Betty Ann

... sake of his family. Life in the Parris home was stressful for the young girls, so they wondered out, mostly to visit Parris' slave Tituba. By February of 1692, Betty Parris became strangely ill. She dashed about, dove under furniture, contorted in pain, and complained of fever. Doctors suggested that the cause of her symptoms may have been some combination ... , and epilepsy. However, in a traditionally run New England colony, other "theories- leaked out as to what caused Betty's behavior. At the same time, Boston minister Cotton Mather published a book, Memorable Provinces, which mention...

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... believing her mumbled words were in fact curses against them for not showing kindness by giving her charity. Tituba was a slave and familiar to Betty and Abigail. These negative reputations linked with low class living made these women targets of suspected witchcraft. [Rediscovering America] Jonathan Corwin and John Hathorne ... God's anger. So, to repel this, they made sure that every last witch be discovered and punished. [Rediscovering America] In following months Ann Putnam accused a church attending Martha Corey of afflicting her due to her outspoken nature and bastard child, both o...

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... . Reverend John Hale A young minister reputed to be an expert on witchcraft. Reverend Hale is called in to Salem to examine Parris's daughter Betty. Hale is a committed Christian and hater of witchcraft. His critical mind and intelligence save him from falling into blind fervor. His arrival sets ... of those accused. John Hale, the intellectual, naive witch-hunter, enters the play in Act I when Parris summons him to examine his daughter, Betty. In an extended commentary on Hale in Act I, Miller describes him as "a tight-skinned, eager-eyed intellectual. This is a beloved errand for him ...

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... mystic animals. Other girls soon joined their circle in the evenings to listen to Tituba's tales and participate in fortune telling experiments (Zeinert, 16). Betty Parris and Abigail Williams began to become upset and frightened with the results of their fortunes. It is speculated that their fear, mixed with the ... , 303). A lot of the information about the afflicted girls is scarce, but there is a little information on two of them, Abigail Williams and Ann Putnam. Abigail wasn't liked very much by the community even before the trials began. She was a troublemaker characterized as mean...

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... by Miller to make his story less complicated and, overall, more believable. In the Parris family, there are many historical inaccuracies. First of all, Betty Parris" mother was not dead as the dialogue in the play states. In actuality, she died four years after the witch trials began in 1692. ... As for the composition of the family, the Parris family in reality consists of two other children other than Betty--an older brother, Thomas, and a younger sister Susannah. In the play Abigail is referred to as Reverend Parris" niece, but actually there is ... important people in the Salem Witc...

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... mystic animals. Other girls soon joined their circle in the evenings to listen to Tituba's tales and participate in fortune telling experiments (Zeinert, 16). Betty Parris and Abigail Williams began to become upset and frightened with the results of their fortunes. It is speculated that their fear, mixed with the ... , 303). A lot of the information about the afflicted girls is scarce, but there is a little information on two of them, Abigail Williams and Ann Putnam. Abigail wasn"t liked very much by the community even before the trials began. She was a troublemaker characterized as mean...

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• Grade Level: High School

... is an expert on combating the demonic arts and Parris would have no reason to call upon him unless he suspected witchcraft himself. After Betty awakens and begins accusing people of being witches and consorting with the Devil, the hysteria takes hold, even though it is completely irrational ... his debtors or those he views as an enemy.  Furthermore, he and his wife, Ann Putnam, immediately leap to witchcraft as the source of their troubles. His only daughter, Ruth Putnam is afflicted the same as Betty, Reverend Parris' daughter, only her eyes are closed. When Parris tries to deny ... ...

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... the forest, but she says that the event had nothing to do with witchcraft, and they were only trying to conjure up spirits of Thomas and Ann Putnam's seven dead children in order to find out who is responsible for their deaths - they all died in infancy, and their sister Ruth Putnam ... was one of the girls in the forest with the Abigail and Betty. Thomas and Ann Putnam show up soon after words and tells Reverends Hale and Parris that their daughter, Ruth, is also sick. Mrs. Putnam admits that she sent ... Mary home, Abigail and him talk alone about their arrive and Abigail propositions...

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... Reverend Samuel Parris "the town's new minister "moved to Salem in 1689. He brought his whole family along: wife Elizabeth, daughter Betty, niece Abigail, and his slaves, John and Tituba. John and Tituba are thought to originate from Barbados. Many believe Tituba was African American ... entertainment. At first, Betty and Abigail would listen to scary stories and Posey 2 learn the ways of voodoo. As time progressed a lot more girls started participating in the fun. Mary Warren, 20, Mercy Lewis, 19, Elizabeth Hubbard, 19, Mary Walcott, 16, and Ann Putnam Jr., 12, ... all frequently atten...

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• Grade Level: High School