Thomas Putnam‚ Mary Warren‚ and John Proctor exemplify their purpose‚ motivation‚ and character traits. In the beginning of the play‚ Thomas Putnam is introduced as an arrogant landowner. His superciliousness is evident when the narrator explains that he describes himself as “the intellectual superior of most people around him.” (172: all references from class text‚ Language of American Literature‚ McDougal Littel‚ 2000). Putnam is influential because of his wealth‚
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weakness and how it affected the Crucible. Mary Warren shows a lot of weakness because of how she got John and Elizabeth proctor in trouble with the court. Mary Warren wouldn’t fess up that she made the poppet and put the needle in its belly. Elizabeth got blamed for it because the poppet was in her house and Elizabeth said she didn’t have any dolls but she did. John and Elizabeth were trialed in the court but they couldn’t get the truth out of Mary Warren. So they were sentenced to death. I think John
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Larry Warren (Rendlesham) From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia For the Executive Director of UMHHC‚ see Larry Warren. Larry Warren (Lawrence P. Warren or Lawrence Patrick Warren‚ Larry Patrick Warren or Larry P. Warren)‚ who used the pseudonym Art Wallace‚ was a member of the US Air Force Security Police stationed at an American base on British soil. He is most famously known for his involvement in the Rendlesham Forest Incident and has published a book on this event co-authored with Peter Robbins
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In 1672 The Puritans belief was very strict which made it hard on the women during that time.The roles and treatments of the women was made were they had to submissive to the men. The characters Abigail‚ Mary Warren‚ and Elizabeth was portrayed as simple-minded‚ controlling‚ weak‚ and submissive women. The character Abigail were portrayed as the whore in which she was weak and controlling. She would threaten the other girls just to get what she wants. She was so consumed with the idea of her and
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In the court case resulting in this. In the court Abigail breaks down and get all of the other girls to join her in mimicking everything that Mary Warren in saying trying to accuse her of casting her spirit onto them and trying to hurt them in this way. Mary Warren in an attempt to save her own skin‚ then breaks down and admits her love for God and she tells everyone that it was John Proctor that was a devil worshiper and that she couldn’t do anything to
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11.a. Speaker: The speaker is John Proctor‚ who is a local farmer and the husband of Elizabeth Proctor. 11.b. Audience: The audience is Elizabeth Proctor. 11.c. Context: At the time this quote is spoken‚ Abigail has accused many of the villagers of witchcraft‚ who are getting ready to face trial in court. 11.d. Content: Proctor is stating that he has been trying to please Elizabeth‚ however‚ she still believes that he is being dishonest and suspects him of having another affair with Abigail. 11
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1960’s. In November of 1963‚ JFK was shot riding in his limo in Texas. Because the shooting was in public view of both citizens and the media‚ there are varying accounts for what took place that day. A government investigation‚ referred to as the Warren Commission‚ concluded that Lee Harvey Oswald was the lone gunman of the assassination of Kennedy. In the 50 years since his murder‚ several other theories‚ related to the circumstances surrounding his death‚ have arisen. Because the government has
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Court differently. When the new era of the Warren court was established in 1953‚ President Dwight D. Eisenhower had appointed Earl Warren as the Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court thinking that Warren would introduce and spread conservative views throughout the U.S. Supreme Court when in fact he led the court into making liberal decisions. Warren surprised and tricked Eisenhower by his decisions in landmark court cases. The cases heard by the Warren Court focused on human rights and issues that
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The Crucible – Mary Warren Mary Warren is a young servant girl whose ethics are challenged when she becomes afflicted with terror and intimidation. She is a maid for John Proctor‚ and becomes involved in the Salem witch hunt as one of the accusers‚ led by Abigail Williams. Mary Warren is a very weak person in the play‚ who gives in to pressure a number of times. Proctor manages to convince her to reveal that she and the other accusers have been fabricating their stories and ‘supernatural experiences’
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that was in Mary Warrens poppet. Abigail then says Goody Proctor’s spirt pierced her. Cheever and Hale go to the Home of the Proctors to see if Elizabeth did such a thing. Cheever finds the poppet and says‚ “Herrick‚ Herrick‚ it is a needle” (Miller 176). Once they found the needle they let her kiss the kids goodbye and took Elizabeth away. Proctor basically forces Mary Warren to testify against Abigail so they could get Elizabeth out of jail. When Abigail found out Marry Warren was testifying‚ she
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