The Reverend

Similarly, Abigail and Mercy fled Salem because they knew that they would be punished for the disarray that was brought upon because the people of Salem would not accept the hangings of honest and good people like Rebecca Nurse and John Proctor. Reverend Parris informs Judge Danforth about the disappearance of Abigail and Mercy. At first, Judge Danforth wanted to send a search party after them, but Parris reveals that they are likely aboard a ship. Additionally, he state that they have stolen…

Deception in Salem Humans are selfish creatures. People will always put themselves first if they are faced with a dilemma that will end up hurting them or putting them in a situation where they don’t have the upper hand. That may be something small like cutting in front of someone in traffic or something big like accusing someone else of witchcraft. This happens throughout the play The Crucible written by Arthur Miller. In the play, people lie to save themselves from death or worse, when…

social standing and reputation in the village. Many characters, including John Proctor and Rebecca Nurse, believed their reputations were of paramount importance as they lived their lives with integrity and valued its stronghold. Others, such as Reverend Parris and Judge Danforth, struggled to earn and maintain a good name within society and were prepared to do whatever it took to defend their reputations, irrespective…

This link initially forms as Hester brings Pearl to Governor Bellingham’s home after learning that others want to take her devilish daughter away. Seeing that her arguments are futile, Hester calls upon Reverend Dimmesdale—the hidden father—to vouch for her. He concedes, and with a hand over his heart, asserts that Pearl keeps her mother from the “blacker depths of sin” (Hawthorne 117). The perceptive Pearl recognizes the connection between the reverend’s…

Crucible Discussion Answers 1a. Proctor doomed himself because Deputy Governor Danforth would not let him survive if he didn’t give up the confession he signed. Proctor realized that if he gave this up, his name would mean nothing, due to him lying about him seeing demons, and signing his name on the confession, he had given up his name. He said that although they had already taken his soul, he wants to keep his name. 1b. I believe their was no other way out of his situation than to lie and…

The willingness to die for the principle of truth and justice is an action of true heroism. As the town of Salem is quickly sliding into chaos in Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, John Proctor speaks out against injustice and shadowed lies of afflicted girls. John is forced into a position where the sins of his past come to threaten his name and life in the village. A true definition of John’s character depends entirely on his actions to oppose the deception that may kill all innocents in Salem.…

Tituba confesses to witchcraft as a last resort to be saved and Reverend Hale promises that he “... will protect [her]”(Miller,46) An advantage to confessing and blaming others Tituba is now saved from death. Reverend Hale at this point of the play has a lot of authority over the witch trials and his word of protection means a lot to Tituba. On the other hand, Tituba still ends up in jail…

reputation back, but in the long run, caused more damage to him physically and mentally: “While thus suffering under bodily disease, and gnawed and tortured by some black trouble of the soul, and given over to the machinations of his deadliest enemy, the Reverend Mr. Dimmesdale had achieved a brilliant popularity in his sacred office. He won it, indeed, in great part by his sorrows”(128). The importance of a clean and sturdy reputation is a common theme in both books and shows…

Creating a more realistic story with his usage of historical figures as actual characters in the novel The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne uses these minor characters—Governor Bellingham, Mistress Hibbins, and Reverend Wilson—to not only help develop the main characters’ plotline, but to mainly use them as examples of aspects in Puritan society that he does not support completely. In his writing style, he never directly criticizes the people, but he uses ironical situations with minor…

this play, innocent lives are put on trial when Abigail Williams and her friends accuse the men and women of crimes they did not commit. Three characters that experience the greatest change in the play include John Proctor, Elizabeth Proctor and Reverend John Hale. John Proctor is a very-hardworking farmer who is dignified and very cautious. He has had a secretive affair with Abigail Williams. In his first interaction with Abigail, Proctor tries to argue of their affair by telling her “[they]…