During their dancing they were caught by their town minister, Rev. Parris. Rev. Parris’ daughter Betty, who was also dancing along her cousin Abigail, fell into a coma like sickness. The townspeople all began whispering that these girls were being taken over by the Devil. When being prosecuted on their doings, one girl stood out from the bench to lead all of the accusations, Abigail Williams. Using her power Abigail was quick to accuse her enemies of witchcraft, especially Goody Proctor.…
There are many different rumors going around about the witch trials so it was hard to see if they were right or not. Abigail confronts to Parris, “We did dance, uncle, and when you leaped out of the bush so suddenly, Betty was frightened and then she fainted. And there’s the whole of it” (I, i, 92-95). Abigail is telling her uncle a lie that they do not have anything to do with witchcraft. When Abigail tells her uncle this she is causing a problem with the witch trials because she is stating that Betty just fainted when she could be cursed with witchcraft.…
Betty went as far to say that an invisible being was biting and pinching her; another girl said this as well (Dunn 14; “The Haunting of the Salem Witch Trials”). Nobody knew why Betty was sick, some assumed it might have been food poisoning (Dunn 11). When three of Betty’s playmates, 11-year-old Ann Putnam, 17-year-old Mercy Lewis, and Betty’s cousin, 11-year-old Abigail Williams, became sick with the same symptoms, the town doctor was called…
Later, Betty Parris won’t wake up so Rev. Parris asks Abigail, who is Rev. Parris’ niece, what they were doing in the woods. Abigail swears that they were just dancing. The word of Betty’s comatose state spreads throughout the town and rumors of witchcraft arise. The girls that were in the woods become members of the court, outsiders come into Salem to judge people they hardly know, and people's true natures are revealed. Throughout the play Rev. Parris shows himself to be a very selfish man, overly concerned with the opinions others hold of him, and only thinks of his reputation.…
The next morning, Reverend Parris’ daughter, Betty, was afraid of getting punished, so she pretended to be sick. Since she partook in dancing the night before, the town concluded that the sickness was witchcraft. Abigail decided to take advantage of the situation and began accusing other people of witchcraft, causing…
John Proctor was cheating on his wife, Mrs. Corey was reading fiction books and so called witches were taking over. Abigail Williams and a group girls were caught dancing in the forest and were believed to be practicing witchcraft. The next morning one of the girls, Betty, started acting very strange. This proposes the idea that she is…
A Battle of Pride and Righteousness The Crucible, written by Arthur Miller, demonstrates an exceptional example of a tragic hero with the character John Proctor. A tragic hero is one who must undergo the transformation of a good and happy life, to a tragic downfall that concludes to one’s own peace and understanding that their fate was due to none other than their own flaws and decisions made in their lifetime. Understanding that nobody is without flaw and that actions must have consequences, the audience of a tragic hero makes a special connection with the character and becomes deeply saddened with their final outcome. John Proctor begins as a happy farmer living an average man’s life, with a dark secret.…
Annotated Bibliography: Bonnet, Jean-Marie. “Society vs. the Individual in Arthur Miller’s The Crucible.” English Studies 63.1 (1982): 32-36 Bonnet argues that Miller fully contradicts himself in his standpoint between the individual and society in the Crucible. The play alternates between being about an individual’s self-discovery and being about a community’s uproar. Bonnet illustrates how Miller constantly forces the characters to deny themselves at the sack of the community’s unity.…
Can disastrous consequences happen when people put their own needs before others in society? That theme is in "The Crucibles", a story where the Salem witch trials are taking place in this historical play created by Arthur Miller. In addition, there are many different characters that Miller shows that theme from. Overall, Miller shows that theme through the characters Proctor, Abigail and Danforth. One character Miller uses to display that theme is Proctor.…
Mom always said, “A lady should take care of her appearance!” However, as a child, I was unconcerned about how I looked. My skin was dry, my hair a bird’s nest, and I my clothes looked horrendous. However, I didn’t handle these problems, but rather let them happen.…
Ruble of the Truth Dumbledore once said, "The truth, it is a beautiful and terrible thing, and should therefore be treated with great caution” (J.K. Rowling). People will find throughout their lives what is true is what decides their fate. The truth keeps people wondering, scared, awake, confused, and even alive (or not). In the past what people said is what built the future, but what is not true will eventually show in the repercussions of choices they make. In Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, truth is a factor that people cannot control; therefore, it seems to decides the fate of the prosecuted and the people around them.…
Parris assures Susanna, “There be no unnatural cause here” (Miller I.62). Parris knows that if the word gets out about Betty being a witch, his reputation will be…
Literature is a wonderful thing; it explores the relationships between humans and their nature, historical events, and can be used to express one’s creativity. It can also be used to give moral guidance; this was Arthur Miller’s reasoning behind writing The Crucible. In this dramatic retelling of the Salem trials, Miller ensnares his reader with stories of adultery, betrayal, and material greed. His intention, however, is not to entertain with operatic drama. This play is a cautionary tale about finger pointing and its potentially fatal consequences.…
Theodore Roosevelt, president of the United States from 1901-1909, view for the nation became known as the Rooseveltian Nation. In Gary Gerstle’s historical monograph called American Crucible: Race and Nation in the Twentieth Century he makes argument as to why the Rooseveltian Nation collapsed. He argued that the collapse was due to “racial antagonism, anti-war protests and cultural revolt” (313). The civic nation of the Rooseveltian Nation collapsed due to the Civil Rights which sought to integrated, civic nation, while the Black Power sought to segregate, racial nation. Gerstle defined Black Power as “a political ideology calling on African American to free their communities and consciousness from white controls” (295).…
Introduction and Thesis Statement – Arthur Miller’s The Crucible is a novel set in Salem, Massachusetts in 1692. Its primary focus is the description of the chaos, struggles and difficulties which arise as a result of the witch trials taking place during this time. The Crucible has been referred to as a “Morality” play. A morality play is a drama in which the characters personify qualities or concepts such a having virtues or vices and generally involves a conflict between right and wrong or good and evil from which a moral lesson may be drawn. There are numerous characters and circumstances in The Crucible that support the assertion that it does indeed represent a morality play.…