... , my god! God help me! Betty. Child. Dear Child. Will you wake?" However as the scene progresses his mind strays and he is more concerned about starting a Witchhunt in Salem. Samuel Paris is an outsider he has been entered into a puritanical society to condone the fears of God and induce a greater fear of the Devil into the people. He is criticised ... , my god! God help me! Betty. Child. Dear Child. Will you wake?" However as the scene progresses his mind strays and he is more concerned about starting a Witchhunt in Salem. Samuel Paris is an outsider he has been entered into a puritanica...

• Word Count: 1765
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... devastation wrought in early Salem when some restless young girls claim that witches are taking over the village. Act I begins in the spring of 1692 in Salem, Massachusetts, with Reverend Samuel Parris, the petty, irritable and mostly unliked minister. He is worried about his daughter, Betty. The night before, his daughter and niece, Abigail, were caught dancing in the nude in ... ...

• Word Count: 2029
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

... teachers: her parents, older sister, and grandparents"(pg 9). Her father's library was not big, but she still went to it to read books (pg 9). Abigail's favorite books were novels by Samuel Richardson (pg 11). She got a lot of her ideas from reading Richardson's novels, especially the book Sir Charles Gradison. The book "gave the woman of innocense the sheltered environment necessary ... ...

• Word Count: 1735
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

The story begins with Reverend Samuel Parris standing over his daughter's bedside. His daughter, Betty Parris, is laying before him transfixed by some unknown ailment. Reverend Paris soon sends for Reverend John Hale, a specialist in demonology, ... ...

• Word Count: 1275
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School