The Crucible Character Analysis Essay

The Crucible In Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, the story is based on the Salem witch trials which took place in Massachusetts. Many people were accused of calling to Lucifer, the devil, all because of a group of girl servants who showed signs of being bewitched and to add on, Abigail William’s uncle Mr. Parris was a witness of the girls dancing in the woods. Mary Warren was one of the main characters in the story and in the beginning she showed characteristics that made her meticulous, ambitious in the middle, and at the end she became skeptical towards the people she trusted. The change of her traits demonstrates the universal theme of, it takes great courage to face your own problems, because Mary’s actions and speech can support it. For …show more content…
Towards the beginning of act two, when she is talking to John Proctor after she comes home from Salem, she is more clamorous at him as they argue about her behavior. On page 165, Mary proclaims, “I’ll not stand whipping any more!” She tries to tell Mr. Proctor what it is that she will not be made to do anymore. She also says, “I’ll not be ordered to bed no more, Mr. Proctor! I am eighteen and a woman, however single!” This supports the claim because she has started to become more ambitious towards Mr. Proctor by becoming demanding and stringent about what she wants and what she does not want to do. Mary Warren is only in act one two and three, however act three is where she starts to give up and speak the …show more content…
In act one, she is very worried that if something happened to Betty Parris they could get in severe trouble. In act two, Mary had started to state her independence and be more straightforward with Mr. Proctor which constructed her character into being ambitious. In act three, Mary then gives up and accuses her own master, John Proctor, for being the one who called the