naught‚ and cannot eat” because her “soul is taken.” Ann Putnam‚ jealous and convinced
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self-absorbed nervous paranoid Ann Putnam mother of Ruth and seven babies who died at birth depression from losing seven children desire for revenge for the death of her children paranoid crazy depressed Mary Warren the Proctors’ current servant her fear of Mr. Proctor her fear of Abigail and the other girls submissive and inferior unreliable naïve lonely CHARACTER DESCRIPTION OF CHARACTER MOTIVATION FOR ACTIONS PERSONALITY TRAITS Thomas Putnam father of Ruth richest man in the village who
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The Crucible‚ by Arthur Miller‚ is a historical fiction play about the famed Salem witch trials. Historical fiction? So it ’s both historical fact and fiction? Is it more fact or fiction? In my opinion this play‚ The Crucible‚ is more fiction than fact. This is only my opinion though‚ it is not a fact and it cannot be proven that the play is more fact than fiction or the other way around. In this paper I will discuss why it is my opinion that The Crucible is more fiction that fact. In my opinion
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Who are Ann and Thomas Putnam? What do they suggest is Betty’s problem? What is their motivation for suggesting this? The couple who lost all but one child‚ Ann. The Putnams believe that Betty is being controlled by the Devil and is suffering the same symptoms as their daughter Ruth related to withcraft. Who is Ruth? What is her relationship to the Putnams? What is wrong with her? How do the Putnam’s tie her problem to Betty’s? Ruth is the Putnams’ daughter; she is the other girl
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