Assumption of Mary

Towards the middle, Reverend Hale started noticing flaws in the court and the story of witchcraft which led him to be skeptical. One evening, Hale went to John Proctor’s house to investigate John’s wife, Elizabeth, for symptoms of witchcraft since she was mentioned of having witchcraft in the court. During that night, Elizabeth told John to tell Hale about how Abigael mentioned that witchcraft was fake. Hale shockingly says, “Abigail Williams told you it had naught to do with witchcraft” (pg 69)…

Reputation Essay According to the Webster Dictionary, Reputation defines as “the common opinion that people have about someone or something; the way in which people think of someone or something.” I believe an individual’s reputation defines all the characteristics of their personality. People hold only one reputation in their life. In The Crucible, John Proctor says “How may I live without my name? I have given you my soul; leave me my name!” (Page) This quote shows the importance of reputation…

discussing the many trials happening in the town. Elizabeth tries to get John to go into court and tell them what he knows about the Abigail and the girls. After he refuses, Elizabeth believes he still has feelings for Abby. The next morning John takes Mary to court as proof that the young ladies are lying about seeing the devil. This is to try and help save his wife and many others from being hung. In turn it ends with him being charged with working with the devil and being sent to jail. Three…

A woman who manipulated a court to believe she was innocent. A woman who accidentally got the man she was in love with was hung. The woman who was the culprit of starting the massive intensity of witchcraft and didn’t care about the deaths she caused was a vital character in The Crucible. Some people considered her a child, an innocent girl who would never tell a lie. Although, the readers as well as Abigail herself knew that despite her age, she was capable of doing outrageous and extreme…

The novel, The Crucible by Arthur Miller, tells a fictional story based on the events of the Salem Witch Trials. In the book, a group of young girls begin to accuse others of witchcraft and dealing with the devil. Their false accusations lead to mass hysteria and the dramatic deaths of 19 innocents. Although there were many characters who contributed to the chaos, it is obvious that Abigail Williams is most at fault since, from the beginning, she had the most control of the situation and used it…

“Kill the beast! Cut his throat! Spill his blood!” With a group of children facing independent survival, William Golding challenges many readers to decipher what the “Beast” is in his novel, Lord of the Flies. As a matter of fact, he expresses that the beast is fear. According to Document A, entitled, “The terrors of the unknown,” it states,”...there are no comforting mothers to dispel the terrors of the unknown. They externalize these fears into the figure of a beast.” This illustrates that…

Because of Her If you don’t control your mind someone else will. It is very easy to get manipulated by other people. People who have read The Crucible would say Abigail Williams is the most loathsome in this story because she evilly persuades the girls to do what she is doing. When Parris found the girls in the wood dancing they knew they were in inscrutable trouble. The first thing Abigail did was accused another person for her actions “She made me do it…” (Miller, 1154), by that statement she…

the witch trials began Marry Warren was an accuser of witchcraft. Marry Warren is an individual who as drawn into the injustice of witch trials. Her views change when Goody Proctor is accused of witch craft. Marry Warren gave Goody Proctor a poppet, “Mary Warren: ‘I made a gift for you today, Goody Proctor. I had to sit long hours in a chair, and passed the time with sewing.’” (Page 1056) the poppet is later to be used against Goody Proctor and make her be a person accused of witchcraft. When…

Character commonality: Mary Warren from The Crucible and Jacob from A Simple Plan are similar in the way that they are both controlled by fear throughout the course of the novels. Quote #1 from “TC”: “Let either of you breathe a word, or the edge of a word, about the other…

Have you ever been so involved in discovering the truth about something that you let public opinion cloud your judgement? One of the protagonists in The Crucible, a play written by Arthur Miller, was brought down by listening to the people around him instead of looking at the facts right under his nose. Reverend Hale was brought to Salem to investigate witchcraft, and he is motivated to find justice. His flaws of being easily manipulated, lack of clarity with morals, and overconfidence have led…