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 Warren is clearly a follower and easily succumbs to Abigail's demands and threats. ... Mary Warren understands the necessity for herself and the others to confess. ... " In this Act, there are a number of accounts of "sobs" by Mary Warren .These stage directions emphasize Mary Warren's docile actions. ...

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Mary Warren The Crucible by Arthur Miller was in the context of the historical Salem Witch Trials where many innocent people were being accused of crimes or sins they did not even commit. There was one character named Mary Warren who is actually a minor character turns out to be one of the most important, dynamic characters. ... Mary Warren, the scared, weak little girl she is is lonely at the beginning of the play and has been spending time with Abigail Williams. ... Mary says, "Abby, we've got to tell. ... Mary Warren is a dynamic character for only a few pages, never- the less she is ...

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Mary Warren, the Proctor's servant, cannot make decisions for herself and relies on others to decide for her. ... In the beginning of the play when the accusing starts, Mary Warren is one of the accusers. ... At this point Mary Warren switches into someone else's hand. ... We can see that Mary Warren has fulfilled all of these steps and led herself straight to the dark side. ... Mary Warren was a weapon of good and evil in the play. ...

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As soon as he is left alone with Mary Warren, she is described as speaking in a "fearful squeak of a voice " which begins to suggest Proctor's threatening presence. ... Along with the use of Proctor's violence to reflect the madness in Salem, Miller uses the intense dialogue between Proctor and Mary Warren to show how insanity has grown in the Salem community. Miller utilizes Mary Warren's repeated refrain of "I cannot, I cannot " to reflect how crazy she has become. ... In Act III, Miller utilises Mary Warren's change of heart to fully epitomise the extent of which the mad...

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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. ... Although self-centered fits Abigail, it does not quite fit Mary Warren. ... From the beginning 'til the end Mary Warren is scared. But Mary is different from Rev. ... By the end of the play Mary is no longer scared. ...

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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. ...

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Then, Abigail decides to make it seem as if Mary Warren talks to the devil by putting spirits on Abigail. ... Mary Warren exuberates much frustration and confusion as Abigail puts the guilt on her for putting the devil on the girls. Mary Warren uses her head and indicts John Proctor of being the one who puts the devils spirits on the girls. ... Mary Warren made sure she was indictment free from being charged. All in all, Mary Warren was not as pious as she sought out to be in the content of blaming a loved one. ...

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In Arthur Miller's play, The Crucible, Mary Warren was pressured by John Proctor to go into court and make a crucial decision. ... Abigail had power over Mary and she had threatened Mary's life. ... Mary had to play along with Abigail's in order for the girls not to accuse Mary of witchcraft. ... Mary was caught in a dilemma. ... Mary was used by John to confess but it turned out that he was Mary's scapegoat. ...

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With John Proctor requiring Mary Warren to testify that the girls were falsifying about witchcraft, it hurt him more in the long run. Mary Warren becomes convicted of witchcraft from Abigail to protect John, but it backfires. When Mary Warren states John bewitched her. Mary Warren inculpates John to protect herself. ... The poppet belonged to Mary Warren who had made it for Elizabeth a couple of days before. ...

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The characters that went through intense test were Mary Warren, Elizabeth Proctor, and John Proctor. Mary Warren was one of the characters that went through an intense test. ... Abigail Williams is a friend of Marry Warren. ... If she took Proctors" side, then "they will turn on me-", (80), states Mary. ... (114), as if Mary was a witch. ...

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This can be found in Act three when Danforth is questioning Abigail about the accusations Mary Warren has just put forward. ... Because Abigail is so beautiful she is able to accuse Mary Warren and Elizabeth Proctor of being jealous or envious. ... One example of her doing this is when is cold in courtroom because of a supposed freezing wind Mary Warren has sent to Abigail "I-I know not. ... This can be perfectly portrayed by how she accepts Mary Warren back after all she did to try n destroy her in the courtroom. ... In fact the audience by now realise that Abigail is merely trying to gain...

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In one incident Abigail claimed that Mary Warren was feeling cold, she believed in herself so much that she actually felt cold, "I - I know not. ... Abigail's "abilities" seem to affect the rest of the girls as well as they seem to play along, in the courtroom, Mary: "Abby you mustn't! ... Mary: I"m here! ... Danforth: Mary warren! ... This goes for the rest of the girls, for instance Mary Warren in Act II, "So I"ll be gone every day for some time. ...

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In "The Crucible," Mary Warren is one of many characters in "The Crucible" that doesn't demonstrate integrity. ... As like many others, Mary was falsely accused of being a witch. The only way Mary though to save herself was to accuse John Proctor. ... In The Crucible three characters whom showed their integrity throughout the trials where, Mary Warren, Giles Corey, and John Proctor. ... People like Mary Warren who are weak just went along with the crowd lied and accused others. ...

