Warren Court

characters in Miller’s The Crucible, including John Proctor, Abigail Williams, and Mary Warren, are willing to take several different although equally drastic measures to protect their own name. In Act I of The Crucible it quickly…

punishment for pursuing vengeance. Abigail stabs herself in the stomach with a needle and blames it on the spirit of goody proctor which led to goody proctor’s hanging. Cheever and Herrick show up at proctor’s house and inspects a poppet made by Mary Warren where they find a needle. “Herrick, Herrick, it’s a needle” (Miller 176). This quote is important because it shows Abigail’s devotion to proctor. Giles Corey accuses Putnam of telling his daughter Ruth to accuse his neighbor George Jacobs of…

However there were lost and shattered under all of the pressure. This gives insight into the character’s emotions and mindsets. During the story, Abigail, Elizabeth, and Proctor all thrive under the immense that is put on them, unlike Parris and Mary Warren who crack and show weakness when under pressure. Abigail’s case is a special one because she is the source of all of Salem’s chaos. She is a hateful and jealous woman who envies the wife of Proctor, the cause of her lust. Within the story…

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)…

beaten again, she lists two other women she “saw” with the devil 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…

Throughout the Crucible John Proctor continuously struggles to be a good person in the eyes of himself, and God due to this he constantly changes and evolves as a character. In act one of the Crucible John Proctor is known as a good man who is respected throughout Salem, but privately he was going through multiple difficulties. One problem he had was Abigail. Proctor had an affair with Abigail, and was trying to move on so that he could fix his relationship with his wife. The affair impacted…

reputation by lying and threatening during difficult situations. Abigail “and a group of young girls reportedly danced and practiced abominations in the woods: where the witchcraft hysteria begun.” (1) Abigail’s uncle, Parris, a powerful man in the Salem court, found the groups of girls. They were all accused of witchcraft, a deed punished by death. Frightened and embarrassed, Abigail does everything in her power to save her reputation. When Paris confronts the girls wanting an explanation…

Some others who are tested by intense moments and wavered. When proctor attempts in a last desperate move to save his Elizabeth from false accusations of witchcraft he resorts to summon his servant Mary Warren to the court, to reveal the truth about the girl's dancing in the woods and Abigail's lies, but when she sees the intensity and the escalating of the accusations she is overtaken by fear ( Porter 188 ). What adds to Mary's fear is that her confession only serves to increase…

John Proctor asks Marry Warren to stand before the court and testify that the young women “never saw Satan” but were “marvelous pretenders” (Miller 191). Danforth asks Proctor “what is your purpose,” to Proctor’s response, is to free his wife Elizabeth (Miller 184). Danforth become defensive and suspicious and believes Proctor’s “purpose is somewhat larger’ than merely trying to free his wife (Miller 185”. Danforth did not want anyone to hear testimony that might weaken his court and bring…

At the beginning of the movie, some village girls are dancing in the forest. One of the girls, Abigail Williams, drinks the blood of a chicken and wishes for Elizabeth Proctor to die. Reverend Samuel catches the girls and they run off. The next morning, Betty Parris and Ruth Putnam, two of the girls that were dancing on the forest, will not wake up. The Reverend’s is visited by two men, Giles Corey, believes that the girls were just acting out, and John Proctor, Abigail’s former lover. The…