How Does Mary Warren Affect The Crucible

A crucible; a hard trial or a pot used for melting metal. Both require what is inside to resist heat or pressure or they will melt. In order for someone to survive the Salem witchcraft trials, they must be able to withstand the crucible and purify themselves when put under extreme heat and pressure. Anyone could be convicted at anytime of being a witch if someone caught them doing suspicious activities. Mary Warren, Reverend John Hale, and Abigail Williams were affected positively and negatively by the witchcraft trials because some were and some were not able to tough out the pressure. Once enough pressure is pushed onto something, it will soon break. A person in that witnessed extreme pressure was Mary Warren. She was placed into a position that she was obviously not used to being in. In Act 3 on line 573-589 Danforth is questioning Mary Warren and the text even says; “sensing a weakening”. This means that within seconds of Danforth questioning Mary Warren she is already beginning to feel the pressure and will soon be ready to break. Danforth does use this against Warren because he knows he can get …show more content…
Both definitions could technically be synonyms if the court trials are in Salem. Making it through the witch trials without being affected in some way was considered incredibly lucky. Being able to handle the pressure during the trials was considered very impressive. Mary Warren could not control herself when put into tough situations. Reverend Hale was able to do what he believed in and saved some lives and put order in the Salem court. Abigail Williams was selfish and was not able to take responsibility and could not accept the consequences therefore many people perished and many lives were ruined. It was truly life or death situations these people were put into, but most of the time, it wasn’t their lives being put at risk. The Salem court trials were, as one may call it nowadays, a true witch