Rev Parris character analysis In the play “The Crucible”, Reverend Samuel Parris is immediately shown as a selfish and greedy man. In the first act of the play Betty, Reverend Parris’s daughter, is in a coma like state. In that scene, he talks with Abigail one of his nieces, regarding Betty’s current state and how she got in that condition. However he is quick to jump on to the importance that the word of Betty’s condition is not to be released publicly because he claims (on 1.1093) that “There is a faction that is sworn to drive me from my pulpit. Do you understand that?” He often refers to this “faction”, claiming that they’re against him and the news about his own daughter dabbling in witchcraft could be used to ruin his reputation. This
