... or more contrasting personalities or haunted by a shadow' figure who may be a repressed part of himself. Even though the novel can be read in a number of ways, I aim at, via quotes from the text, showing that the novel is neither about two different people or even two people that dwell inside one man, but one man with two impulses roaring to ... is that he was possessed with certain inherent instincts that troubled him because their desire for satisfaction were in contradiction with his reputation as the respectable and controlled doctor in town. Furthermore, his insatiable need to keep...

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... he's trying to stop his feelings towards Abigail. He is married to a good woman (Elizabeth Proctor). Maybe he's trying to make things all right. Elizabeth Proctor is John Proctor's wife. Our first impression of her comes from Abigail who obviously doesn't like her because she is jealous of the marriage between John and Elizabeth. So we really don't know what she ... believe them!" In the final act, Parris is a minister in Salem, I would expect this person to be a good man however, he is more worried about his own reputation than the town or the truth. In this act we see that Abigail run...

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• Grade Level: High School