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that Reverend Samuel Parris chose to stick with the accusations even though he had found out it was all a lie. In the book we see how different and similar these characters are, both being religious and seeing themselves as authoritative figures. But yet they act differently by always challenging each other and being on different sides during trials. Proctor ends up fighting for his life and Parris ends up staying as an important person. As the play progress both Proctor and Parris have a change of

begin to be affected by witchcraft? Why were they so willing to accuse each other, ultimately ending in twenty deaths? By looking into the history of the village and its’ social conditions, this paper will explore the possibility that Reverend Samuel Parris, in fear of losing his position within the community, used the Bible, his supporters, and the villagers’ beliefs to scare Salem into believing witchcraft was alive in their village. For thousands of years, Christian societies throughout Europe deemed

with Reverend Parris, a man very concerned about his reputation, accusing his orphaned niece Abigail Williams of taking part in witchcraft after his daughter is unconscious after dancing in the woods. A technique used by Parris is characterization, which utilizes the thoughts, actions and dialogues in the construction of characters. Arthur Miller uses characterization to build the character of Reverend Samuel Parris as arrogant , selfish, and deceptive.     Reverend Samuel Parris could be described

things right. Reverend Hale was summoned to Salem after Reverend Samuel Parris discovered some of the girls from his church dancing in the forest, one of which was his daughter Betty. The girls were found dancing with Parris’ servant, Tituba, who was singing songs from her former home in Barbados. Parris suspected that the girls had taken part in witchcraft, when Betty ended up in a state of unconsciousness, after the incident. Parris, however; didn’t want the people of his church to find out that he

The Crucible There are many conflicts between Rebecca Nurse, Reverend Parris, and the Putnams. Not all of the conflicts around Tituba and the girls in the woods. Goody Putnam doesn’t like Rebecca Nurse because all of her children and Reverend Parris is more worried about himself then his own children. Some of the characters in the Crucible aren’t focused on the real problems and just focused on the surface, not deep down where there are events unfolding which would take the blame elsewhere, Goody

Reverend Parris Logical Fallacies… NAH! In the play “The Crucible” written by Arthur Miller, the character Reverend Parris desires to secure his position as the minister, by showing the biggest logical fallacies which was limiting choices for the towns folk. Reverend Parris has been seen treating people badly and only caring about his well being. For him to limit someone's choices so he can get his way. This logical fallacies was the biggest threat to people around him. Reverend

as a deadly threat and the citizens of Salem will do anything to keep their good name intact. Parris is more concerned with his name and reputation than justice. In Act 1, Parris confronts Abagail about Betty, his sick daughter, and Abagail’s dancing in the forest saying “Just now when some good respect is rising for me in the parish, you compromise my very character. (12)” This quote shows that Parris is more concerned with his name in the village than about Abigail. He’s not concerned with what

that Reverend Samuel Parris chose to stick with the accusations, even though he finds out that it was a lie. In the book, we see how different and similar both these characters are, both being religious and caring about their reputations. They see themselves as authoritative figures, Parris ruling the town and Proctor ruling his home. But they are very different, always challenging each other and on opposite sides during the trails. Proctor ends up fighting for his life and Parris losing everything

Tituba, Betty, and Mercy were dancing in the woods and Mr. Parris saw them. Mr. Parris asked Abigail what Tituba was speaking of in the woods and what was in the pot. Abigail told him she was singing her Barbados song and that it was just soup and a frog leaped into the soup. Abigail wanted to put a spell on Goody Proctor(Elizabeth) so Abigail, herself can have Mr. Proctor(John) so she went to Tituba and asked for her help. Mr. Parris told Abigail that he saw a dress lying on the ground. Betty is

Barbados and practices a different religion, which goes against parts of the Puritan beliefs. When the girls are in the woods, Reverend Parris, Betty’s father, sees them and they all scatter. Betty worries she will get in trouble, so she falls into a trance,