6. (a) How does Betty’s reaction to the Psalm support the assertion that there is “witchcraft afoot”?…
Throughout The Crucible, it is known that Abigail longs for John. She believes that he loves her as well and attempts to get him to proclaim his love. Abigail’s relationship with Elizabeth is one of hatred. Abigail tries several times throughout the play to get rid of Elizabeth. She believes that, if she can get Elizabeth out of the way, then she can have John all to herself. Since Abigail is an orphan, she lives with her uncle, Reverend Parris. He has a dislike for children and has a strong, authoritative figure over Abigail. His main concern is that his reputation in the town won’t ever be a bad one. Abigail and Betty live in the same house and seem pretty close. They were both in the woods, after which Betty took…
What is wrong with Betty? Betty is unconscious after being caught by her father dancing in the woods with other girls from Salem.…
The play, The Crucible, is about a group of girls that go dancing in the forest with a black slave named Tituba. While dancing, they are caught by the local minister, Reverend Parris. One of the girls, Parris’s daughter Betty, falls into a coma-like state. People gather in the Parris home while rumors of witchcraft fill the town. With the fear of being accused of witchcraft, the girls start accusing others of bewitching them. Abigail Williams…
The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, is a partially fictitious rendering of the colonial witch trials that took place in Salem, Massachusetts. The Puritanical society creates characters of strong moral compasses, but who also take the Devil as seriously as they take God. All sins are severely punished and supernatural reports and behavior are not taken lightly. The play begins with Reverend Parris speaking about his discovery of his niece, daughter, and other village girls dancing in the woods over a fire. His daughter, Betty, has mysteriously fallen ill since the dancing was discovered. This occurrence sparks rumors of witchcraft around the village. Parris’ niece, Abigail, obsessed with her…
Reverend Parris is the minister of Salem’s Church. When Betty goes into a coma, he is extremely concerned that witchcraft is the reason to blame for Bettys coma, but more importantly he's concerned for himself. Reverend Parris takes extreme precautions to protect himself and what is happening in his church from the community's eyes. Parris, swayed: I’ll lead them in a psalm, but let you say nothing of witchcraft yet. I will not discuss it. The…
My wife Elizabeth found out about this obscene situation and kicked out Abigail and fired her from her duties. Abigail then still desired to be with me and was nearly obsessed. I tried to resist her attention as much as I could, and even insulted her. When Betty wakes up everyone was unaware and putting assumptions that she is bewitched. Later on I was speaking to my wife of the rumors of many people in the village…
stage directions: abigail is violent, aggressive, she has a very dominant personality. she frightens betty. it works, because betty wakes up.…
“There are wheels within wheels in this village, and fires within fires,” (Miller 152). Here, Mrs. Putnam argues with Rebecca Nurse over the cause of the death of her miscarriages. Instead of looking for a logical answer, like Rebecca, Mrs. Putnam believes that the cause was supernatural. Abigail preys on many villagers on the belief of supernatural events and incites them into hysteria. Her exaggerated acts not only scare the villagers but also distract them from reason and logic causing mass hysteria. Mary Warren falls prey to hysteria and figuratively throws John Proctor under the bus instead of speaking the truth. Abigail with the other girls accused of witchcraft perform fake hallucinations and mind control to scare and bewilder others into believing witchcraft is truly being committed. The strange and sudden events of so many women being accused of witchcraft caused Salem as a whole to become enveloped in hysteria. In The Crucible, by…
In “The Crucible”, as the play opens up in act 1, Reverend Parris kneels down next to his “ill” daughter, Betty Parris. Rumor has it that Betty has been involved in some witchcraft. Because of Reverends paranoia, he had asked to keep Bettys “situation” undercover as he was scared that it may have an effect on his reputation. In my personal opinion, Reverend Parris’ responsibility should be his daughter. No one for sure knows that his daughter has been strictly effected by witchcraft. As a father, he needs to care about his daughters’ health and well-being instead of worrying about the outcome of the event.…
Written about a small town’s suffering, The Crucible creates an allegory connecting the Salem Witch Trials of1692 to the McCarthy trials of the mid-20th century. At the beginning of this Play, one can see the anarchy created by a group of girls. The girls, led by Abigail William, were simply sporting around in the woods. This incident led to the pointing of fingers, false confessions, vengeance and ultimately the death of more than 15 innocent Puritans who did not, in fact, commit witchery. The playwright, Arthur Miller, focuses on the hysteria this group causes for the town of Salem and while doing this he pokes at the current problem of the McCarthy Trials. Puritans were those who moved from England with intentions of Purifying the corrupt ways of the Church of England. This ideology of this “perfect” religion passed every test but life itself; the high standards that were demanded to keep the religion going could not be met as time passed. The Puritans endorsed Theocracy, a flawed system of justice that blends church and state; therefore uniting the jobs of judges and minsters. Hence, one could not fight the court because it could be seen as an attempt to overthrow God. Using the power of the court to her advantage, Abigail Williams became the force of evil for not only the town of Salem but for the Puritan Religion itself by committing the sins of adultery, bearing false witness against thy neighbor and causing the deaths of innocent people.…
“And being what she is, a lump of vanity, sir- . . . She thinks to dance with me on my wife’s grave! And well she might, for I thought of her softly. God help me, I lusted, and there is promise in such sweat. But it is a whore’s vengeance, and you must see it:” (Miller 102). The Crucible by Arthur Miller shows greed and vengeance of the Salem townspeople in 1692. Miller is trying to show the government what they are doing with the communism trials and why they are so unfair. The witch trials closely mimic the communist trials in that the root of it was selfishness and greediness. Most of these characters actually lived and some of these events actually happened. Arthur Miller wrote this play to show the people what was going on was wrong. Protagonist, John Proctor, antagonist, Abigail Williams, Reverend Parris, Thomas Putnam and many others hold grudges, are immature, and selfish because of their long-term burning desire for revenge. Events happening in their life now are adding fuel to the fire.…
In 1692, in the town of Salem, Massachusetts, several young girls experienced a conjured illness, triggering the beginning of mass hysteria in the town. The unexplained illnesses were thought to be the devil’s doing; using witches to stain the town. The hysteria spread within the strictly religious town and allowed for revenge and old jealousies to be rekindled. Women and men fell victim to the young girls and were condemned to hang. The unimaginable events that took place became known as the Salem Witch Trials. The trials brought Arthur Miller to write The Crucible, depicting the unfortunate events. Throughout The Crucible, a young girl named Abigail Williams uses her cunningness and deceitfulness to get what she wants. Her jealousness and lack of moral and ethics gives her the ability to condemn innocent beings to death, without any questions.…
In The Crucible, Arthur Miller shows internal greed through Abigail. Abigail is very greedy, and she is not afraid to show it. An example of this greed would be her lust for John. This lust is clearly shown when learned that she had drunk a potion to kill Goody Proctor. The act of witchcraft becomes apparent when Betty says, “You drank blood, Abby! You drank a charm to kill Goody Proctor!” (Miller 19). Here, Betty is talking about how Abigail tried to conjure spirits to have Elizabeth Proctor killed. Another…
Betty fainted from shock not witch craft (sparknotes). Abigail I believe is a little bit mental in the…