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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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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Abigail notices Marry Warren making a doll for Elizabeth, and uses it to pin witchcraft on Mrs. ... Proctor trys to prove to Danforth that Mary is lying and never saw any spirits, and that he has a deposition stating what Mary says, Danforth instantly says, "No, no, I accept no depositions. ... Danforth believes that Mary Warren is guilty and because he is so stubborn he will not change his mind, dispite the evidence of her innocence they have. ...

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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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Truman Capote once said, "it is the want to know the end that makes us believe in god, or witchcraft, believe, at least, in something." Witchcraft affected lives since the 1600's, most commonly in Salem, Massachusetts. Does witchcraft still exist today? In the Crucible, plenty of different stories c...

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The Crucible takes place in the Puritan New England town of Salem Massachusetts in 1692. When the play opens a group of girls are dancing in the forest with a black slave whose name is Tituba. The local minister Reverend Parris catches the girls dancing in the forest. His daughter, Betty Parris, was...

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Abigail Adams was a unique women because she had an education and an interest in politics. She learned how to read and write and enjoyed poems most. She was also very resourceful by helping her husband on difficult problems.Abigail was born on November 11 on the Julian calendar, or November 22 on th...

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