... way and the outcome of the scene will determine the outcome of the play. The main characters in the scene are John Proctor, Abigail Williams and Mary Warren; they all have very different characters and roles to play. John Proctor's role in the play is to save his wife and the accused people. He ... liar and has no respect "Let you beware, Mr. Danforth. Think you to be so mighty that the power of hell may not turn your wits?" Mary Warren is on her own she is like a catalyst; she has the final vote whichever way she goes will determine the outcome of the play. Mary has a ... situation. Re...

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... screams to Proctor, "You"re the Devil's man!" (Miller, Crucible 876) Her outburst at John is clearly caused by a sinister threat that Abigail utters in Act One. 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 Williams may somehow strike out at her with vengeance. Along with John and Elizabeth, ...

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... that they wouldn't be accepted. At the end of Act 3, a court scene, John Proctor is trying to prove that Abigail has been pretending the whole time. He is using Mary Warren as evidence. Unfortunately, something goes terribly wrong. Abby and the girls start pretending that Mary is bewitching them by repeating what she says and saying her spirit is above them ... the Governor what they - (He has hardly got a word out, when, seeing him coming for her, she rushes out of his reach, screaming in horror.) Mary Warren. Don't touch me-don't touch me! (At which the girls halt at the door.) Procto...

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... versus bad is represented. In this case the good has prevailed. Another example of the battle between good and bad is through the story of Mary Warren and "The Girls" (Abigail and the others). Mary Warren was one of the girls caught dancing in the forest. However, she is different from them, because she turned her back on the other girls and ... confessed that what they were doing was a fraud. Mary Warren, the nanny of the Proctor's children, was convinced by John to testify in defense of Elizabeth. Since she cares for her, Mary does so and testifies in court that Abigail ... ...

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... to learn, from Tituba, (the Parris" slave from Barbados) how to talk to the death. When a crowd form outside of Reverend Parris" home everyone exempt Abigail, Mercy Lewis and Mary Warren, the servants of the Putnam's and the Proctors, Abigail threatens the two women not to tell anyone the whole story - the only thing that can say is that they were ... join in and accuse others of witchcraft. The second half of the play picks up after two weeks of in the home of John and Elizabeth Proctors. Their servant, Mary Warren, returns home, after she was forbidden to leave saying that she is now ...

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... pewter ones they had. For twenty weeks he preached nothing but golden candlesticks until he got them(Miller 65). Another example of Rev Parris's greed was when Abigail and Mary Warren stole Parris's money from his strongbox, he seemed more worried about losing all of his money then his Abigail his niece. When a man can forget his daughters sickness to argue ... ...

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... people we know who are "in" it. And if we don't know any people with the extremes of character of Nurse or Abigail, we can mold characters such as Mary Warren to our own liking. For instance, a reader may forgive her for cracking under pressure and claiming Proctor was with the Devil; others with a different background may mentally condemn her and ... ...

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... her actions. Her friends were so frightened by her spirit and power that they followed her and partook in lies. Nearing the end of the play, Abigail says that Mary Warren's spirit, in the form of a bird, is coming to attack her. The other girls join in by acting frozen and frightened of the figure of the bird. While Mary tries ... ...

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... have already take Elizabeth away. In act three I think that Abigail truly shows her dishonesty, her violence emotions in her treatment of the girls and also her vengeance towards Mary Warren. I feel that Abby also is trying to protect her name and shows motivation, manipulation and dominance over the girls in order to do so. In Act three in the courtrooms ... ...

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... vengeful, but greedy in his killings as well. The last important example found in "The Crucible" that illustrates vengeance as a motive for accusation occurs between the "possessed" girls and Mary Warren, a child once possessed but now ready to speak the truth. When Mary tells the judge that the girls are all being deceitful, the girls decide out of vengeance to punish ... ...

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... heartache. After the affair Elizabeth was accused of being a witch by Abigail. Abigail said that Elizabeth tries to kill her with a poppet. The poppet was given to Elizabeth by Mary Warren as a sign of peace between the two. In reality the poppet was a way of accusing Elizabeth. The poppet had a needle in side of it which stuck Abigail. In the olden ... ...

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