Compromising honor‚ decency‚ and faith to protect oneself was normal to most people in The Crucible. People knew they would die without sacrificing‚ so they took the easy way out by giving up their self image and confessing to a sin they never committed. The first to give in to a fake confession was Tituba‚ who happened to be Reverend Parris’ slave‚ so she didn’t have very many rights to begin with. In the play Tituba says‚ “I love God with all my bein’” (Miller 24). Tituba is from Barbados‚ so she
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In Arthur Miller’s Crucible individuals take advantage of others in order to satisfy their needs. In the Crucible‚ Manipulation and lies changes the perception of society. In the crucible‚ Arthur Miller shows how power causes individuals to have evil thoughts hence being a risk though protecting their reputation. Abigail lies in order to portray herself as an innocent victim. Abigail uses Hale to expose those involved with the devil. “I don’t compact with no devil! I want to open myself‚ I want
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and Mary Warren and also encounters people that doesn’t believe one’s honesty whom are Judge Hathorne and Danforth. John Proctor and Giles corey are the only individuals that showed honesty and believes in others honest. He feels helpless when he’s in court since everyone plays the blame game on each other. John doesn’t know whether to tell the truth which is to say that he wasn’t involved with witchcraft or tell a lie which is what all of the town’s people wants to hear. When Mary Warren was
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affair with John Proctor and tried to kill his wife. The affair happened when Abigail was in service as a maid to John and Elizabeth Proctor. Elizabeth was sickly and bedridden at the time. Then later in the story she stuck a needle in the poppet that Mary was making in the court house and accused Elizabeth of witchcraft so that when they go to search Elizabeth Proctor’s house‚ they would find the poppet with a needle stuck into it and then Abigail stabbed her self in the gut with a small needle to make
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that were tested throughout the play. Mary Warren‚ because she was planning on telling the court all of Abby’s lies‚ but then ends up giving in to Abby and goes along with the accusations.“That were pretence sir (Miller p.1095).” At first Mary was telling the court the truth‚ and confessing that what she had said was “pretence.” Later Mary tried to confess‚ Abby and the girls were turning against her and accusing her of sending her spirit out onto them. When Mary did not want to tell the court the
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One timeless theme found in many pieces of literature is the abuse of power. Many people who are in power‚ abuse their power‚ and commonly become corrupt or unjust due to the power. The essence of human nature is to crave power. Along with this craving of power in some humans is the corruptness and injustice when one comes into power or on one ’s path to achieving power. This is a timeless theme‚ as power and human nature have always existed in man ’s history. This theme may be observed in Macbeth
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is explaining to Hale and Mr. Proctor that Elizabeth had something to do with Abigail being mysteriously stabbed during dinner. Since Hale and Cheever found the poppet Mary Warren had sewn and gave to Elizabeth‚ they saw this as hard evidence and Elizabeth was arrested and taken to court. This all started when Abigail saw Mary Warren sewing the doll for Mrs. Proctor and took this to her advantage. She came up with the idea to pretend the Elizabeth was causing harm to her through the poppet and this
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of doing obscene practices. When the play starts‚ the audience discovers that the girls were found in the middle of the woods dancing‚ which is against the Puritan culture. This discovery leads to the whole village talking about witchery. When Mary Warren‚ a follower of Abby‚ realizes that what they did was a mistake she says‚ “They’ll be callin us witches‚ Abby!... You’ll only be whipped for dancing.” It is quite obvious to know that Abby in some way will be punished for their sporting‚ but when
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Act I: The first act of the play begins in the upstairs bedroom of Reverend Samuel Parris’ home. He is kneeling in prayer at the side of his bedridden daughter‚ Betty‚ when the curtain open. Reverend Parris’ slave from Barbados‚ Tituba‚ enters the room‚ concerned about Betty’s well being‚ but Parris makes her leave. Reverend Parris’ niece‚ Abigail Williams‚ then enters the room‚ along with Susanna Walcott. Susanna tells Reverend Parris that Dr. Griggs was unable to find a cure for Betty’s illness
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Out of all the characters in The Crucible‚ none of them show quite as much development as Reverend John Hale. His character at the beginning of the play and his character at the end are almost completely different people. This change in character is caused by the trials that take place within the town and how Hale perceives them‚ and affects how the reader views his unique character. At the beginning of the play‚ the story introduces the young‚ naive John Hale. Parris has called for him to check
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