As soon as he is left alone with Mary Warren, she is described as speaking in a "fearful squeak of a voice " which begins to suggest Proctor's threatening presence. ... Along with the use of Proctor's violence to reflect the madness in Salem, Miller uses the intense dialogue between Proctor and Mary Warren to show how insanity has grown in the Salem community. Miller utilizes Mary Warren's repeated refrain of "I cannot, I cannot " to reflect how crazy she has become. ... In Act III, Miller utilises Mary Warren's change of heart to fully epitomise the extent of which the mad...

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This can be found in Act three when Danforth is questioning Abigail about the accusations Mary Warren has just put forward. ... Because Abigail is so beautiful she is able to accuse Mary Warren and Elizabeth Proctor of being jealous or envious. ... One example of her doing this is when is cold in courtroom because of a supposed freezing wind Mary Warren has sent to Abigail "I-I know not. ... This can be perfectly portrayed by how she accepts Mary Warren back after all she did to try n destroy her in the courtroom. ... In fact the audience by now realise that Abigail is merely trying to gain...

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Proctor, hoping to free Elizabeth, persuades Mary Warren, a young friend of Abigail Williams, to tell the truth about the false accusations in court. ... Mary Warren finally breaks out and screams to Proctor, "You"re the Devil's man!" ... 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 Will...

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The Crucible as a timeless play The Crucible, written by Arthur Miller, is a text that can definitively be defined as timeless, and therefore relevant to any audience in any society it is being read. Through a combination of black-and-white characters and timetested themes, Miller creates a pla...

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McCarthyism in The Crucible In The Crucible, written by Arthur Miller, the madness of the Salem witch trials is explored in great detail. There is more to the play than the witch trials, though. The Crucible was composed during a time when a similar hysteria was sweeping through America. A virtually...

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