How does Miller use the ending of each act to make the audience feel the madness in Salem? Miller is able to portray the madness of Salem in a variety of ways‚ throughout the whole of the play however the ending of each act allows the audience to fully feel the hysteria. By incorporating changes of key themes and ideas as well as using links throughout the text and a variety of dramatic techniques towards the end of each act‚ Miller is able to leave the audience with a sense of this madness. The
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of Thomas Putnam‚ Mary Warren‚ and John Proctor exemplify their purpose‚ motivation‚ and character traits. In the beginning of the play‚ Thomas Putnam is introduced as an arrogant landowner. His superciliousness is evident when the narrator explains that he describes himself as “the intellectual superior of most people around him.” (172: all references from class text‚ Language of American Literature‚ McDougal Littel‚ 2000). Putnam is influential because of his wealth‚
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most through Mary Warren‚ John Proctor‚ and Reverend Hale. The witchcraft hysteria is the reason why the fear of hurting others is so prevalent in the Salem community. Mary Warren is a prime example of how the hysteria is contributing to the fear of hurting others. Mary Warren is afraid of hurting her owner‚ John Proctor. At the beginning of act three‚ she refuses to testify in favor of his wife‚ Elizabeth Proctor. Elizabeth is a victim of the false accusations of witchcraft. Mary said she didn’t
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needle that was in Mary Warrens poppet. Abigail then says Goody Proctor’s spirt pierced her. Cheever and Hale go to the Home of the Proctors to see if Elizabeth did such a thing. Cheever finds the poppet and says‚ “Herrick‚ Herrick‚ it is a needle” (Miller 176). Once they found the needle they let her kiss the kids goodbye and took Elizabeth away. Proctor basically forces Mary Warren to testify against Abigail so they could get Elizabeth out of jail. When Abigail found out Marry Warren was testifying
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used within the story by Abigail‚ Hale‚ and Mary Warren to exploit the people around them. Arthur Miller uses Mass hysteria through Abigail mainly throughout the story. Abigail uses her emotions to pretend seeing spirits and lies about what others do. She does this strategically so that whenever she is the topic of discussion she can start to blame someone else of witchery instead of herself. This happens plenty of times‚ For example‚ when Mary Warren was being accused of witchery‚ the attention
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effects on others. In this play Mary Warren‚ a timid and weak young girl‚ was the first to announce that the witchcraft accusations were nothing but false claims that the were purposely made for the sole purpose of deception. However‚ when the accusing girls began making false accusations about her the fear of being hung quickly changed her statement‚ thus turning her back on John Proctor and accusing him
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In 1672 The Puritans belief was very strict which made it hard on the women during that time.The roles and treatments of the women was made were they had to submissive to the men. The characters Abigail‚ Mary Warren‚ and Elizabeth was portrayed as simple-minded‚ controlling‚ weak‚ and submissive women. The character Abigail were portrayed as the whore in which she was weak and controlling. She would threaten the other girls just to get what she wants. She was so consumed with the idea of her and
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Proctor‚the wife of the protagonist John Proctor.Arthur Miller shows how fear can lead to blame through the wavering‚timid‚ and dishonest nature of Mary Warren‚who is John Proctor’s servant. Through Mary Warren’s wavering nature the author shows how fear can lead to blame.When all the characters were in the courtroom in act 2 scene 1 Mary Warren was being accused of witchcraft by Abigail‚because she accused Abigail for pretending to be “under a spell” and imprisoning many women that she didn’t
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Women of Salem The Crucible is a play that contains many betrayals and lies. Among these‚ there are three women who have a role to play. Abigail Williams was an absolute ‘witch’. Mary Warren saved herself. Last but not least‚ Elizabeth Procter never lied. Each of these women showed society who they were as they played their role. “Abigail Williams‚ seventeen‚ enters – a strikingly beautiful girl‚ an orphan‚ with an endless capacity for dissembling. Now she is all worry and apprehension and propriety”
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Abigail. 11.e. Significance: This quote is significant because it displays the relationship between Proctor and Elizabeth‚ and it informs the reader of Proctor’s past affair with Abigail‚ which he has been keeping a secret. 12.a. Speaker: The speaker is Mary
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