The Crucible Manipulation Quotes

Betty Parris’s considerable power throughout the first act is observed by her ability to single-handedly initiate chaos and hysteria within the town for her own personal benefit. This power is first witnessed following Susanna Walcott’s explanation concerning the possibility of a supernatural cause to Betty’s illness, leading Abigail to advise her Uncle about “the rumor of witchcraft [that] is all about: [She] thinks [he'd] best go down and deny it [himself]. The parlor’s packed with people, sir” (10). This is the first hint that others in the town believe in the presence and of the beginnings of the hysteria that follows. Betty started this rumor in the town by pretending to act sick so that she would not get punished for dancing in the woods.

At the end of Act II of The Crucible, Proctor’s wife, Elizabeth got taken on suspicion of being a witch. The poppit that their helper, Mary Warren gave her had a needle stuck in it in the same place that Abigail Williams had a needle stuck in her. Hale assumed that abigail stuck the needle in but still accused Elizabeth. Proctor wanted Mary Warren to explain to the court what happened and to explain the poppet. Mary Warren seems like she wanted to defend Elizabeth and explain the poppet, but she doesn’t want Abigail to accuse Proctor of the adultery he performed. In the heat of the moment, Proctor didn’t care about the potential accusation that could occur, he just wanted his wife to be proven innocent. When his wife was being taken away, Proctor said his well known words, starting with “Now Hell and Heaven grapple on our backs…” This quote sums up what has

Page 25 begins with the girls (Abigail and her friends) murmuring and discussing the possible consequences of participating in witchcraft. The girls had been caught dancing in the woods by Rev Parris, and due to that, two girls have entered a sleeping comma in fear of punishment. In order to awake, Betty (one of the girls in the sleeping comma) Abigail tells a lie that she has discussed her actions in the woods with Rev Parris and that everything is ok. This immediately startles her and wakes immediately. The girls continue to discuss that they had no involvement in this tretury, and start to point out that Abigail “drank the blood, you drank a charm to kill John Proctors wife”.

Scene 1 Jon - “Peyton we gotta get back to the Lander, the Android sounded worried.” Payton - “What's wrong?” Jon - “Garrett did you get that?”

In this scene, we see many elements of typical “brujeria”. The doll making, the hair, the song Ultima sang and the remedy she made. In most instances, making a doll to look like a specific person and wish to do harm to it believing it will make whomever the doll resembles feel pain is known as witchcraft. We see Ultima make three dolls to resemble the three witches who cursed Lucas however the only harm she wishes to do them is that which they tried to do to Lucas, “then Ultima spoke to the three women. ‘You have done evil,’ she sang, ‘but good is stronger than evil, and what you sought to do will undo you. . .’

When Mrs. Putnam is introduced for the first time, she is described as “a twisted soul of forty-five, a death-ridden woman, haunted by dreams”, which is not precisely what you would call an emboldening description. Through her aperture lines, we can facilely optically discern that Mrs. Putnam is a very manipulative and assertive woman, who believes in witchcraft, as she instantly believes that Betty’s quandary has been caused by witchcraft. As far as Mr. Putnam is concerned, albeit his introductive description states “a well-to-do, hard-handed landowner, near fifty”, it does not tell us much about him. However, his description in page 22, he is called “vindictive”, instantly revealing more about his

Guilt, a feeling that is product of knowing that you have done something bad, but if you could decide what was thought be wrong and what was thought to be righteous, could you ever truly sin? In the book, the Crucible, author Arthur Miller uses the character Judge Danforth to symbolize how power and political invulnerability can numb a person’s sense of justice. Judge Danforth is a character who is so bent on protecting humanity from injustice, (witchcraft), that he would forget reason, and reassure himself of his righteousness by killing those he determines to be evil. This can be seen when Danforth is interrogating Mary to determine whether she is telling the truth about the witchcraft accusations being a hoax or not. He argues, “And yet, when people accused of witchery confronted you in court, you would faint, saying their spirits came out of their

The sins of deceit and lust have plagued the human race since the dawn of time. These feelings and wishes can make people do some of the worst things known man. In Arthur Miller's play The Crucible, these two sins are applied to many characters one of which is Abigail Williams. The play revolves around the Abigail and her friends attempting to cover up their past transgressions against the Salem community while Abigail attempts to get together with John Proctor. Abigail suffers from the sins of lust and deceit most chronically which she uses to fulfill her agenda throughout the play. Due to Abigail's lust for John and her constant utility of untruths lead the people to fear for their lives leading them to hurt innocent people making Abigail the main transgressor of the Salem condition.

The Red Scare provides many ideas of witchcraft, as well as rumors or non-real statements. Rumors play a big part in any matter. Including in The Crucible, which is based on the Red Scare.

Abigail is a victim of society because the court gave her power which influenced her to continue in her games instead of the court questioning and looking into her theories. The fact that she had an awful uncle who “may [not] pray to God without [his] golden candlesticks upon the altar” (Miller 62) and would only care about himself especially when people start questioning witchcraft because “for surely [his] enemies will, and they will ruin [him] with it” (10). Her actions were also influenced because of the lack of authority from parents because “[she] saw Indians smash [her] dear parents heads on the pillow next to [hers]” (19) and has had to live with her selfish uncle. Along having no guidance from parents and especially not from her self-absorbed uncle, Abigail was heartbroken because the love of

9. What happened between Abigail and John Proctor prior to the opening of the play?

Parris is feared that Betty is not ok, and something horrible will happen to her. On page 9, Parris says, “...Oh,my God! God help me! (quaking with fear, mumbling to himself through his sobs, he goes to the bed and gently takes Betty’s hand.) Betty. Child. Dear child. Will you wake, will you open your eyes! Betty, little one...” To summarize this quote, he is asking Betty if she is going to wake up, and that he is very worried for her, because of what happened to her. Because of what Parris said, I believe he is a nice and caring guy, because he seems to have strong feelings for others. Honestly, I would react the same way, if someone I was close to suddenly stopped talking and was lying in bed for a long period of time.

In the play of the crucible by Arthur Miller was about the witch trial in salem, massachute. A teenage girl named Abigail fell in love with a married guy named John Proctor. Abigail is doing everything to win John Proctor heart and be john proctor wife. Everything went wrong and she started to lie by accusing innocent people for being witches. Innocent people are getting hang up because of Abigail and her friends lies. The author's purpose of this play is to inform the audience about what happened during salem witch trials.

I write to you in urgent matter, I need you to take into account every word I say here. Your Actions in Salem have been continually more strenuous upon our community. I know all you dispose from you gullet is false preaching, and I know you do it simply for your own benefit. Your actions will only lead to more chaos, and only in hell will you have a chance with me again. So I beg of thee, quit your accusing, your madness, and your listing.

Many kids all around the world are abused by their parents, peers or even by complete strangers. One of these types of abuse is bullying. At a first glance, we might think that it is an older kid beating/teasing a younger classmate however; bullying consists of much more than this. The basic definition of bullying is when your behavior hurts or harms another person physically or emotionally. There are many different types of bullying, which may lead to a victim becoming violent later on. There is teasing and name calling, there is also picking and shoving the kid. However, the most extreme one would be beating up the child, hurting them physically and mainly, emotionally.