Betty Parris

Crucible Reverend Samuel Parris, Abigail Williams, and Thomas Putnam are all characters that show self-seeking actions throughout the entire play of The Crucible. These people contribute to making Salem a corrupt society. A functioning community would have everyone working together, and in this case, working to diminish the Salem Witch Trials, but their community is filled with disorderly happenings which is shown in the characters of Parris, Abigail, and Putnam. Reverend Parris shows his…

Beginning in the 1630’s Puritans came to the colonies after facing persecution in England for their want to purify and reform the Church of England. The Puritans believed that the New World was similar to the Garden of Eden and that the New World was going to be the “city upon the hill”. The Puritans settled in the now known area of Boston, and held services in bare churches throughout the town. Three people who were principal to Puritan religion in the colonies were Richard Mather, a minister…

lot of problems. In the drama The Crucible by Arthur Miller the characters Reverend Parris and Marry Warren blame others in order to keep themselves safe. Unlike reverend them, The characters from The Body of Christopher Creed by Plum-Ucci Mrs. Creed and Ali make their decisions based on ignorance. Both stories show how people can commit reckless acts based upon their emotion. The four characters Reverend Parris, Marry Warren, Mrs. Creed, and Ali show how fear and ignorance…

The Crucible is a well-made film that describes a true story in a fictional manner. The Crucible is a film that portrays the Salem witch trials. The Salem witch trials were accusations of witchcraft that led to multiple hangings and took place between 1692 and 1693 in Salem, Massachusetts. The Crucible is a drama released in 1996 and stars Daniel Day-Lewis and John Proctor, Winona Ryder as Abigail Williams, and Joan Allen as Elizabeth Proctor. This film is based off of a play written by Arthur…

Proctor, this causes a great deal of jealousy between the two characters. In the beginning of the novel, Abigail wasn’t really found “just dancing”. When explaining to Rev. Parris what had taken place in the woods, Abigail tells him that she was just dancing and “There is nothin’ more. I swear it, uncle(Miller 18). But when Betty wakes up, she reveals that Abigail did much more than dancing by exclaiming, “You did, you did! You drank a charm to kill John Proctor’s wife! You drank a charm to kill…

Era, in the town of Salem, Massachusetts, it began with a group of girls who wander off into the wilderness. While dancing, they were caught by the town minister Reverend Parris. One of the girls, Betty, who happened to be the daughter of Reverend Parris, descends into a coma. Moments later, a crowd begins to form around Parris’ home while rumors about witchcraft spread through the town. In the play, The Crucible, many of the characters have their own personal motives that go on throughout the…

Elizabeth “Betty” Parris became ill with a fever (Dunn 4 & 10). Her symptoms included not only a fever, but seizures, convulsions, hiding under furniture, feeling frozen, having pinching sensations throughout her body, making odd sounds, and much more (Dunn 10 & 14;“The Haunting of the Salem Witch Trials”). Betty went as far to say that an invisible being was biting and pinching her; another girl said this as well (Dunn 14; “The Haunting of the Salem Witch Trials”). Nobody knew why Betty was…

during the 1960s. On August 18, 1920, the 19th Amendment was ratified, granting women the right to vote. From 1920 to the Sixties, even to the present day, women have continuously fought for gender equality. For example, The Feminine Mystique, by Betty Friedan, is about how women are dissatisfied with their lives due to their dependence on their husbands for financial, emotional, and intellectual support.1 Friedan is making the point that because of gender inequality in America, women are…

war, to take over the jobs in construction and manufacturing. However, when the men came back women were fired instantly to give those jobs back to their male counterparts. This lead to a woman’s place being considered the home instead a work force. Betty Friedan, author of the “Feminine Mystique,” believed woman wanted and needed more out of life, which is accurate; life can’t be fulfilling if society tells you your ambition is cooking, cleaning, and caring for…

Throughout history, society has shaped the lives of individuals by assigning individuals a specific way to be a part of society while deviation is most likely viewed as unacceptable and censured. Betty Friedan in chapter 1 of her novel “The Feminine Mystique” describes society’s assigned role for women and how women sacrificed their desires to fulfil this role and assimilate into society. E.J Graff in his essay “The M/F Boxes” describes how transgendered and intersex individuals suffer…