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follow religious rules, reputation is highly valued. In the play, the characters have definite motives for acting as they do during the trials and for trying to manipulate the situation in a certain way. Abigail Williams, John Proctor and Reverend Parris are all prominent characters throughout the play who all have the same motivation during the Salem Witch Trials. In order to protect their reputations in the town they all act in certain ways and attempt to manipulate the situation. In the play Abigail

the Devil. The pressures of social conformity push Reverend Parris, Abigail Williams, and Reverend Hale into becoming victims of their reputation, fear, and pride. In attempts to glorify his name, Reverend Parris triggers the Salem witch trials as a consequence of his inflated sense of pride. When first introduced to Parris, he is portrayed as a greedy man, who is concerned about his reputation more than his catatonic daughter. Parris expresses his exceedingly selfish behavior as he argues with

conformity through the characters Reverend Parris, Abigail Williams, and John Proctor as they venture on a journey throughout the Salem Witch Trials displaying that joining society’s assembly of deceivers may preserve their lives, though not their integrity. Paranoid, criticized, and fearful, Salem’s minister Reverend Parris conforms into society’s disingenuous demeanors when the news of his niece and daughter’s bewitchment jeopardizes his reputation. When Parris first discovers that witchcraft is present

others around them. Reverend Parris is a man who is afraid of being rejected by society but secretly weighs his opinions above others. On the other hand, Governor Danforth believes his words are crucial, and no one shall judge his words. However, the true character that plays a vital part in the story is the manipulative Abigail Williams. All three characters are villains of this tragic play that rebels against the structure of society. Early on in the play, Parris shows his demand for power and

Crucible, Arthur Miller explores how the corruption of power leads to the destruction of a community through the characters Reverend Parris, Judge Danforth, and Abigail Williams. Reverend Parris, the Salem minister, has power because of his position, but he lets ulterior motives guide his decisions, which not only affects him but the people he governs. When Parris finds out about his daughter, Betty’s sickness, his first thought is not about his daughter, but about how this scandal might affect

Mass hysteria is a phenomenon that transmits collective illusions of threats through a population in society as a result of rumors and fear. In a play called The Crucible by Arthur Miller, mass hysteria breaks out in Salem when children start acting weird and accusing people of being witches. There are multiple scenes and characters throughout the play that show how hysteria was affecting the town and the people in it. If accused, a person will be hung unless they confess to be being a witch, and

John Proctor faces many difficult situations but is very skilled of getting out of them except in Act IV when he is accused of witchcraft and confesses but still ends up being hanged. In Act IV, John Proctor is faced with the difficult decision to confess to witchcraft and live or do not confess and be hanged. Proctor ultimately chooses to die because he does not want to sign the confession. Also, one of the influences in his decision is his belief that if he signs the confession he will lose the

Trials concluded the war between faithful people and evil people, and brought the long awaited justice to Salem village. Different historians presented varying opinions about the consequences and effects of the Salem Witch Trials. Reverend Samuel Parris played a pivotal role in preaching Christianity as well as eradicating evil from Salem village at that time. Religion was enforced among the people of Salem village, which created dispute against church-members and the non-church members. Moreover

This shows that Abigail conceals her emotions so we are unaware if she cares about Betty or not. 4. Susanna tells Reverend Parris that the doctor believes Betty’s illness could be a result of unnatural causes. Why is Parris so troubled by this suggestion? How does his reaction negatively characterize him? When the doctor claims Betty’s illness could be unnatural Parris is ashamed that “my daughter and my niece I discovered dancing in the forest”(9) and is worried that the people might think poorly

Witchcraft trials of Salem Village in 1692 Salem village is located in Massachusetts it’s a small town by the north shore that was once part of New England and was once a puritan colony. Salem village had so many different things to do in that colony such as business, trading, farming and ship building it had easy access to the sea for trading and marketing. In the 1690s Salem village had a population of six hundred residents through the village and farmers. The economy in 1692 was terrible everyone