Ann Putnam accuses Rebecca Nurse of being a witch because all Rebecca's babies survives and when Ann was giving birth Rebecca was the nurse and all her babies died. She felt that Rebecca had cursed her and her children. ... Instead of Ann accuses Rebecca right away she could have looked into the births of her own children. She didn't even think of all the other babies that Rebecca delivered and if most of them survived then it wasn't Rebecca's doing. ... If Ann didn't let her jealousy control her then she would not have had Rebecca thrown in jail. ...

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Rebecca nurse warns thatthere is prodigious danger in the seeking of loose spirits. ... Ann Putnam's jealousy over Rebecca Nurse and Abigail's jealousy of Elizabeth Proctor, and the ambition of Hale and Parris, both of whom seek public approval; the fear of punishment that initially motivates Abigail and the other girls; then the revealing in power they display during the trial. ... The Crucible's main theme 'evil' can be developed through characters such as Rebecca Nurse who warns us of the danger of seeking of spirits and Abigail Williams who is evil, commits lechery...

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This vital message is not only explained by Proctor's death, but also by Rebecca Nurse's. Rebecca Nurse's death also exemplifies the meaning of the novel. ... Rebecca states, "Why, it is a lie, it is a lie; how may I damn myself? ... Rebecca says to Proctor, "Let you fear nothing! ... Rebecca Nurse is a devout believer in Christ and she knows she is doing the right thing. ...

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Rebecca Nurse was a character in The Crucible with a big decision to make. Rebecca had eleven children and twenty-six grandchildren. ... Rebecca continues to think what she actually believes and says that Betty just needs some rest and then she will wake up. Because of Rebecca's belief, she eventually loses her life because she stood up for what she believed. The servant, Tituba, had a big decision to make, and it was unlike the decision of Rebecca. ...

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She was jealous of Rebecca Nurse because Rebecca had eleven children and twenty-six grandchildren and she only had one child that did not die as a baby. Mrs Putnam said Rebecca was a witch and had killed all of her babies. Rebecca was a devout christian and would never admit she had consorted with Satan, even with her life at stake. ...

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Another character, Anne Putnam is seeking revenge on Rebecca Nurse, the midwife in the novel. ... The first 7 of her babies were all stillborn, and the only other person present during the births was the midwife, Rebecca. Anne believes that Rebecca has murdered her babies using witchcraft, most likely because she is trying to put the blame on anyone but herself. ...

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He refused to lie about seeing Rebecca Nurse with the devil, and he also refused to admit to witchcraft, which led to his being hanged. ... One other character who stood by her morals all the way throughout the play was Rebecca Nurse. ... Rebecca refuses to admit witchcraft to the end and is hanged. ...

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The villagers went from the four-year-old girl to seventy-one-year-old Rebecca Nurse followed by forty-seven-year-old Elizabeth Proctor. Both of these women who were from very wealthy, prosperous homes, were imprisoned because people thought Rebecca Nurse's mother and Proctor's grandmother practiced black magic when they were alive. ... Mary Easty and Sarah Cloyce, sisters of Rebecca Nurse who had expressed their negative feelings about the trials were locked up in jail. ...

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Introduction Arthur Miller's play "The Crucible,"" was first published in 1953 during the politically tumultuous time of McCarthyist America. By depicting how the Salem theocracy spiraled out of control in 1692, Miller draws a parallel between the mass hysteria present in the witch trials of the p...

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At the root of every conflict there seems to be at least one person who initiates the entire situation. In The Crucible, a play by Arthur Miller, many problems arise, some as serious as life or death. Many innocent people in The Crucible were hanged. Of course there are many people that may be to bl...

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The Crucible The Crucible written by Arthur Miller is a play that takes place in the sixteen nineties during the famous but tragic witch trials. The entire community is in pandemonium yet certain characters are also fighting internal conflicts of their own. Miller uses three characters who manifes...

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The Puritans were a group of people who once left England because of the opposition of King Charles who refused to listen to their demand and to reform the Church of England. Believing that there was no other choice but to move to America, they left with the hope of creating a new colony with a new Church purified of any liturgy, ceremony or practices that was not scripted in the Bible. (Christianity.com)The Puritans took the Bible literally and had to live every aspect of their lives according to this holy book; for them, the Bible was God's true law. (nd.edu) In The Crucible, during al...

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