... die, and Francis Nurse knows his wife, Rebeca Nurse, is going to die.The presence of hysteria leads to dissent against it by Elizabeth, Rebecca, and Proctor, and their dissent functions to make dubious the morality of the court, which in turn causes to riots. Proctor confessed at first, ... against the very basis of her being? These are the types of questions Salemites begin to ask themselves, which causes a questioning of power. Rebecca sees the detriments hysteria has on Salem, and she knows that such an environment only causes more and more trouble, as seen by how she ... calms Bett...

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... Salem Town Church, while the Putnam family was his friend, and her husband was at war with the Putnam family estate over some land. Rebecca exuded a saint-like presence over the dark days of the witch-hunt. After her accusation, thirty-nine of the most prominent leaders of the ... community signed a petition attesting to Rebecca's goodness of heart. Even one of her original accusers, Jonathan Putnam, put his name to the appeal. During her trial, Sarah Holton testified that ... in the night while the spirit proclaimed all of the people she had killed (the list incidentally included Benjam...

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... and trying to be a good and loyal puritan husband. So he attempted, like Miller to be true to himself, and ultimately to his friends. He refused to lie about seeing Rebecca Nurse with the devil, and he also refused to admit to witchcraft, which led to his being hanged. Another character who tried to live by moral standards was Giles Corey ... out of jail". Both Corey and Miller were found to be in contempt of court. One other character who stood by her morals all the way throughout the play was Rebecca Nurse. She was wife to Francis Nurse a respected man in the community. Goody Nurse is...

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... at her with vengeance. Along with John and Elizabeth, there are several other characters in The Crucible that are improperly charged with the inexcusable crime of witchcraft. A devout Christian named Rebecca Nurse is yet another innocent woman that is proclaimed to be a witch in The Crucible. Nurse is accused by neither Abigail Williams nor Mary Warren, but by a middle-aged woman ... named Ann Putnam. As Rebecca's husband states, she is accused "for the marvelous and supernatural murder of Goody Putnam's babies." (Miller, Crucible 858) Although there is never any proof or evidence, she ...

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... found out, they start accusing people of being witches and Abigail starts with Elizabeth Proctor, John Proctor's wife. Not long after even one of the most respectable women in Salem, Rebecca Nurse, was accused of being a witch. When court was called into session more accusations came; one of the girls, Mary Warren, out of fear of being hanged, confesses that ! John ... ). A total of 19 persons were hanged, 1 person was pressed to death, and two dogs were hanged for witchcraft during the Salem Witchcraft Trials (Carey 49). Judge Danforth sentecnced most including Rebecca Nurse and John Pr...

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... serve various purposes. All of the characters have an integral relation to the theme and no characters are introduced to facilitate the mechanics of the plot. Sarah Good, along with Rebecca Nurse and others are one of the many accused witches. Tituba, a Haitian woman who is known to practice voodoo, is brought in to introduce the girls" motive for making their ... ...

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... serve various purposes. All of the characters have an integral relation to the theme and no characters are introduced to facilitate the mechanics of the plot. Sarah Good, along with Rebecca Nurse and others are one of the many accused witches. Tituba, a Haitian woman who is known to practice voodoo, is brought in to introduce the girls" motive for making their ... ...

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... "innocent until proven guilty" was not formally established until the late 18th Century (Asirvatham, 2002). Therefore, when brought to court on witchery charges, the accused were already almost condemned. However, Rebecca Nurse was found innocent. Incidentally, the moment her verdict was read the girls howled and screamed so much that she was then immediately convicted (http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/salem ... ...

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• Grade Level: High School