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    that the character Mary Warren in The Crucible, by Arthur Miller holds true to these philosophies, and changes her motives throughout the book in order to benefit herself and tear down others. To begin, Mary Warren begins to take different action in order save her good name in the town. After the girls were caught dancing in the forest, Mary’s panic can be seen coming out when the girls are discussing what to do. As all the girls were panicking that Betty was still asleep, Mary proclaims,…

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    best through the character Mary Warren, Mary Warren was the servant of Proctors and was fearful. Mary was not a very flashily or main character to the play but she did have a very important role in the play she taught all of us what fear does to a person, Marry Warren was in the group of girls what was in the woods playing with witchcraft but she was the only one that did not participate in the activates “I never done none of it, Abby. I only looked!” (ACT 1, page 19) Mary knew that she would…

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    the Proctors may not take the most truthful or righteous path to success. 18. Mary Warren is initially described as an “subservient, naïve, lonely girl.” She quickly shows herself to be very timid. Because of her kind, innocent personality, another girl (Abigail, whose apparent Mary-like innocence is entirely a fraudulent facade) takes advantage of her easily. 20. Abigail believes that Proctor and her are to be lovers, and Proctor firmly has stated that he does not see that happening. She says…

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    Mary Warren changes multiple times back and forth throughout The Crucible. She changes from Act I from being very scared to in Act II standing up for herself and telling Procter what she is going to do.. For example, on page 1269, Marry says, “with hysterical fright: What’s got her? Abigail stares in fight at Betty, Abby she’s going to die! It’s a sin to conjure, and we-”. In other words Marry is saying that if anyone finds out the truth we are in trouble. And the girls are terrified. As one…

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    and childish, but they also have other qualities that distinguish them from other teenagers . Some of them are deceitful and others are shameless. Mary Warren ,for example, is subservient, naïve and childish. Mary Warren is subservient meaning she is used by other people to get what they want. After the girls are caught in the forest ,Mary Warren fears that they will be accused of witchery and says, "We must tell the truth, Abby!" (1.1034).…

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    Miller uses character motivation in developing the plot of his play, The Crucible. Abigail, a 17 year old girl with a burning passion for someone she cannot have. She will do anything she can to get the man of her dreams and Elizabeth Proctor nor Mary Warren will get in the way of that. Miller creates the character, Abigail Williams with a tenacious and manipulative personality to obtain the person she loves. One of the characters Abigail Williams affects is John Proctor. According to the…

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    trouble if he admitted anything, Abigail had power over him. Yes, Abigail might get in trouble but so would he. And possibly his wife. Mary Warren, the current servant for John Proctor was trying to also tell people who Abigail really is. Because Abigail has a higher power over Mary Warren, Mary isn’t successful and ends up getting blamed for witchcraft. When Mary Warren swears she never saw familiar spirits, Abigail says there is no truth in it.…

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    Massachusetts. Many people were accused of calling to Lucifer, the devil, all because of a group of girl servants who showed signs of being bewitched and to add on, Abigail William’s uncle Mr. Parris was a witness of the girls dancing in the woods. Mary Warren was one of the main characters in the story and in the beginning she showed characteristics that made her meticulous, ambitious in the middle, and at the end she became skeptical towards the people she trusted. The change of her traits…

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    Miller, Mary Warren demonstrates some of the characteristics of a tragic hero, but ultimately she is not a tragic heroine. Mary displays the traits of a tragic hero of having a tragic flaw, not being predisposed to being either all good or evil, and provokes profound pity from the reading audience. Howbeit, she lacks the qualities of being of the elite class or well-respected and while she does recognize her transgression Mary is unable to accept all of the consequences of her action. While Mary…

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    In the “Crucible”, Danforth and Mary Warren have done many things to corrupt their society. Danforth was the Deputy Governor and a judge. Mary Warren was a servant in Proctor's house hold. Judge danforth is more to blame than Mary Warren because he was bias, full of fear and worried about themselves. Judge Danforth is more to blame for his accusation that the defendant was guilty and was bias to Abigail Williams. First, Danforth is on Abigail Williams side. When Judge Danforth says, “ Child I…

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