Abigail’s actions have revolved around her love for John Proctor. Everything she has done was to not let their secret affair get out and for her and John to be together. Abigail’s skill of being a liar is shown in the beginning of the play. Uncle Reverend Parris caught Abigail doing witchcraft in the woods‚ but instead she lies about it. She says‚ "We did dance‚ uncle‚ and when you leaped out of the bush so suddenly‚ Betty was frightened and then she fainted. And there’s the whole of it" (Miller‚ 1953‚ p
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girls from Salem. Mr.Paris sees them dancing in the woods but doesnt think much of it. After that scene we see betty laying in bed unconscious with the town physician suggesting it was witchcraft. This is when the heat starts to rise because Reverend Parris recalls them dancing in the woods‚ and says he saw Tituba mumbling some words around a fire. After reverend Hale the “Witch Doctor”‚ questions Tituba with forceful manner‚ Tituba gives in and says the devil has her soul. Of course she knows the
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Objective Summary Fernando Garcia This story begins in Salem Massachusetts and a father (Reverend Parris) finds his daughter and some other random girls dancing in the woods as it is forbidden to dance in that place. Reverend Parris begins to ask his daughter what she doing as dancing is considered witchcraft. Some of the girls begin to get sick and Rebecca Nurse can help them. Reverend Hale is called to try and find witchcraft in these girls. The girls start accusing people of seeing them
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case‚ both events involved the singling out and punishment of innocent Americans accused of dealing with the devil. The Salem Witch Trials began in Salem‚ Massachusetts in the winter months of 1692 when Betty Parris and her cousin Abigail Williams‚ the daughter and niece of Reverend Parris‚ began to have fits described as "beyond the power of natural disease to effect" by Reverend John Hale (Source B). The girls screamed‚ threw things about the room‚ uttered strange sounds‚ and crawled under furniture
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In the opening of the play‚ how does Miller seek to create an atmosphere of hysteria and tension? Do you find the opening effective? Premiering in 1953‚ Arthur Miller’s the crucible was a scathing attack on the Communist scare of the era in the guise of a dramatization of the witch hunts that took place in Salem in the 1960’s. Throughout the beginning the play follows how fear of death‚ The Devil and the unknown causes people to submit to madness and how the sense of guilt could cause them
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The Salem Witch Trials of 1692 is one of the most well-known historical events. In 1692‚ 20 people were hanged for being a so-called “witch.” Most accusations were made by six girls‚ which included Betty Parris‚ Abigail Williams‚ and Ann Putnam Jr.. Witches were people whose bodies had supposedly been taken over by The Devil. But what really caused the Salem Witch Trials hysteria? The three reasons that caused the mass hysteria were how certain people‚ ages‚ genders‚ and marital statuses were targeted
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transition from Judges to Monarchy 2. Demonstrate through David what a King under God was 3. Show establishment of central government from loose tribal affiliation Contents 70-80 yrs covered - Samuel born 1085 to 1010 David King of Judah 1 Sam principle characters are Saul and David. Also Samuel Illustrations OT stories‚ history & characters illustrate truths set forth in NT In them you meet man don’t want to be‚ also want be – potential is both Deep lessons & warning how to avoid one
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Samuel Johnson Allusion: “Knowledge is more than equivalent to force.” –Dr. Johnson This allusion was used to show that Montag faces an organization/government that does its best to limit knowledge. If knowledge is limited‚ then force becomes the more powerful of these. The allusion also shows that Montag is weak and will remain that way if he doesn’t try to accomplish getting more knowledge. Samuel Johnson is perhaps the most quoted of English writers‚ after William Shakespeare. Johnson was
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Based in the New England town of Salem‚ Massachusetts. A group of girls were caught dancing around a fire in the forest screaming. It appeared that they had been conjuring witchcraft. The problem is that they were caught by a man named Reverend Parris. Unlucky for him his daughter Betty was apart of the group who was in the forest. The next day she appears to have fallen into a coma‚ and rumors about Witchcraft start to spread all throughout the town. With rumors spreading around the girls start
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all the accused that confessed did so only to be set free‚ and were not really witches. After Ezekiel Cheever finds the poppet in John Proctor’s house and Proctor’s wife is being accused he also says: “If she is innocent! Why do you never wonder if Parris be innocent‚ or Abigail? Is the accuser always holy now? Were they born this morning as clean as God’s fingers? I’ll tell you what’s walking Salem-vengeance is walking Salem. We are what we always were in Salem‚ but now the little crazy children are
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