... he has been entered into a puritanical society to condone the fears of God and induce a greater fear of the Devil into the people. He is criticised by John Proctor and he believes that there is a conspiracy against him, proctor winds him up by saying "I have trouble enough without I come five mile to hear him ... as she says. This is constant throughout the play and is proved by the affect she has on them at the end of the scene. Mercy Lewis and Mary Warren although both frightened go along with everything Abigail says. This confirms another theme of the play that is how easily everyone i...

• Word Count: 1765
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... standing over his daughter's bedside. His daughter, Betty Parris, is laying before him transfixed by some unknown ailment. Reverend Paris soon sends for Reverend John Hale, a specialist in demonology, to see if Betty's sole may have been transfixed by the Devil. Once Reverend Hale arrives, at Reverend Parris" ... (the Parris" slave from Barbados) how to talk to the death. When a crowd form outside of Reverend Parris" home everyone exempt Abigail, Mercy Lewis and Mary Warren, the servants of the Putnam's and the Proctors, Abigail threatens the two women not to tell anyone the whole stor...

• Word Count: 1275
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

... Reverend Samuel Parris "the town's new minister "moved to Salem in 1689. He brought his whole family along: wife Elizabeth, daughter Betty, niece Abigail, and his slaves, John and Tituba. John and Tituba are thought to originate from Barbados. Many believe Tituba was African American, but records from Barbados prove she was a Native American captured by white males. Tituba's job ... , Betty and Abigail would listen to scary stories and Posey 2 learn the ways of voodoo. As time progressed a lot more girls started participating in the fun. Mary Warren, 20, Mercy Lewis, 19, Elizabeth Hubbar...

• Word Count: 1952
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... apparent that the warrants for their arrests are based solely on the testimony and hearsay of someone else. In this case Abigail William and John Indian. Salem Aprill. 4'th 1692 There Being Complaint this day made (Before us) by capt Jonat Walcott, and Lt Natheniell Ingersull ... or Committed by them upon the bodys of Abigail Williams, and John Indian both of Mr Sam parris his family of Salem Village and mary Walcott daughterof the abovesaid Complainants, And Ann Putnam and Marcy Lewis of the famyly of Thomas Putnam of Salem Village whereby great ... hurt and dammage hath beene donne to...

• Word Count: 1842
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography

... Betty, his daughter, who is in a state of comatose. Earlier, Parris had heard a commotion in the forest and discovered his niece, Abigail, and her friends: Betty, Mary Warren, and Mercy Lewis, and Tituba, his Caribbean slave, swaying and dancing in the forest to Tituba's Barbados songs. Parris is shocked by their anti-Puritan actions and sinfulness. He reprimands Abigail, but the ... -body Mrs. Putnam is convinced the devil is active in Salem, and she forces the notion upon Hale at every chance she can. On the other hand, Salem's resident logician, John Proctor, is irked by the inanity o...

• Word Count: 2297
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

... Salem, to be hung. Hundreds of others faced accusations of witchcraft; dozens spent months in jails with any trials until the hysteria that swept through Puritan Massachusetts subsided. In 1688, John Putnam, one of the most influential elders of Salem Village, invited Samuel Parris to preach in the village church. A year later, after negotiations over salary, inflation adjustments, and free firewood ... was close at hand. Sudden and violent death occupied everyone's minds. Talk of witchcraft increased when other playmates of Betty, including eleven-year-old Ann Putnam, seventeen-year-ol...

• Word Count: 1724
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

... than seventy miles away that the devil was close at hand. Talk of witchcraft increased when other playmates of Betty, including eleven-year-old Ann Putnam, seventeen-year-old Mercy Lewis, and Mary Walcott, began to show signs of similar unusual behavior. When his own nostrums failed to affect a cure, William Griggs, a doctor called to examine the girls, suggested that the ... house her, and Osborn was old, quarrelsome, and had not attended church for over a year. The Putnams brought their complaint against the three women to county magistrates Jonathan Corwin and John Hathorne. At the e...

• Word Count: 1822
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School