... on witchcraft, rather than it being just that he did not know how to properly care for his animals. 2.Identify Abigail, Betty, Tituba, and Mary Warren (relationships and roles in act 1). Abigail Williams is an orphan and the niece of Reverend Parris. Upon Abigail being put out from the Proctors' ... the children into practicing witchcraft. As Abigail was forced to leave the Proctor's household, the Proctors needed to get a new helper. Seventeen year old Mary Warren helps in the Proctors' household, and is one of the girls involved in the conspiracy of witchcraft. Why does Mrs. Putnam, bel...

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... well. Although Mrs. Putnam is sure that witchcraft is abroad, since Parris" own flesh is involved, he denies any thoughts of it. This is when Mary Warren, the Proctor's present servant, enters, announcing that talk of witches is all over town. When the girls are left alone, they talk of revealing their ... is arrested, John demands to know what evidence the men have against his wife. They explain the rag doll given to Mrs. Proctor by Mary Warren is evidence enough. The needle stuck in the doll could be a witch's way of inflicting pain on her victim. hale promises to plead for her ... Am...

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... would be lying. Lying was one of the biggest sin in the Puritan religion. The characters that went through intense test were Mary Warren, Elizabeth Proctor, and John Proctor. Mary Warren was one of the characters that went through an intense test. She had to go in court and testify in the Abigail Williams ... against Elizabeth Proctor trial. Abigail Williams is a friend of Marry Warren. She controls Marry Warren throughout the book. Elizabeth Proctor is wife of John Proctor. Marry Warren is the ... Abigail accused Elizabeth of withcraft on her. Marry Warren had to come to the court and...

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... and screams to Proctor, "You"re the Devil's man!" (Miller, Crucible 876) Her outburst at John is clearly caused by a sinister threat that Abigail utters in Act One. She intimidates Mary Warren and the other girls when she threatens, "Let either of you breathe a word about the other things, and I will bring a pointy reckoning that will shudder you." (Miller, Crucible 837) From ... the analysis of The Crucible, it is apparent that John's accusation is brought about because of Mary Warren's fear that Abigail Williams may somehow strike out at her with vengeance. Along with John and Elizabe...

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... represented. In this case the good has prevailed. Another example of the battle between good and bad is through the story of Mary Warren and "The Girls" (Abigail and the others). Mary Warren was one of the girls caught dancing in the forest. However, she is different from them, because she turned her back ... on the other girls and confessed that what they were doing was a fraud. Mary Warren, the nanny of the Proctor's children, was convinced by John ... to testify in defense of Elizabeth. Since she cares for her, Mary does so and testifies in court that Abigail and the others are a fra...

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... and he had a hard time praying when she was in the house. It was really because he had just learned how to pray and wasn't good at it yet anyways. Mary Warren brings Elizabeth and rag doll one day that she had made her while she was doing the court hearings. Later on Cheever comes to on orders from the courts to ... to take her but Hale said the courts would come through if she really wasn't a witch and Elizabeth just went willingly. Now in court John decides to come up with Mary as his witness and get his Wife out of the charges and when he gets there the judges tell him that she gets ...

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... kill Elizabeth with a charm made by Titubia, however, she was unsucsessful.. When the witch trials begin, Abigail sees an oportunity to move Elizabeth out of the way. Abigail notices Marry Warren making a doll for Elizabeth, and uses it to pin witchcraft on Mrs. Proctor. Abigail sticks a needle into herself and tells the people she saw Elizabeth with the devil. This would ... , closed minded, man and only does what he wants to and thinks what he wants to. Proctor trys to prove to Danforth that Mary is lying and never saw any spirits, and that he has a deposition stating what Mary says, D...

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... judgement. For example, witches would not be able to recite the Ten Commandments; she has when Cheever asked her. Concerning the poppet found in our house, Mary Warren made it for her. Abigail saw that Mary had made this thing and gave it to us, so she turned it into a wicked thing. She realized that she could accuse my wife of witchcraft by ... stabbing herself with a pin and thus framing Elizabeth. There is no concrete evidence against her. It's that whore's word against Mary Warren, my wife's, and Myself. Elizabeth has never been brought to court before, so why someone so upright, an...

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... upset. I would then turn to say my next line and let him know with a look distrust that she still thinks he is covering something up. I think she tells him about Mary Warren going to Salem knowing that he"ll be angry. I would say, "I couldn't stop her", emphasising on the "I" being quite angry that he blames her for ... my strength away", quietly looking at the floor with a look of sorrow on her face. Elizabeth is now scared because she knows John will get angry when she tells him Mary Warren is an official of the court - she is right. When she tells him about the proper court the have ...

