------------------------------------------------- The Crucible: Act I Characters Reverend Parris Abigail Williams Mary Warren Betty John Proctor Thomas Putnam Mrs. Putnam Rebecca Nurse Reverend Hale Tituba A small upper bedroom in the home of Reverend Samuel Parris‚ Salem‚ Massachusetts‚ in the spring of they year 1692. There is a narrow window a the left. Through its leaded panes the morning sunlight streams> A candle still burns near the bed‚ which is at the right. A chest
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everyone thought that lying was acceptable. In the play the Crucible by Arthur Miller and in the noel A Break with Charity by Ann Ranadi‚ both include characters with different morals. Characters such as Abigail Williams from the Crucible and Ann Putnam from A Break with Charity‚ believe that‚ lying is not as big of a deal as it really is‚ because it does not affect them in any way‚ it only affects the people around them. Unlike Abigail and Ann‚ there are characters that are trustworthy and liable
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about behaviour she practiced he found odd. Not only would being separated by your loved one be emotional and difficult‚ being the reason for it would be even more devastating. Thomas Putnam was rumoured to want to take Corey’s land. Corey heard from an unknown source that Putnam was attempting to get his wife Ruth to get people convicted for their own personal gain. Corey said this in court‚ but then knew that if he told the court who told him‚ they would get in trouble too but‚ if Corey refused
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Puritan society was greatly influenced by the millennium which led men and women to marry for particular reasons. This can be proven throughout Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible where Puritan couples in Salem‚ Massachusetts such as the Proctors‚ Putnams‚ Coreys‚ and Nurses chose to wed because it provided specific roles for each spouse‚ it allowed them to fulfill their religious duty of procreation‚ and also because it gave more authority to women. Specifically John and Elizabeth Proctor chose to
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The people would always argue about who owned the most land. Historians claim that the accusations made by the two sick girls‚ Ruth Putnam and Betty Parris‚ were encouraged by their fathers. It is said that they took advantage of the hysteria in Salem and asked their daughters to accuse specific people as a way of revenge (Brooks‚ HistoryofMassachusetts.org). Thomas Putnam and Reverend Parris benefitted from this because they were then able to take their land and claim it as their own. Also‚ the fact
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found out this information through reading Abigail’s and Parris conversation. 3. What relationship exists between Abigail and Proctor? How do you know this? Proctor loved Abigail in a very peculiar way. 4. When Mrs. Putnam enters the story‚ how do the stage directions characterize her? As a woman who has been hurt numerous times by the death of her children. 5. In what way do Mrs. Putnam’s words and/or actions in Act I support her description in
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A NOTE ON THE HISTORICAL ACCURACY OF THIS PLAY by Arthur Miller "This play is not history in the sense in which the word is used by the academic historian. Dramatic purposes have sometimes required many characters to be fused into one; the number of girls involved in the ’crying out’ has been reduced; Abigail’s age has been raised; while there were several judges of almost equal authority‚ I have symbolized them all in Hathorne and Danforth. However‚ I believe that the reader will discover here
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unknown/devil who is Out Boy believed to be negatively affecting the town; communicating through“witchcraft”. Putnam parents believe there is a supernatural explanation for all their dead babies and for their only surviving daughter‚ Ruth Putnam’s behavior‚ including her relationship with Abigail. “They were murdered‚ Mr. Parris! And mark this proof! Last night my Ruth were ever so close to their little spirits; I know it‚ sir. For how else is she struck dumb now except some power of
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Extended Text Response Theme: Way of Life Both The Crucible and Rapture of Canaan have many similar qualities‚ however they also have some differences. The author of each book developed many themes and even themes inside of themes; one theme that is significant in each book is the customs and way of life. For instance‚ each community consists of a very religious population; moreover each population has some people who don’t believe as strongly as others. In The Crucible this character would be John
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Williams‚ Mary Warren and the court is ultimately what allowed the witch trials to occur and to continue. Although Abigail wasn’t the only girl to make that initial cry of witchcraft‚ she was the leader of the girls who did. When Betty Parris and Ruth Putnam had faked illness to avoid punishment for getting caught dancing in the woods‚ it was Abigail who manipulated all the girls involved into lying about it. She threatened them‚ saying “Let either of you breathe a word‚ or the edge of a word‚ about
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