Rebecca Nurse, a figure of respectability and good sense, has a very big influence on John Proctor, the protagonist of the play. ... Her 'great charities' have all been 'heard ofin Beverly', as mentioned by Hale, and her gentle, just nature creates a sense of sympathy for the audience to feel. ... Miller shows that the role of women in the home is a very powerful entity, and that one doesn't necessarily need to have influence over the whole town to have her voice heard. ... In Act 2, John states it is 'as though i come into a court when i come into this hizzle...

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