... fear is the succession of Mary's half-sister. Elizabeth." The first few minutes included a very graphic sequence of three Protestants being burned at the stake. The Protestants all have their heads shaved and are praying to God in Latin. Throughout Mary's reign, later known as Bloody Mary, people of Protestant faith ... were burned at the stake on her command. Catholicism was the religion of the country and Mary was deathly afraid that Elizabeth, a Protestant, would usurp her crown. ... In the film Robert Dudley was also found guilty of treason. This never happened. "He was involved wi...

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• Grade Level: High School

... Proctors wife is the elidged witch because she and her family do not attend church regularly. Her husband states that he does not believe in the local priests "hellfire and bloody damnation,"(Crucible 1187) sermons and that is why they do not go to church. When the trials get under way, many people are accused of being seen with the devil ... is a witch because they found a needle in the abdomen of Abigail, the woman John had an affair with. She says that she did not make the doll, but the housekeeper Mary had made it in court and had given it to her at dinner. They do not believe this ...

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• Grade Level: High School