Many innocent people are killed in The Crucible. Arthur Miller is the author of The Crucible, this play about the witch trials that take place in Salem, Massachusetts. This is the result of people in Salem falsely accusing other citizens. Some names that come up when talking about who is ultimately to blame for the deaths of those innocent Puritans during the witch hunt are, the Putnams, Reverend Parris, Governor Danforth, and Abigail Williams. Ann Putnam was focused on assigning blame to others…
They are saying Mary has the devil in her and now they are acting afraid of Mary. They are all in the court trying to prove to the judge that Mary is now the devil , while they are doing that Mary is begging the girls to stop lying , but Abigail will do and say anything to keep her lie up . Abigail does not feel bad for making Mary suffer . “looking about in the air , clasping her arms about as though cold . I-I know not a wind has come . ( Her eyes fall on Mary warren). Abigail is pretending…
bears no responsibility for possessing his flaw, for example, he was incriminated of adultery with Abagail. “Adultery John” (Miller). Having a vigorous love for his wife, furthermore, John tries to save their marriage. With the help of his servant Mary Warren, John…
” These activities made the Perron family approach the Warrens, the then renowned paranormal investigators. Ed and Lauren Warren had gained quite a lot of fame after their famous investigations on the Annabelle doll and the case of the Enfield poltergeist. The Warrens were quite helpful in unwrapping the mystery behind these activities. According to the history, Bathsheba Thayer, a descendant of Mary Easty was married to Judson Sherman. Mary Easty was a member of the Salem cult who was burned…
In the excerpt located on pages 1033 to 1035, Abigail Williams, Mercy Lewis, and Mary Warren gather and converse in the bedroom of an ill Betty Parris to form a consistent story about the events that occurred in the forest, prior to the ailments of Betty Parris and Ruth Putnam. Abby initiates the conversation in hope to evade any possible inconsistencies in each girl's story, that would lead to the group receiving any sort of punishment. The conversation begins between Abby and Mercy. Abby…
himself. Sarah Good and Sarah Osburne. Abigail Williams, former servant to the Proctors, told the girls that if they told the truth, there would be consequences. John Proctor tells Mary Warren, current servant to the Proctors, to do just that. John takes her to the courthouse and pushes her to tell the truth. After Mary has told the…
clears his conscience by coming clean about his sins. Though they remain married, their relationship is extremely strained and Elizabeth refuses to forgive him for it. In Act 2, Mary Warren brings home a poppet for Elizabeth. Elizabeth is then arrested and charged with sending a spirit out to stab Abigail. Abigail saw Mary Warren sewing the poppet in court and put the needle in its stomach so she wouldn’t lose it, so she stages her own stabbing in the same place in an attempt to get rid of…
Why did Mary Warren have to go to Salem? How does she seem to feel about her new position? (Lines 182-319)…
Patience is key for a judge because most times, people do not want to confess their crimes right away. However, Danforth showed that he did not hold this quality. Often times, he would try and force a confession of witchcraft out of people. He never gave people time to open up and either tell the truth, or lie. For example, Danforth makes Reverend Hale try to make Rebecca Nurse confess that she is a witch. Once Hale says that he needs more time to make her open up, Danforth gets mad because he…
In one day, a person usually lies plenty of times whether it is a compliment, or they want to escape some kind of punishment. Humans have been telling lies since the beginning of spoken language, and it has always led to problems. Throughout the play,The Crucible by Arthur Miller, deceit and lying are the primary roots of all the problems, and almost all the characters lie at some point to either protect themselves, or to accuse others. John Proctor lies to protect himself from false…