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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. ... Mary Warren is an example of this. ... During court one day Mary Warren made a poppet for Goody Proctor. ... Mary Warren did however try to redeem herself and tell the truth in court, but she still could not overcome Abigail and ended up telling everyone that John Proctor was the one who came to her with the book of the devil. ... In this situation, Abigail's manipulation, Mary Warrens weak-willed character, and Proctors self-motivated si...

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These characters are Abigail Williams, John Proctor, Anne Putnam, and Marry Warren. ... Mary Warren is among the original group of girls who accuse people in the town of witchcraft. ... Mary is afraid of Abigail and so she goes along with the other girls. ... Mary flip-flops because she is now afraid of John. ... The interaction between Abigail and John Proctor sets up a major part of the story line, while the characters Anne Putnam and Mary Warren provide another example of retaliation, just in a minimized state. ...

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Such as Mary Warren who whole personality turns upside down, John Proctor who contemplates between the importance of his family and his own name and Reverend Hale who battles with himself whether to carry out his job requirements or do what he knows is right. Mary Warren is a girl who is forced with this inner turmoil throughout this play. ... Mary Warren, along with many other girls gets caught up in the hype of getting all the attention and exercising power via initiating and adamantly continuing these "witch trials". ... Mary Warren has a difficult decision to make. ... Clearly the batt...

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There is an intricate lying triangle among three main characters: John Proctor, Mary Warren, and Abigail Williams. ... Abigail, also the instigator of the witch accusations holds a power over the Proctor's servant: Mary Warren. Mary Warren, among the girls who danced in the woods, had a strong desire to prove that all of the accusations were false with the prodding of John Proctor. ... When Mary Warren attempted to make a statement in front of the court, Abigail lied in front of everyone in the room, pretending to be bewitched by the spirit of Mary. ... -p104 (Abigail feigning the sights ...

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A look at Abigail Williams Abigail Williams is the antagonist character in Arthur Miller's The Crucible. Throughout the play she does not change much. She basically stays the same, but her true character appears. Abigail's main motivation is to win John Proctor. She blames witchcraft on Eliz...

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She manipulates them into saying whatever is fit for the occasion, and they all listen to her with no arguments; Mary Warren: "Abby, she's going to die! It's a sin to conjure, and we- Abigail: "I say shut it, Mary Warren!" ...

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When Proctor is accused of witchcraft by Mary Warren he said, "a fire, a fire is burning! ... When Mary Warren wished to confess that witchcraft in Salem was pretense, Abigail and the girls quickly turned against her. By saying that Marry Warren's spirit was afflicting the girls, Abigail convinced the court that Marry was a witch. ...

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For example, when the poppet was found in the Proctor's home, it was clearly proven to be Mary Warrens and it was her who stuck the needle in it. ... "I stuck that needle in myself sir"- Mary, Cheever- ""Tis hard proof" They persisted until Elizabeth screamed "why- ! ...

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So to take his mind of the subject he caustically reminds Mary Warren, who now works for him, that he forbade her to leave his house, and proceeds to threaten her with a whipping if she does not obey his rule. Mary immediately departs for the Proctor House hold. ... He then tells Mary that she must testify, but she fears Abigail's reaction. ... After this Abigail and the girls start screaming that Mary is sending her spirit at them. Now the town is in a frenzy they think Mary is a witch. ...

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John Proctor, on the other hand, is introduced as a respected and powerful man in the community, who finds the thought of these witch trials ridiculous, as is obvious when he ridicules Mary Warren for her part in accusing the suspected. ... " (53) Hale completely stops believing the girls" stories and accusations after he hears Proctor and May Warren's story, "I believe him! ...

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Earlier, Parris had heard a commotion in the forest and discovered his niece, Abigail, and her friends: Betty, Mary Warren, and Mercy Lewis, and Tituba, his Caribbean slave, swaying and dancing in the forest to Tituba's Barbados songs. ... A perfect example of this is when Mary Warren, John's hired help, is accused of sending out her specter. ... The judges are enraptured by Abigail's shrieks, and the main one grabs Mary, trashing her around. Mary denies the allegations against her, but Abigail is keeping up the pretense. Soon, Mary is reduced to tears, and she blames Proctor. ...

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I think she tells him about Mary Warren going to Salem knowing that he"ll be angry. I would say, "I couldn't stop her", emphasising on the "I" being quite angry that he blames her for Mary going. ... Elizabeth is now scared because she knows John will get angry when she tells him Mary Warren is an official of the court - she is right. ...

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