Dynamic Characters In The Crucible

Crucible written by author Arthur Miller. Abigail and Mary Warren are two of the most important key elements about their plan. Abigail and Mary were most important part was seeing them being admirable and despicable. Mary Warren is a young girl who used to live with John Proctor.

Proctor is afraid of the court, he knows that the people are crazy for believing in this non sense and will point the finger at anybody so they don't have the possibility of getting looked at as a witch. Proctor is angry at Mary for going to the court because she is their servant. Mary has changed because now she has power over the Proctors which as a servant for them she never had. 3. Hale has changed since he arrived in Salem because he has realized that not everything the people are saying is true.

Mary Warren and how the truth is not always appreciated. Mary Warren was a shy, 20-year-old girl, whose intention was good but ended up causing more trouble. Mary Warren, one of the girls who were found dancing in the forest by Reverend Parris and is working for Elizabeth and John Proctor as a servant after Abigail was fired by Elizabeth Proctor. When Elizabeth was arrested for being a witch, John Proctor threatened Mary Warren, He to tell the court the truth. “...You will tell the court what you know” (Miller II, 1135).

Miller shows the greatest transformation in Mary Warren in order to convey the idea that good people can still cause destruction when swept up in mass hysteria like the witch trials. One of the most important themes of the crucible is hysteria. The definition of hysteria is “exaggerated or uncontrollable emotion or excitement, especially among a group of people” which is clearly demonstrated as the town of Salem is swept up in the excitement and drama of the witch trials. Mary Warren was one of those blinded by hysteria, causing her to be a dynamic character.

A second good example of a dynamic character in The Crucible is John Proctor. At the beginning of the story Proctor is going through a stressful time because Elizabeth is sick. He takes this opportunity and has an affair with Abigail. Elizabeth gets suspicious about Abigail and fires her. After this Proctor still has feelings for Abigail and she is obsessed with him.

Mary Warren is seen throughout the play as being the lovable servant that is loyal to the Proctors and appears to pose no threat whatsoever. However, Mary holds a dark secret that the entire audience finds out in the middle of the play, she is a cold-hearted liar. Mary proves to be the second biggest liar in the entire play right behind Abigail as she will pick those who oppose her and will accuse them of witchcraft so that they may be silenced before they can continue with the truth. Mary proves this little claim true when she has both Elizabeth and John Proctor thrown in jail as they have both learned the truth and are making an attempt to stop everything that is happening. Mary Warren is probably the biggest liar in the story right behind Abigail Williams as she will turn against the family that gave her a place to sleep and a home to live in, in order to be saved by the truth that is leaking out.

But most of the women still chose to not confess of witchcraft and would be hanged. The convicted women would rather lose their life than lie just to let the town hear what they want to hear from the innocent and fake confessed witches. When John Proctor confesses to the court of his crime of adultery, his wife Elizabeth is brought in to tell the truth or if John is lying, she acts of vanity and not honesty. Elizabeth had never told a lie in her life until then when she said that John did not cheat on her with Abigail. As soon as she tells her first lie, John immediately yells that he already confessed and Elizabeth tries taking back what she said and tries to justify her lie which was to save her husband.

Finally, the last reason why Mary Warren is a outwardly conforming character is throughout the play she is very quiet and scared which shows that she’s afraid to say anything or do anything that doesn’t go with the “rules”. In the play John Proctor states” You will tell the court what you know.(Act II, 38)” In the play Mary also says” I cannot, they’ll turn on me--(Act II, 38)” This shows that Mary “cannot” tell the truth about what the

When Mary Warren is in court she also tries to blame someone. On page 195 Mary Warren says to John Proctor “Mr. Proctor, in open court she near to choked us all to death.” Even though Mary Warren knows this is a lie, she says it so she doesn’t get blamed anymore. But this isn’t the end of the girl’s similarities.

The townspeople of Salem feared that they would be called witches so they lied and blamed their family and friends. Mary Warren being one of those people feared being hung and Abigail’s vengeance. When John tells Mary to go to court and confess, Mary refuses, knowing that Abigail will act out of revenge and in court she faces what she had been avoiding “ABIGAIL. Her eyes fall on Mary Warren. MARY. Abby!”(101). Mary Warren knows that Abigail will claim she is a witch so Mary goes along with it to escape death and she blames John Proctor by saying “You’re the devil’s man!”, instead of possibly ending the trials once and for all.

The way people reacted when someone tried to be good and tell the truth wasn't expected. Marry Warren knew the girls were lying and wanted them to tell the truth. She told Abigail, "Abby, we've got to tell. Witchery's a hangin' error, a hangin' like they done in Boston two years ago! We must tell the truth, Abby! You'll only be whipped for dancin', and the other things" (18). Even though she wanted to tell the truth, she couldn't. Abigail won't let her confess. Later in the book, she finds out that they're using the poppet she gave to Elizabeth against her. Marry never wanted Elizabeth to be accused of trying to kill Abigail. Proctor wanted Marry to tell the truth to the court. But Mary is afraid of what Abigail might do to her and Proctor. Mary is also afraid of the court. "I cannot, they'll turn on me" (80), she said. You would expect that the court would want you to tell the truth. In this case, if she told the truth the court members' reputation will be ruined. It shows that they react in a way that it will be beneficial to them.

She wants Elizabeth out of the picture so she and John can be together. Evidently Abigail stabs herself, as well as a doll, to create a scene to frame Elizabeth Proctor. “”Once Elizabeth is taken into custody she has lost the battle. The court does not believe the words of the convicted, but only the girls who are convinced they see the devil and their spirits. With the lies continuing there is no other way to save the life of the innocent unless they lie and confess to witchcraft. Danforth yells to Mary explaining, “You will confess yourself or you will hang!” (Miller

In the play, Mary Warren was one of the girls that was seen in the woods by Reverend Hale. When they go caught she told him that she was not participating she was just watching. In the book she felt guilt for the poppet, and it causing suspicion on Elizabeth. She was also scared of Abigail, because of the things that she did and she she wanted John Proctor to love her the way she loved him. ( Miller 2)

People are known to change, whether it is liked or not, there is no way of stopping change, and people know this; what most people don’t know, is how similar character change is to human change. In the wonderfully written play 'The Crucible', by Arthur Miller, many of his characters change in big ways as the story progresses, and three of these characters that changed the most are; John Proctor, Reverend Hale, and Elizabeth Proctor. These characters change a great deal throughout this play.

In the beginning of the play, Mary Warren’s character is well known as being wimpy and afraid. She is under Abigail’s control and will do everything she says. According to Sara Constantakis in Literature Resource Center, “she is weak and easily influenced. She is one of the girls who took part in the voodoo ritual and is terrified when the talk of witchcraft begins, as she knows people who are convicted of being witches are hanged.” This opinion of Mary is further proven by her action of not telling the truth about what happened in the woods because she knows Abigail would kill her. Abigail even screams “I say shut it, Mary Warren!” (Miller, Act I). Mary is always listening to Abigail’s demands, even when she knows the right thing to do. Mary Warren is seen as a poor little mouse who is too quiet to ever stand up for herself. In addition to this, Mary wants to confess about what happened in the woods, but Abigail won’t let her. Mary cries, "Abby, we've got to tell. Witchery's a hangin' error, a hangin' like they done in Boston two year ago! We must tell the truth, Abby! You'll only be whipped for dancin', and the other things!" (Miller, Act I). Mary knows she is innocent and for that reason, she is ready to own up to her sins, however Abby knows that she