Mary Warren plays a very important role in the development of The Crucible's plot. Mary Warren is a young servant girl whose ethics are challenged when she becomes afflicted with terror and intimidation. Mary is a character of weak determination who allows herself to be bullied constantly. She is not an "evil" person, but her fragile will combined with her desire to be someone in the Salem community forces her into a situation in which she does harm to other people. .
Mary Warren is clearly a follower and easily succumbs to Abigail's demands and threats. Mary's passive nature becomes clear from the beginning of the play, her "subservient" behavior automatically shown when she tries desperately to convince Abigail that they "must tell the truth". The fact that she must try to persuade Abigail first and insist on telling the "truth" instead of going to confess the authorities herself, shows how she is incapable she is under the threat of Abigail. Mary Warren understands the necessity for herself and the others to confess. Mary argues with Abigail that "It's a sin to conjure" Although Mary is "naive" she is not willfully malicious and realizes that her actions and the actions of the other girls were wrong. Miller also portrays Mary as a "lonely girl". The word "lonely" shows that Mary's participation with her fellow accusers provides her with the fulfillment of some need to be part of a group; she gains a sense of power amongst the others. Mary's loneliness and the deprivation of freedom being a female servant is a reason to why she involves herself in the initial event in the "forest". .
A transition in her behavior is presented in Act 2 as she finds a new sort of power in being an accuser. Given what she states to John and Elizabeth Proctor, she feels that she has authority given to her by the courts.
Mary Warren, now a court official, enters the room, handing a rag doll to Mrs. ... Proctor by Mary Warren is evidence enough. ... The frightened Mary Warren is brought in to testify the girls are really liars. ... Abigail come in again, along with Mary Warren, who both enjoy being treated with courtesy. ... Tituba fears for her life and therefore confesses, while Mary Warren fear...
I had quite a small amount of lines, but I felt my character bared a large significance. ... 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. ... In this way I feel that Mary Warren is quite alike to Chris. ... "The Crucible" is a very tense, fast moving, serious and tragic play. ...
Arthur Miller's, The Crucible, first produced in 1953. ... Robert Warshaw, of The Immediate Experience says, "It is a drama of universal significance." ... 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. ... These aspects are just a few reasons as to why The Crucible has been recognized as an excellent play by many reviewers and audiences alike. ... The Crucible. ...
The Crucible is a play about witchcraft and mass hysteria in the town of Salem in Massachusetts. The Crucible is set in the 17th century when Puritanism was very strong. ... 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!" ... The Crucible is a drama of conflict and tension. ...
The Crucible Act 1 1. ... John Proctor is a farmer of middle age who lives with his wife, children and servant Mary Warren. ... What news does Mary Warren tell the Proctors? Mary Warren tells the Proctors abut the court that has been set up in Salem and how there will be executions. ... What is the significance of the poppet? ...
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 dancing and that Tituba was teaching Ruth to conjure up her sisters. ... Before the questioning of the two women, Giles Corey asked Reverend Hale about his wife's reading habits and if that has any significance. ... Their servant, Mary Warren, returns home, after she was forbidden to leave saying that she is now apart o...
