Parris

Parris is the town minister and head of the church in Salem. After his daughter Betty Parris started acting strangely and his niece, Abigail has been accused of conjuring spells, people became suspicious that they were involved in witchcraft. Parris feared ruining his image in Salem. He cared about his reputation as a high figure in Salem more than the safety of his family

Reverend Parris, the reverend of Salem who is a father to Betty and an uncle to Abigail, is dominate, domanding, and a strict, widowed 40 year old man. All throughout act four, his main goal is to persuade Danforth to push the hangings back so that the convicted, particularly Proctor, have more time to confess. He is in the court when he uses his credibility and says, “I am sure of it sir. But the rumor here speaks of rebellion in Andover, and it-” (Miller 127). Parris is a very well known

Crucible, it starts out with one of the character's Betty Parris falls into a coma. The way Betty's father, Reverend Parris treats their slave Tibuta shows how angry and selfish his character is. Tibuta's character lacks power and is completely controlled by her "master". This shows that masculinity dominates at the start of act 1, ​​​by the way ​​Reverend Parris takes more control over Tibuta than Betty does. The relationship between Parris and Tibuta shows the racial issue back then, Tibuta is treated

witchcraft trials. Many girls have been caught practicing witchcraft, one being Reverend Parris’s daughter, Betty Parris, which makes Reverend Parris accuse others of witchcraft, causing trials on innocent Puritans. In The Crucible, the Society of Salem reflects its positive and destructive measures through how they view reputation in the community. Therefore, John Proctor and Reverend Parris are two characters who act and rely on

ritual that would kill her secret lover’s wife. However, she is found out by Reverend Parris and has to try to remove the blame from herself so that she is

behavior. The play begins in the home of Reverend Samuel Parris, whose daughter, Betty, lays ill. Parris lives with his daughter and his seventeen-year old niece, Abigail Williams, an orphan who witnessed her parents' murder by the Indians. Parris has sent for Reverend Hale of Beverly, believing his daughter's illness stems from supernatural explanations. Betty became ill when her father discovered her dancing in the woods with Abigail, Tituba (the Parris' slave from Barbados) and several other local girls

Puritans had targeted vulnerable people, people they deemed to be susceptible to the devil. This included people from the outside, whether it be their class or if they had just moved there. Moreover there was a fight between people who supported Reverend Parris and those who had opposed him. Then to top it all off the town had struggled through 20 years of trials and hardships and they needed a scapegoat, who better to blame than Lucifer himself. I do not believe that it is one theory or one reason why the

In the play The Crucible, playwright Arthur Miller tells a narrative about the Salem witch trials through the lives of several central characters. After a group of girls is found dancing in the woods by Reverend Parris, the rumor of witchcraft spreads like wildfire through a strictly Puritan society. Abigail, the girl to confirm the rumor, finds herself in a place of power, and begins accusing other townspeople of witchcraft, ultimately leading to the deaths of many innocent people. Driven by a desire

In Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, many would agree that Abigail is to blame for the mass hysteria in Salem. However, despite the situation Abigail has caused, Reverend Parris is the one to blame for the events during the Salem Witch Trials. While Abigail's actions in The Crucible may depict her as deceitful, manipulative, and nothing but downright evil, it's essential to consider her as a teenage girl who has endured profound trauma and the deprivation of a proper childhood. Despite her actions of

1692. It all started when Reverend Parris discovers a group of girls dancing in the woods. After he found the girls in the wood, his daughter Betty fall ill. Since Betty wouldn’t wake up, people become paranoid and started believing that witchcraft was real. Fake accusations were made and innocent people kept dying. In The Crucible there are many people to blame for all for everything that occurred, characters such a Abigail Williams, Reverend Hale, and Reverend Parris. Abigail Williams is to blame because