Parris

Samuel Parris and John Hale are the two ministers in The Crucible and were initially alike in their attitudes towards witchcraft. However, their personalities show some striking dissimilarities. Unlike Hale, Reverend Parris is characterized by extreme paranoia and egotism. He is very static- his traits and motives remain consistent from the beginning to the end of the play. Although a religious man and believer in witchcraft like Parris, Hale values human life and is motivated by personal beliefs

Parris: Salem’s predestined doom In Arthur Miller’s “The Crucible,” Parris carries a very important position as revered of the muddled village, Salem. For years, Parris struggles to earn a good position in the town, especially from the more respected people such as John Proctor and the Putnams. However, due to Parris’ lack of tending to his responsibilities in attempt to win a good reputation, a string of consequences for Salem followed for all. He recurrently swayed between the ‘winning’ side of

In "The Crucible" by Arthur Miller, the character Reverend Parris reveals to be selfish around people. In Act One, Parris is standing over his sick daughter, Betty, whose lying in bed. Then Parris realizes that there might be witchcraft in the house which might cause him to lose his position in Salem. Parris tells Abigail that he had "fought here for three years to bend these strict-necked people to [him] and now, just now when some respect is rising for [him] in the parish" (11). The author uses

Reverend Parris’ ignorance killed innocent people of Salem No one thought that a man of god would be corrupt and would be the cause of a horrible event in the city of Salem. Reverend Parris’s ignorance killed innocent people in Salem because he couldn’t bring himself to accept that he saw his niece in the woods. He can’t come to terms that she is a manipulative girl. Her actions are getting people killed in Salem because he just wont see through her constant lies.”I do not, sir but I never saw

actions or personality. In the story “The Crucibles” Rev Parris let his greed take over his mind and other choices during this period of time. Rev Parris was a merchant before he became a minister and it was obvious that he still had a love for money. Instead of worrying and caring for his daughter who was “sick” he was arguing with his members about his ministers salary . John Proctor didn’t have much respect for Rev Parris because when Parris came to Salem he wanted golden candlesticks instead of

Tituba is Parris’ servant who is from Barbados, and she is the reason that the girls have been caught dancing around a fire in the forest because she invites the girls out to the forest to dance and to conjure spirits. Tituba is at fault because “[s]he always sings

jeopardy. What would you do? In the play The Crucible, a man by the name Reverend Parris, found himself in this exact situation when he stumbled upon his daughter and niece doing the forbidden, dancing and conjuring spirits naked in the woods. In Salem Village this mischief was not allowed; however to escape the trouble they had gotten themselves into the girls involved decided to fabricate a meticulous lie. Reverend Parris, worrying too much about what the town’s people think, withheld this information

After this, Dimmesdale begins to punish himself for keeping his sin secret, going so far as to whip himself, hold vigils, and fast. In chapter twelve, his burden is further emphasized when he cris out in torment and Hawthorne states "Poor, miserable man! What right had infirmity like his to burden itself with crime? Crime is for the iron-nerved" (Hawthorne 144). Dimmesdale is far from iron-nerved, his feckless spirit contributing all the more to his torment. These chapters highlight one of Hawthorne's

the people of Salem are motivation for mass hysteria. The witch trials are causing women to be exiled; however, Reverend Parris is the most excluded of them all. Parris complains often about not being a part of the society and feels personally victimized by the people of Salem. In the beginning of Act 1, Reverend Parris and Abigail are talking in Betty’s room and Parris says, “Abigail, do you understand that I have enemies,” this was in reference to the townspeople finding out about Betty being

Massachusetts in 1692. Reverend Parris finds his servant Tituba, his daughter, and his niece dancing on the woods. In the woods they were crafting spells, and dancing around the fire. We also found out that John Proctor had an affair with his old servant Abigail Williams. A short time after the girls and Tituba had returned home Betty and the other girls in the woods became sick. The local doctor of Salem could not heal them, so they called in reverend Parris. Reverend Parris said there were some signs