... at her with vengeance. Along with John and Elizabeth, there are several other characters in The Crucible that are improperly charged with the inexcusable crime of witchcraft. A devout Christian named Rebecca Nurse 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 ...

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... . By creating some definite characters who we know are evil or are good, we can apply them to people we know in our own lives. For example, the characteristics of Rebecca and Francis Nurse - the two characters who represent all that is good and honest in the play - could be subconsciously attributed to a loved family member. On the other hand, Abigail ... 's work, and so failed to see the evil of their powers and the subsequent chaos that it creates. The government shuts down any honest characters - such as Proctor, Giles and Rebecca - as soon as they have the chance. These honest charact...

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