On a dark stormy night, Arthur Miller wrote a book called, The Crucible. Throughout this piece of writing Miller expresses himself and the theme of the book through Mary Warren. She expresses multiple traits that Miller believes he has and uses as a theme, like hunger for power, self-preservation, greed, and protectiveness of reputation. Mary agrees to act like she is being bewitched because everyone else was doing it (bandwagon), and if she didn’t she would have been whipped for dancing in the woods.
We have all heard of the Salem Witch Trials, but does everybody know the true story? (Rhetorical question) Arthur Miller describes how it is like to live in 1692 when the Witch Trial is going on. It all starts on a dark, dreary night when the young women of Salem decide to sneak out of their houses to participate in voodoo with a slave, named Tituba from Barbados. The preacher, Parris, catches them in the dancing in the …show more content…
She never experiences any power until the witch trials. Mary obtained power by dancing in the woods and claiming a witch who is working with the devil made her and her friends do it. Mr. Hale and the adults listen to the children and condemn anyone the girls say, unless the person confesses. The more time goes on, the more power the girls get and the more people are said to be witches. Mary works less during the day for John Proctor, because she is “an official of the court” (Miller pg 50). Late one night when Mary comes home John gets angry and yells at Mary. He grabs his loose, long, lean (alliteration) whip and Mary tells him he can no longer whip her. She is “eighteen and a woman, however single” (Miller p.g57). Mary finally got some rights at the place where she works and can leave and go to bed when she pleases. This new freedom opens up Mary Warren’s view of the
We have all heard of the Salem Witch Trials, but does everybody know the true story? (Rhetorical question) Arthur Miller describes how it is like to live in 1692 when the Witch Trial is going on. It all starts on a dark, dreary night when the young women of Salem decide to sneak out of their houses to participate in voodoo with a slave, named Tituba from Barbados. The preacher, Parris, catches them in the dancing in the …show more content…
She never experiences any power until the witch trials. Mary obtained power by dancing in the woods and claiming a witch who is working with the devil made her and her friends do it. Mr. Hale and the adults listen to the children and condemn anyone the girls say, unless the person confesses. The more time goes on, the more power the girls get and the more people are said to be witches. Mary works less during the day for John Proctor, because she is “an official of the court” (Miller pg 50). Late one night when Mary comes home John gets angry and yells at Mary. He grabs his loose, long, lean (alliteration) whip and Mary tells him he can no longer whip her. She is “eighteen and a woman, however single” (Miller p.g57). Mary finally got some rights at the place where she works and can leave and go to bed when she pleases. This new freedom opens up Mary Warren’s view of the