... also a part of this group that started the accusations. Ann Putnam's personal motive was jealousy. Ann Putnam charged Rebecca Nurse with witchcraft and because she was jealous that Rebecca Nurse had ten healthy children, and she had lost seven of her eight. This resulted in Rebecca being sent to jail and hanged. Thomas Putnam's personal motive was greed. Thomas Putnam, a landowner himself, charged ... ...
... behaviors in Salem caused more harm than good to John. Many people were arrested for false accusations about practicing witchcraft, but the accusations were all lies to get people condemned. Rebecca Nurse, a good and holy lady, was charged for witchcraft for supernaturally killing children. This was a lie and she was later condemned to hang. Earlier, John had an affair with Abigail ... my name nailed upon the church door" (Miller. IV. 144), and, "I blacken all of them when this is nailed to the church" (Miller. IV. 144). After seeing Rebecca Nurse, while signing his confession, he rips ...
... town's meeting house are often factors in his continuous meshing of his version of Godliness and who might take part in witchcraft. An example of Parris's hypocritical ways is when Rebecca Nurse a highly respected woman in the village says to Parris, "I go to God for you sir."(p.39) After hearing of his plans to bring Reverend Hale a prominent with hunter to ... if you do not open with me!"(p.117) This proves that Danforth only wishes to save his reputation after sentencing reputable people such as John Proctor, Elizabeth his wife, and Rebecca Nurse to hang. This also proves to the read...
... . For back then, ministers were usually paid in about one third in cash and the other two thirds in foodstuffs, firewood, and other supplies. At the end of the play, Rebecca Nurse, John Proctor, and Martha Corey were hung on the same days and on the same gallows. In actuality, they were hung on different days and in different places ... ; Rebecca Nurse on July 19, John Proctor on August 19, and Martha Corey on September 22. Many people find these minor inaccuracies to be very distracting to the play; however, I do ... ...
... the first accusations, Anne Putnam accused Martha Corey of afflicting her. Martha Corey was considered an outspoken and opinionated woman not well liked despite her attending church on a regular basis. Rebecca Nurse was the next to be accused of witchery. However, she was not perceived to be a likely witch because she was kind-hearted, generous, and well liked among the community ... of witchcraft. Most of the evidence in each case was based on speculations and nothing concrete. Those speculations nonetheless cost the lives of the accused in many cases, of them Rebecca Nurse. With all t...
... scene in the play because it builds up tension between Proctor and Elizabeth and the horror that anybody can be accused of witchcraft. "I come from Rebecca Nurse's house," this shows that Reverend Hale has been to Rebecca nurse's house because she has been accused. It shows that even good people can be accused. "But sure we never loved the devil here," Elizabeth ... ...
... of the accused had records of unlawful pastimes, including witchery, but others were faithful churchgoers and people of high status in society. From Mid-March to early April, Martha Corey, Rebecca Nurse, Elizabeth Proctor, and Sarah Cloyce were accused of witchcraft. Soon after Corey, Nurse, and proctor were examined before Magistrates Hathorne, Corwin, Deputy Governor Thomas Danforth, and Captain Samuel Sewall ... ...
... is clearly not a person capable of this. I feel it may have been an act put forward by her father, Mr Putnam so he could profit Mr Jacob's land. What about Rebecca and Francis Nurse? Two fine citizens who have nothing but a good name in Salem are waiting to be hung for not accepting to lie. Is our community going mad? Can ... ...
... is clearly not a person capable of this. I feel it may have been an act put forward by her father, Mr Putnam so he could profit Mr Jacob's land. What about Rebecca and Francis Nurse? Two fine citizens who have nothing but a good name in Salem are waiting to be hung for not accepting to lie. Is our community going mad? Can ... ...
... Proctor is the central character in the play. His tragedy is the most significant, for it emerges from a flaw deep within himself and is resolved by his own actions. Unlike Rebecca Nurse, who is almost a stereotype in her complete goodness, Proctor is morally compromised and must openly struggle to do well. Although he is outspoken and blunt in his skepticism of ... ...
... : Nurse prevented Putnam's brother-in-law from being elected to the Salem ministry, and Nurse is also engaged in a bitter land dispute with one of Putnam's relatives. In the end, Rebecca, Francis's virtuous wife, is convicted of the supernatural murders of Ann Putnam's dead babies. Thus, the Putnam not only strike a blow against the Nurse family but also gain some measure ... ...
... his niece, Betty. There must be; " they (Hale's Book) are weighted with authority.-(Miller 844) He trusts his book to help him through thick and thin with Martha Corey and Rebecca Nurse, who was accused of witchcraft, so their husbands went to argue for their wife's lives. Hale tries to get some answers by calling all the girls and Tituba to ... ...
... the witch trials there would not have been hysteria and panic in the town. If this was what happened, there may have been many lives saved including John Proctor and Rebecca Nurse. This side of the argument was not used because it does not explain the way the outcome of the story was. If nobody got involved in the trials the ... ...
... died because of Abigail's lies. The girls didn't realize that by protecting themselves they would be killing several people. Few of those people were Giles Cory who refused to confess. Rebecca Nurse who was also killed because Ann Putnam said that she cursed her for not being able to have children. Finally, Abigail ended up killing the love of her life ... ...
... a whore! I have known her, sir. I have known her."(pg.109) And after he tells them this they still take Abigail for a saint. Thus, once again, leaving Proctor, as well as Rebecca Nurse and countless others, to be executed. These people may as well have lived if only Proctors pride had not imposed. The characters in The Crucible had many different motives ... ...
