Everyone goes through a crucible in their lifetimes, such as accepting Christ into their heart and live in paradise or be condemn and go to hell. In Salem a group of girls were suspected of being possessed by the devil and they accused other women causing an uproar of people being prosecuted of things they haven’t done and being sentenced to death. In the past Jews were being prosecuted, and were discriminated because of their religion. The holocaust was the persecution and the murder of over 6 million
People often tells lies to evade punishment for their wrong doings, however sometimes these lies get out of control and a person must test their weaknesses and courage. This is exactly the situation the characters in The Crucible dealt with. It takes place in the Puritan village of Salem, Massachusetts during the Salem Witch Trials which happened from 1692-1693. The mayhem of the trials began when Abigail Williams and several other girls are caught dancing in the woods with the Barbados slave, Tituba
Even though it is true that Elizabeth owned poppets when she was a girl, she cannot be condemned as a witch for simply possessing poppets, much less a poppet that has been brought to her by Mary Warren who admitted to making the poppet saying “I [Mary Warren] made it in the court” (75). If we are to see the owners of poppets as witches, then we would have to round up every woman and child who is in the possession of such poppets would we not? Or does such vulnerability to the devil’s tricks and the
being used by Abigail, but I can not trust her, for now atleast. Tomorrow, I must go to town and fight for my wife. I need someone who will help me, but I do not think Mary Warren can be that person. Hale is a horrible man for letting this happen, but I think he means well. Maybe Hale will finally speak out against the court and this sick fallacy that these insane children are putting up. Maybe Hale, however, is in on it too… What if he has some sinister alternative motive that I am not even aware
In the Salem Witch Trials suspicion was raised by the simplest of actions, especially in court. Miller uses the court as a way to show how people used one another as pieces in a game. In the court scene Mary Warren goes to clear Goody Proctors name, but is tantalized by Abigail threatening Mary with bewitching her. Abigail states, “Oh, Heavenly Father, take away this shadow!”(Miller.) Abigail only lies
Abigail, Elizabeth, and John all have unique relationships to one another in the play The Crucible. The symbols that best represent John Proctor and Elizabeth Proctor are a sun and snowflakes. The symbols that represent Abigail Williams and Mary Warren are a split mask and the character Dobby from the Harry Potter series. These symbols are the best choice to represent these characters. Behind Abigail’s name is a theatre mask that is split into two sides. This is because Abigail is two-faced and
Emma Harrison 10/24/17 Ms. Ruiz Period 6 Defense of Mary Warren When it comes to Arthur Miller’s allegorical work, The Crucible, very few characters can be deemed completely innocent. While just about every person in this story has a flaw of envy, pride, or selfishness, characters can often be sorted into the “accuser or accused” categories. One exception to this is Mary Warren. Throughout the story, her loyalties switch back and forth between these two sides. Due to this, she may seem like a selfish
become. Despite Abigail's wrongdoings Mary states that she "cannot charge murder on Abigail" which shows how much Abigail has manipulated her. She then states that "they'll turn on [her]" which demonstrates the pressure placed upon Mary to lie to the court. Mary's mind has been twisted into believing that staying loyal to the girls is more important than saving the lives of innocent people accused of witchcraft and this gives the audience a glimpse of the absurd ideas implanted into the brains of the
According to the length of the history of the United States, there were four sitting presidents have been killed by gunshot included Abraham Lincoln, James A. Garfield, William McKinley; the extensive event that earthquakes the United States is the death of John F. Kennedy. Up to now, 53 years have passed since “the judgement day”, the government has not figured the accurate answer about the murdering of Kennedy as well as the slayer who killed him. Unfortunately, everything we are having right now
While in court one day, she sews a poppet for Elizabeth and leaves her needle in there. Abigail sees this and later at dinner, she stabs herself with a needle and accuses Elizabeth of doing so. This results into the police going to the Proctor household and questioning