... recognition scene." In the play each action which is preformed is followed by another, which was caused by the preceding action. For example Elizabeth's name is mentioned in court. Mary Warren makes a poppet for Elizabeth and gives it to her the very same night that the women are rounded up for suspicion of witchcraft. It was the poppet which caused her ... to be arrested so; her arrest was because of Mary Warren making the poppet. Because Elizabeth is arrested Procter forces Mary Warren to go to court and testify to the falsity of the claims of witchcraft by Abigail and the other girls...

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... may be to blame for the witch trials. However The Crucible leads the reader to believe that the majority of the guilt could be found in Abigail Williams, Mary Warren, and John Proctor. Although she is a smart, charismatic person with what seems to be a decent life for Puritan times, Abigail is a spiteful, vengeful, evil, ... still caused harm and suffering on others by the things they do or say and the things that they do not do and do not say. Mary Warren is an example of this. She is the Proctors" servant girl, and one of the girls who danced in the forest. Because Mary is frightened o...

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... , "Have you no sense of decency?-(Friedman) The end of McCarthy's Red-hunt after the trials proved he indeed lacked affability. Similarly, Abigail Williams, Betty Parris, Mercy Lewis, and Mary Warren in The Crucible use the same method to gain what they desire. Using the knowledge that witchcraft is illegal and immoral, the girls accuse Salem residents of witchcraft. The trials ... , Betty catches on and names Goody Howe, Martha Bellows, Goody Siber, Alice Barrow, Goody Hawkins, Goody Bibber, and Goody Booth. Abby even turns in opposition to her own friend, Mary Warren, because she confes...

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... matter what some of the people underwent they still would not change there attitudes and they way they felt about witchcraft. The way that Reverend Hale,Abigail Williams, and Mary Warren change and the way that they stay the same after all they undergo is interesting. The way that makes it interesting is some of the character that change. Take Reverend ... the play i still believe that self-centered still suits her. Although self-centered fits Abigail, it does not quite fit Mary Warren. I think the word that would best fit Mary is scared. From the beginning 'til the end Mary Warren is s...

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... often weak in his presence. In this play, Gerry comes across as a very strong, dominant character, one that Chris would do anything for. In "The Crucible", John Proctor forces Mary Warren to go to the court and try and convince them that Abigail is lying and it is her who has been summoning the devil, not his own wife. Mary ... Warren obviously is very scared at this, and feels forced to do so from Proctor. Proctor is not the only dominant character in the play, Danforth and Hale are both also ... very demanding. In this way I feel that Mary Warren is quite alike to Chris. Therefore I ...

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... movie when compared to the book. Lastly, the final scene that was in the movie but not at all explained in the book was the confession scene with Mary Warren. After Mary Warren confessed about witchery; the girls who were accused, attacked her. In the book, it explains that the girls were just mad at Mary, but they never did anything violent ... ...

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... The Crucible face difficult decisions, or crucibles, piecing together the story. The first crucible to take place is concerning John Proctor, the protagonist of the play. John has brought Mary Warren, his servant, to the court to admit that all the accusations of witchcraft have been pretense. John is accused of trying to overthrow the court but he says his only ... , except for his wife. In court, he accuses Abigail of not being a child because she laughs in church and has been caught dancing. Abigail then turns the girls against Marry Warren and makes John's allegations of the girls lo...

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... arresting them. One example of this is with Elizabeth Proctor. She was charged because she supposedly had a poppet with a needle in it. Elizabeth claimed that she got it from Mary Warren and Mary admitted to giving her the poppet. Mary said when asked if the poppet was hers "why I-I think the poppets are mine." Then she was asked by Mr. Proctor ... and if they said yes they would tell them to say their Ten Commandments. Not every person who goes to church also believes in God. This is shown when Mary Warren says " Aye, but then judge Hathorne say, "Recite for us your commandments!"-Lean...

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... he bewitches many (oh so many)." Abigail was truly a devilish person and was cruel. Another time that she could have just gave up and turned herself in was when Mary Warren came forward to the judge saying that this was all "pretense" or pretend. Abigail did not have to make it as though Mary ... Warren was the one possessed by the devil by fainting and becoming very cold like death. Abigail was the head of the group of children and if she would have been ... ...

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... Hale does not think that either John or Elizabeth are witches. Tension has already been building up in the previous scene as Mary Warren tells the Proctors about how she thinks that Goody Osburne is cursing her. Mary Warren also says to John, "I saved her life today!" pointing to Elizabeth as Elizabeth's name has been mentioned in court. This starts Elizabeth panicking ... ...

