... 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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• Grade Level: High School

... that Abigail and the girls initiated the tragedy with all their talk about spirits and the devil during the opening act. Then, they deny everything in the courthouse, even after Mary Warren confessed that the whole story was a lie. In the end she manipulated Danforth and the court and convinced them that they were only involved with witchcraft because of ... Mary Warren. Thus, she saved her own name, while many other innocent victims were hanged for a love that never was meant to be. Denial in Salem is considered a terrible sin. It seems ... ...

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... Abigail tries to convince her to tell the truth. John's wife, Elisabeth Proctor is later arrested after being accused of practicing witchcraft. Mary Warren is forced to testify against the girls. In turn the girls accuse Mary of bewitching them. Mary in order to save herself she accuses John of practicing witchcraft. John refuses to confess of practicing witchcraft is put to death. Miller ... ...

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... of Reverend Parris. She is extremely beautiful and the leader on the girls who are accused of witchcraft. Her uncle caught her dancing in the woods with Betty, Mercy, Ruth, Mary, and Tituba. She hates Elizabeth Procter and accuses her and many other women in Salem of witchcraft. Since the beginning of the story Abigail has been telling lies she lied ... to clear her name. The only reason why she got away with it is because she is a very good actor. She figured with all the girls on her side and Mary Warren being so helpless she was sure to get off. Not to mention she had Deputy Governor...

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... in it. She thinks to take my place, John." (Miller 61). Abigail is envious of her marriage to John Proctor and decides to interfere wickedly. Abigail forces Elizabeth's maid, Mary Warren, to place a poppet with a needle stuck in its stomach in her household, and then stabs herself with a needle. She does this to create some sickly evidence for the court officials ... ...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... 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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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... last child baptized. With the latest craze of witchery and swirling accusations, John Proctor was easily indicted of being a messenger for the devil by the testimony of his disillusioned servant Mary Warren, who in the past committed perjury. The court who heard the testimony easily accepts it because she is a church going person, while John Proctor slightly deviates from the norm. This ... ...

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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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... accused most of the people that were in conflict with the new church, or their families. Soon the girls started to scream out names, which were considered accusations. Later on, Mary Warren, one of the girls afflicted by Tituba, tried to tell everyone the truth about the rituals and the "black magic," but the other afflicted girls accused her of lying, and ... ...

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... his name to Danforth, because he had what I believe was one of the most important themes displayed in this book: Integrity. Another example of this theme in action was when Mary Warren agreed to testify against Abigail in the court. Although this form of integrity was short-lived, it still debunked the undercover theme of integrity. Ambition- an ardent desire for rank ... ...

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... his death? John leaves his wife Elizabeth and unborn son in jail. In addition he leaves behind his other three children with non-family members. While living with the Proctors, Mary Warren sees John as a father figure. As she is a part of the council of girls who are lying, she knows that what she is doing is morally wrong. When John Proctor ... ...

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• Grade Level: High School