How Does Mary Warren Change In The Crucible

In today’s era, too many chances are missed by people. The reason being that people are afraid, and allow others to make decisions for them. This is prevalent in situations of crisis. These submissive people make society dull because they simply become a mannequin of themselves, expressing fluctuating opinions and appeals that to a bandwagon. This is dependant on their belief is going to benefit them the most in order to assuage their desire for an advantage. In Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, he shows a polarizing change in the character of Mary Warren. This is shown when she changes her opinions based on the situations that she is in which shows the reader how much of a selfish person she is. Mary Warren is a masked mannequin manipulated by the mass. Although she remains the same throughout the play, she is a very polarized character that uses dynamic tactics in order to put herself in the best position. For example, in Act I Mary Warren strictly claims that she is not involved in the witchcraft that the girls partook in because she was simply watching (Miller 1136). This act of deliberately diverting the blame from herself is what characterizes her as a character without a backbone. Contrary to belief however, she does this only because she wants no part of the blame because she puts her own well …show more content…
She does so by attempting to show Proctor that because of her age, she is no longer willing to take punishment from him (Miller 1167). This further perpetuates the claim that Mary Warren is only looking out for herself. However, this all boils down to the simple fact that Mary Warren isn’t a character who goes through a dynamic change, but rather a character who falsely portrays dynamic change. This is pertinent to the development of the story because how other characters view Mary Warren directly affects how they will treat