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excellent representation of a Churchill quote, "The best things are carried to excess." Samuel Parris used the witch trials to gain as much money as possible and in turn, dragged out the tests to give himself something good. Twenty people died because of this, nineteen hanged and one pressed to death. The people affected were women as well as men. Sarah Cloyce felt that superstitions and Samuel Parris’ greed stirred by ancient quarrels were the cause of the Salem Witch Hysteria of 1692. The primary

it to further their own goals and keep up their appearances, and even leading one of them to the grave. Straight from the beginning of Act 1, there is an apparent struggle for power, with Reverend Parris and Giles Corey arguing about whether or not Parris should get money to pay for firewood, with Parris arguing that he should and Giles stubbornly arguing that he should not, as he has already crossed the boundaries of Giles' contract by giving the deed to the house. Right away this shows Giles trying

especially difficult for Reverend Parris and Reverend Hale, when the townspeople put an immense amount of pressure on them, because of their social status and capabilities. Reverend Parris has authority because, in a Puritan society, church and government are closely tied together. Though, he does not use his authority in an effective way when the trials are occurring for the reason that, he is committed to protecting his reputation, and his social standing. When Parris finds out that the reason his

struggles for power and ego shown by Deputy Governor Danforth and Parris cause injustice to prevail. Deputy Governor Danforth causes injustice to prevail in Act III. In court, Proctor and the husbands of the accused attempt to defend their wives and possibly absolve them from imprisonment. After Francis Nurse and John Proctor try to convince Danforth of the girls being frauds, Danforth replies, “near to four hundred are in the

Betty's daughter, Parris, who is ill with an unknown disease. After the doctor saw her, he finds that there is something supernatural about Betty's disease. Parris attempts to keep this witchcraft secret, but it has already spread around the city. Paris began to believe in these rumors of witchcraft because he saw Abigel (his niece) and Betty dancing in the woods together with Tatuba (the slave of Parris) the night before. Abigel told him they only danced, but he doubts that. Parris does not want his

play is full of lies, deceit, blame, and morality. The play starts off with reverend parris kneeling over his daughter's bed. She is believed to be bewitched. Reverend Parris goes on to interrogate Abigail Williams, his niece, because he saw her and several other girls, including his daughter, dancing and singing in the middle of the night in the forest with his slave. After this discovery, Reverend Parris is almost sure that the girls had engaged in witchcraft, but Abigail

characters in Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible to cry witch. Reverend Parris fears losing his job, Abigail fears prosecution and losing John Proctor, and Tituba fears physical retribution. Fear induces people to defend their personal whims and use their power to harm others. Reverend Parris’ fear of losing his job provokes him to cry witch. Reverend Parris’ daughter feigns to be in a coma. When the doctor bade Susanna tell Reverend Parris that he “might look to unnatural things for the cause of it” (9)

abuse their power. It takes a few brave, morally driven individuals to stand up for the rest of this community and challenge this abuse of power. In the play, the town becomes corrupt due to their fear of the government because Abigail, Hale, and Parris abuse their power in order to protect their reputations. Abigail abuses the power she is given and causes devastation in the community because she tries to protect herself from the laws of the time. This young lady tends to have a gift at spreading

betty was not waking up and Parris is thinking that the girls were conjuring spirits and that his daughter is possessed “Parris says that if the girls were conjuring spirits, he needs to know because his "enemies" will surely find out and ruin him”(Miller, Arthur “The crucible act 1 summary and analysis) Parris is not worried about the fact that they were dancing, he is worried about his reputation. Days past and the town are begging to find the witches so Reverend parris contracted a witch hunter

By-line – Om Patel explores how Arthur Miller’s ‘The Crucible’, an allegory of the 1950’s McCarthyism era, critiques the danger of political persecution and self-worth. Blurb – Introduction – Playwright Arthur Miller's "The Crucible" is a critique of the tyrannical and self-serving leaders of the House of Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) and their anti-communist ideologies during the 1950’s McCarthyism era. Miller uses the scathing allegory of a 17th-century Salem witch trial to depict