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... her. Consequently, Miller uses indirect characterization to show Abigail's effect on people and the way they think in the next quote. Mary Warren continues to argue with John Proctor, stating: "I cannot charge murder on Abigail" (Miller 1181). Obviously, Mary Warren has shown her loyalty towards the shrewd Abigail. In conclusion, Abigail uses this personality trait against Salem Citizens to help herself get ... ...

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... Elizabeth is arrested, John has to choose between his pride or his wife. He tries to compromise by bringing Mary Warren into the court to save his wife by confessing to lies and pretense concerning the accused witches. Ultimately, this fails when Mary Warren betrays him and when he is forced to admit to being an adulterer and put aside his pride in order ... ...

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... that Reverend Hale does not think that either John or Elizabeth are witches. Tension has already been building up in the previous scene as Mary Warren tells the Proctors about how she thinks that Goody Osburne is cursing her. Mary Warren also says to John, "I saved her life today!" pointing to Elizabeth as Elizabeth's name has been mentioned in court. This starts Elizabeth panicking ... ...

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Why do you think John knows nothing of Mary on the court? John knows nothing of Mary going to court because Mary never told him, and plus he had no idea of a court being held in Salem. Based on the evidence so far, what is your opoin about the existence of witchcraft ... . What does Proctor mean when he tells Elizabeth "your justice would freeze beer?" John Proctor is basically saying that she is a cold person, that she is being cold. How are Mary and the judge causing a faulty cause and effect relationship? I believe that they are causing a faulty cause and effect relationship by lying and ...

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... courage. Later, John realizes the only way to save Elizabeth and her name is to admit to his adultery with Abigail, thereby sacrificing his own. John makes an attempt, through Mary Warren's testimony, to name Abigail as a fraud without revealing the crucial information, his affair with Abigail. When this attempt fails, he finally bursts out with a confession: "She thinks to dance with ... what this case entails, still he displays courage and shows no fear. Next, when the trials become unorthodox, Hale withdraws from the court. Abigail and the girls begin screaming that Mary is sending h...

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... in The Crucible face difficult decisions, or crucibles, piecing together the story. The first crucible to take place is concerning John Proctor, the protagonist of the play. John has brought Mary Warren, his servant, to the court to admit that all the accusations of witchcraft have been pretense. John is accused of trying to overthrow the court but he says his only ... , except for his wife. In court, he accuses Abigail of not being a child because she laughs in church and has been caught dancing. Abigail then turns the girls against Marry Warren and makes John's allegations of the girls...

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... in The Crucible face difficult decisions, or crucibles, piecing together the story. The first crucible to take place is concerning John Proctor, the protagonist of the play. John has brought Mary Warren, his servant, to the court to admit that all the accusations of witchcraft have been pretense. John is accused of trying to overthrow the court but he says his only ... , except for his wife. In court, he accuses Abigail of not being a child because she laughs in church and has been caught dancing. Abigail then turns the girls against Marry Warren and makes John's allegations of the girls...

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... not aware of the damage they are causing, but are just excited to be free from the oppressive Puritan Society, in which they had been servile. As well as this, Mary Warren is a pure example of how actually as individuals the girls, excluding Abigail, are powerless, yet as a group they are able to sustain power purely because the hysteria they create can ... ...

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... all together and some scenes were taken out. One of the key scenes to be shortened involves Elizabeth and John Proctor. In the play Elizabeth has just been told by Mary Warren, that she was mentioned in court. Elizabeth inquires as to whom accused her, and Abigail Williams name comes up. Elizabeth then confronts John on his adultery and accuses him of ... ...

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... the court and says, "Why do you come, yellow bird?" (114). After this, the girls go near Abigail and play along that there is a bird, and begin calling the bird Mary Warren. In this, we see that the girls accused the townspeople of witchcraft out of fear for their own lives. The Salem Witch Trials were started because of many reasons. The ... ...

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... is to accuse her or anything? But Elizabeth's immunity to the trials cause her to get taken to court for owning poppets, which in fact, are owned by her servant, Mary Warren. John Procter is a strong man, who thrives at the chance to be right and known. But by the end of the play he questions himself saying, "Who is John Proctor ... ...

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... and heartache. After the affair Elizabeth was accused of being a witch by Abigail. Abigail said that Elizabeth tries to kill her with a poppet. The poppet was given to Elizabeth by Mary Warren as a sign of peace between the two. In reality the poppet was a way of accusing Elizabeth. The poppet had a needle in side of it which stuck Abigail. In the olden ... ...

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