The Salem Witch Trials of 1692 brings power to characters in Arthur Miller’s The Crucible. The mass hysteria is taking over the town and people are beginning to accuse each other of being witches. The capability of being eligible to accuse someone of being a witch gives a person a copious amount of power. The character, Mary Warren, gains power when she has the option of turning in Abigail as a fraud for creating the mass hysteria. Mary Warren is the servant in the Procter family’s household and is a friend of Abigail Williams, Reverend Parris’ niece. She gains power by being given the chance to prove Abigail Williams is a fraud and putting an end to the hysteria. Mary Warren begins as a powerless, lonely, little girl who is a servant to
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When people get involved in other people’s business things can go wrong and people can get hurt. As people go digging into others’ business secrets can be exposed that weren’t suppose to be and others can end up getting hurt by it. By digging into other people’s business some may think they are doing it for the good of the community, but in the end it is inevitable that someone will get hurt. The people in Salem have been living distantly from each other for a while, so this time apart creates suspicion about each other. John Procter ends up getting hurt because the curiosity ends up getting his wife put in jail. John Procter is telling Marry warren, his servant, that she needs to go to the court to testify that Abigail Williams is a fraud. He strongly tells Mary, “My wife will never die for me! I will bring your guts into your mouth but that goodness will not die for me!” (Miller 80). Procter is hurt and feels frustrated because Abigail gets involved in his life and his wife is the one that ends up in jail. Although it is not Procters intention to hurt his wife, however, Abigail and him getting involved in each other’s business she is the one who ends up getting
When people get involved in other people’s business things can go wrong and people can get hurt. As people go digging into others’ business secrets can be exposed that weren’t suppose to be and others can end up getting hurt by it. By digging into other people’s business some may think they are doing it for the good of the community, but in the end it is inevitable that someone will get hurt. The people in Salem have been living distantly from each other for a while, so this time apart creates suspicion about each other. John Procter ends up getting hurt because the curiosity ends up getting his wife put in jail. John Procter is telling Marry warren, his servant, that she needs to go to the court to testify that Abigail Williams is a fraud. He strongly tells Mary, “My wife will never die for me! I will bring your guts into your mouth but that goodness will not die for me!” (Miller 80). Procter is hurt and feels frustrated because Abigail gets involved in his life and his wife is the one that ends up in jail. Although it is not Procters intention to hurt his wife, however, Abigail and him getting involved in each other’s business she is the one who ends up getting