1. “So now they and their church found it necessary to deny any other sect its freedom, lest their New Jerusalem be defiled and corrupted by wrong and deceitful ideas.” This is ironic because it defies why the Puritans left Europe in the first place. They left England because the felt victimized for their beliefs. Now in New England they seek to oppress others for the same reasons as they were once subjected to.
2. Reverend Parris was more concerned about the fact that his daughter partook in the events in the woods, and how this could affect his reputation. The rumor that Betty is the victim of witchcraft is running wild in Salem, and a crowd has congregated in Parris’s parlor. At first glance, Parris appears to be a concerned father. However, …show more content…
John Proctor is an anguished man. He believes his affair with Abigail has irreparably damaged him in the eyes of God and his wife Elizabeth. He feels bitter towards Elizabeth because she cannot forgive him and have confidence in him again, but he is guilty of the same thing. Because his own incapability to forgive himself only deepens his response to Elizabeth 's lack of forgiveness.
7. “There are wheels within wheels in this village and fires within fires,” is a quote from Mrs. Putnam when she is quarreling with Rebecca about the reason for her several miscarriages. Mrs. Putnam points to paranormal reasons for her recurring inability to have another child, and she looks to others and their successful capability to have children as proof of this. She also points towards the existence of the paranormal to try and explain the troublesome events that are happening in this village.
8. Giles is referring to how everybody in the village doesn 't seem to think twice about prosecuting, double crossing and condemning their neighbor of all manner of things. He is referring to the fact that everyone has little grievances and discontents with people in the town, and they express that disagreement in the form of lawsuits. Symbolically Giles is saying that people 's greed and lust for vengeance on their own neighbors is creating a bottomless pit of despair that will eventually engulf everybody. He is also referring to the underlying current of contention and bitterness that people have …show more content…
Hale is trying to tell them that they should carefully consider who they arrest and hang. This in itself is solid advice because conviction and murder of the innocent could damn their eternal soul to hell. At his core, Reverend Hale is a devoutly religious man and cares for those who may have strayed from the path of righteousness. He is only trying to save them from suffering now, and in the afterlife.
22. Proctor makes the decision to testify at the end of Act II. He plans to have Abigail’s “saintliness” taken away by bringing light to her true deeds and intentions. If the plan were to work it could end the madness that has fallen upon Salem. It would also reveal that this was all concocted by a desperate teenager who wanted her lover back.
23. Salem courts and the American judicial system differ in how a person defends themselves. During the Salem witch trials, a person’s defense was extremely limited. In Salem, those accused of witchery were arrested on the base of suspicion, nowadays you would need evidence or a testimony. Back then there was no factual evidence as to how they could be witches. The court was fueled by the claims of children who were pointing a finger at anyone to claim witchery.
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2. Reverend Parris was more concerned about the fact that his daughter partook in the events in the woods, and how this could affect his reputation. The rumor that Betty is the victim of witchcraft is running wild in Salem, and a crowd has congregated in Parris’s parlor. At first glance, Parris appears to be a concerned father. However, …show more content…
John Proctor is an anguished man. He believes his affair with Abigail has irreparably damaged him in the eyes of God and his wife Elizabeth. He feels bitter towards Elizabeth because she cannot forgive him and have confidence in him again, but he is guilty of the same thing. Because his own incapability to forgive himself only deepens his response to Elizabeth 's lack of forgiveness.
7. “There are wheels within wheels in this village and fires within fires,” is a quote from Mrs. Putnam when she is quarreling with Rebecca about the reason for her several miscarriages. Mrs. Putnam points to paranormal reasons for her recurring inability to have another child, and she looks to others and their successful capability to have children as proof of this. She also points towards the existence of the paranormal to try and explain the troublesome events that are happening in this village.
8. Giles is referring to how everybody in the village doesn 't seem to think twice about prosecuting, double crossing and condemning their neighbor of all manner of things. He is referring to the fact that everyone has little grievances and discontents with people in the town, and they express that disagreement in the form of lawsuits. Symbolically Giles is saying that people 's greed and lust for vengeance on their own neighbors is creating a bottomless pit of despair that will eventually engulf everybody. He is also referring to the underlying current of contention and bitterness that people have …show more content…
Hale is trying to tell them that they should carefully consider who they arrest and hang. This in itself is solid advice because conviction and murder of the innocent could damn their eternal soul to hell. At his core, Reverend Hale is a devoutly religious man and cares for those who may have strayed from the path of righteousness. He is only trying to save them from suffering now, and in the afterlife.
22. Proctor makes the decision to testify at the end of Act II. He plans to have Abigail’s “saintliness” taken away by bringing light to her true deeds and intentions. If the plan were to work it could end the madness that has fallen upon Salem. It would also reveal that this was all concocted by a desperate teenager who wanted her lover back.
23. Salem courts and the American judicial system differ in how a person defends themselves. During the Salem witch trials, a person’s defense was extremely limited. In Salem, those accused of witchery were arrested on the base of suspicion, nowadays you would need evidence or a testimony. Back then there was no factual evidence as to how they could be witches. The court was fueled by the claims of children who were pointing a finger at anyone to claim witchery.
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