Warren Court

Her goal was to gain John Proctor back, so she developed a well-thought-out plan to be able to accomplish this. Her strategy involved gaining the trust of the court and therefore destroying Elizabeth. She didn’t care who she had to run over to be able to attain Proctor. As she accused more and more people she strengthened her position and increased her power in the town. The people who she condemned to death were…

their marriage. With the help of his servant Mary Warren, John…

The Crucible: Allegory, Or Just Befunky? Was the events in the Crucible a witch hunt?, crusade?, or just plain lust-lead Manslaughter? The Crucible by Arthur Miller is an allegory for the Red Scare in the McCarthy Era because Abigail had no solid evidence that those she accused were actual witches (she only had her own word), Mccarthy accused hundreds of being Communists, and Mccarthy had a claim that the only proof was on a piece of paper, Abigail Williams had no solid evidence that those…

American Horror Story: Salem There are people that will do whatever is expected of them no matter the consequences, and then there are those that will always stick to their ethical beliefs. In The Crucible by Arthur Miller, the Salem witch trials put morality to the test. Beginning from the falsehood of the trials in the first place to the internal struggles the characters face during the trials, all of the people involved have important decisions to make. Despite all of this, Reverend John…

past the Texas School Book Depository building, Oswald supposedly fired his gun, which was fatal for President Kennedy and injured Governor Connally very seriously. A fourth shot was shot from the grassy knoll which completely contradicts what the Warren Commission had first stated.…

the town. That was the only real “proof” that the court had. When Mary Warren admits her and the girls were pretending Abigail refuses to admit it and instead acts like Mary’s spirit is attacking her, “But god made my face ; you cannot want to tear my face. Envy is a deadly sin, Mary.(Miller)” This is one of many times Abigail faked seeing spirits to accuse someone of Witchcraft. This is a big reason many people are being hung because the court has no evidence besides Abigail saying she is…

“Let you beware, Mr. Danforth. Think you to be so mighty that the power of Hell may not turn your wits? Beware of it! There is”-Suddenly, from an accusatory attitude, her face turns, looking into the air above-it is truly frighten. (Miller 1145) The court believed there was witchcraft in Salem. Abigail and the girls, who danced naked in the forest, are accused of being witches. They named other innocent people who were later hanged, Abigail escaped. On the other hand, John Proctor is the most to…

and Abigail said that a spirit had come to her room that night and stabbed her in the stomach. But, really Abigail had put the needle in the poppet to give to Mary Warren so that she would bring it to the house and they could accuse Elizabeth to witchcraft. John puts up a fight when she is going to be taken away and they bring Marry Warren down to tell the guys that it was her poppet and that she brought it home and just had the needle in it for safekeeping, but they guys could not just listen…

Tituba and says that Tituba made her do witchcraft, and made her drink blood. Here in this scene, she sees it's easier to accuse people and not get punished than getting hung for her own actions. Finally, in act 1, Mercy, Mary Warren and Abigail are all in Betty's room. Mary Warren says she never did anything in the woods. Abigail tells them that if they peep a word of anything that happened that night, she will come to them in the dead of night and kill them. Here we see that abigail is a liar…

In Massachusetts women were accused of being witches, for vengeance and were put to death after doing nothing wrong. The Crucible is a book about a group of girls lead by a devious girl named Abigail, who start a crazy movement in which everyone is being accused of witchcraft. John Proctor is a hypocrite in the beginning of the book but does not realize his hypocrisy until after the emotional wall he has built was broken down because of the witch trials. John Proctor is a hypocrite in the…