... is yet another innocent woman that is proclaimed to be a witch in The Crucible. Nurse is accused by neither Abigail Williams nor Mary Warren, but by a middle-aged woman named Ann Putnam. As Rebecca's husband states, she is accused "for the marvelous and supernatural murder of Goody Putnam's babies." (Miller, Crucible 858) Although there is never any proof or evidence, she ... is condemned and hangs for witchcraft. Because Putnam feels threatened by the supernatural world when her infants pass away without reason, Rebecca Nurse becomes the unfortunate target of Ann Putnam's pointing fing...

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... to protect his reputation as the town's minister. The wealthy Thomas Putnam gains revenge on Francis Nurse by getting Rebecca, Francis's highly respected wife, convicted of the supernatural murders of Ann Putnam's babies. Thomas Putnam used the confusion to his advantage, by falsely accusing Rebecca Nurse of witchcraft, he was able to by their land. ...

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