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... The Crucible face difficult decisions, or crucibles, piecing together the story. The first crucible to take place is concerning John Proctor, the protagonist of the play. John has brought Mary Warren, his servant, to the court to admit that all the accusations of witchcraft have been pretense. John is accused of trying to overthrow the court but he says his only ... , except for his wife. In court, he accuses Abigail of not being a child because she laughs in church and has been caught dancing. Abigail then turns the girls against Marry Warren and makes John's allegations of the girls lo...

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... him start to question his own decisions as a judge. He not only was trying to convince the village they were guilty but he was also struggling to convince himself. Mary Warren's postcard is significant because it shows that she is still trying to win Abigail Williams approval. In our version of the Crucibles ending, Abigail is one of few girls in ... ...

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... anyone accused of witchcraft and will prosecute every suspect. The trials have exploded out of proportion, and the only hope of ending the accusals are those who started them. Mary Warren herself, has realized the sincerity of the situation and is trying desperately to explain exactly what happened; "I--I heard the other girls screaming, and you, Your Honor, you seemed to ... ...

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... People in the real Salem Witch trials were combined. For example, Abigail Williams was a combination of herself and Ann Putnam, Jr. and a majority of the townsgirls were Combined into Mary Warren, Mercy Lewis, and Susanna Walcott. (The McCarthy Trials Compared to The Crucible , Internet) Most of the characters themselves were the same as the real people who were involved in the ... ...

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... and the Salemites are fooled by Abigail's lies; they had not realized that someone could lie to such an extent, especially when using the name of the Lord. When Mary Warren testifies in court that she and the girls were pretending, and that they never saw any spirits, Mr. Danforth first replies, "with great alarm and surprise, to Mary: Never saw ... ...

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... they did not do. It was the ultimate trial of determination and willpower to withstand such a wretched ordeal with your morals still intact. Abigail Williams, Elizabeth and John Proctor, Mary Warren, Reverend Parris and even Reverend Hale had changed drastically because of what they had to go through during the course of the play. As the situations grew hotter the true ... ...

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... shows some type of strong traits at some point during the play. Two of the strongest emotions shown in the play are fear and pride. In the case of Mary Warren, fear is shown very strongly as John Proctor orders her to go into court with him to speak against Abigail and the other girls. The audience can feel her fear ... ...

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... whatever they want. Adults would try to make teenagers do chores by any means of black-male to any means of brute force. In Arthur Miller's play, The Crucible, Mary Warren was pressured by John Proctor to go into court and make a crucial decision. Pressure from the court and Mary's peers made her scared for her life, which led her to ... ...

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... ."(852). The one commandment he forgets, when reciting to Hale, is the very one he has committed, adultery. Once he is faced with the accusations thrown at him by Mary Warren the conflict he is now facing is not if he is a good man or not but if he should stay true to himself or confess just to stay alive. The ... ...

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... on it. (Page 53) Another difference among the power Abigail holds and that John holds is that John attempts to use his power to do good. He eventually takes Mary Warren to the court house and admits to having relations with Abigail. While John holds power for a short period of time, it is ultimately not enough to override that of the ... ...

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... name to Danforth, because he had what I believe was one of the most important themes displayed in this book: Integrity. Another example of this theme in action was when Mary Warren agreed to testify against Abigail in the court. Although this form of integrity was short-lived, it still debunked the undercover theme of integrity. Ambition- an ardent desire for rank ... ...

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... to accuse her or anything? But Elizabeth's immunity to the trials cause her to get taken to court for owning poppets, which in fact, are owned by her servant, Mary Warren. John Procter is a strong man, who thrives at the chance to be right and known. But by the end of the play he questions himself saying, "Who is John Proctor ... ...

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... of it. First she tried witchcraft in the forest with local girl of Salem, and then she tried accusing her of being a witch. She stuck a needle into a poppet that Mary Warren was going to give to Elizabeth. She went to the extreme by sticking a needle two inches into her own belly, just so people would believe that Elizabeth tried to kill ... ...

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... was a farmer. John Proctor was a tavern keeper. Finally, John and Elisabeth"'"s their three kids lived in their house with them. The play portrays them as living by themselves with Mary Warren. Eventually, all five members of the Proctor family were convicted of with craft. Abigail Williams is another character whose life was full of differences in the book compared to real ... ...

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... can rule whatever he wants as he is the high court, but in that sense it can't be an unfair ruling. In Act three when Danforth is speaking to Mary Warren, he proves his importance and threatens with what he can do to her if she does not confess. " You will confess yourself or you will hang. Do you know who ... ...

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