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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Proctor, hoping to free Elizabeth, persuades Mary Warren, a young friend of Abigail Williams, to tell the truth about the false accusations in court. ... Mary Warren finally breaks out and screams to Proctor, "You"re the Devil's man!" ... She intimidates Mary Warren and the other girls when she threatens, "Let either of you breathe a word about the other things, and I will bring a pointy reckoning that will shudder you." (Miller, Crucible 837) From the analysis of The Crucible, it is apparent that John's accusation is brought about because of Mary Warren's fear that Abigail Will...

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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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English How effective is act 1 as an introduction to the characters and society of Salem and the themes of the play; witch craft, persecution, hysteria and social restrictions? Act 1 is particularly good at portraying the hysteria. The whole act is performed in a small room with a sick child ...

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Talk of witchcraft increased when other playmates of Betty, including eleven-year-old Ann Putnam, seventeen-year-old Mercy Lewis, and Mary Walcott, began to show signs of similar unusual behavior. ... In the meantime, the number of girls afflicted continued to grow, rising to seven with the addition of Ann Putnam, Elizabeth Hubbard, Susannah Sheldon, and Mary Warren. ...

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Reverend John Hale is a scholar from Beverly and feels pride in the work he does. He comes to Salem on Reverend Parris' request to investigate the possibility that supernatural causes are causing Betty Parris' suspicious illness. Hale approaches the situation precisely and intellectually, believing ...

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McCarthyism in The Crucible In The Crucible, written by Arthur Miller, the madness of the Salem witch trials is explored in great detail. There is more to the play than the witch trials, though. The Crucible was composed during a time when a similar hysteria was sweeping through America. A virtually...

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For them, even if a person has led a good life all along, they could be demoniac creature because, as Reverend Hale said: "The Devil is a wily one, and, until an hour before he fell, even God thought him beautiful in Heaven. " If the Devil was able to trick God, he surely was able to trick the whole community by sending his witches on earth to ruin them all, like Danforth said: " it may be well that Mary Warren has been conquered by Satan, who sends her here to distract our sacred purpose. "(93) Their belief in the Devil led them to be suspicious of everybody in Salem. ...

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