The Stories of John Cheever

man in the town, and a very paranoid, self pitying figure as well. Betty Parris: Parris’ daughter. She was one of the girls involved with witchcraft. Her father spots her dancing in the woods, but is not aware she was doing witchcraft. Most of the story she lays unconscious. Tituba: Reverend Parris’ slave. She was also involved with witchcraft because she agrees to perform something called voodoo for the girls under Abigail’s request. She becomes fearful when she gets accused of witchcraft by

John Proctor is a well respected farmer during the Salem Witch Trials. In The Crucible, Proctor faces many conflicts. An external conflict that Proctor faces is when he gets caught having an affair with Abigail Williams and he loses all of his wife’s trust. When Elizabeth found out about the affair between John and Abigail she kicked Abigail out and had lost all trust of Proctor. Proctor became more faithful to his wife Elizabeth and he wanted to earn her trust back, but she has a hard time because

innocent. While just about every person in this story has a flaw of envy, pride, or selfishness, characters can often be sorted into the “accuser or accused” categories. One exception to this is Mary Warren. Throughout the story, her loyalties switch back and forth between these two sides. Due to this, she may seem like a selfish and unsympathetic character; that is not the case, however. Mary Warren is an abused and manipulated child, whose decisions in the story are certainly justified, given her situation

earlier assertion to Francis about Rebecca since he said that the Devil has no strength with the presence of a minister. P: Cheever doesn't answer the critical question of Proctor's because it may involve accusation of a witch. Q: Hale doesn't know the meaning of the poppet because it was something new, made up by

many feuds begin to develop and the people of the town use faith, superstition, and religion as a weapon. This leads to innocent characters being accused of witchcraft due to the cause of other characters having long held grudges against them. In the story “The Crucible” we see Abigail Williams

John Proctor changes wildly over the course of The Crucible. His character arc spans the whole play, even to the final lines. Throughout the play, we see John becoming the good Christian man he is meant to be. He becomes the voice of reason. He is the only one with the insight to see the trials for what they really are. John Proctor’s change is fueled by resolving the shame he feels from his affair with Abigail Lewis. “Proctor, respected and even feared in Salem, has come to regard himself as a fraud

manipulative and vindictive woman. She tends to be decisive but makes the wrong decisions. She hurts others around her to get what she wants. Abigail thinks very highly of herself and that she can do no wrong. All of her actions are due to her affair with John Proctor. When the Salem trials broke ground Abigail was confident however as they began to demise she seemed like a coward. Abigail Williams was a woman longing for power and would do anything to get it. She couldn’t have achieved her plans without

other people. And because of her personality, she has conflicts with many characters in the book. Best example, she has conflicts with John and Elizabeth Proctor. She is a wicked child who would do anything to get what she wants and knows how to manipulate people and the situation to get to where she wants to be. Her conflicts began with a little desire to take John Proctor away from his wife, Elizabeth Proctor, and own him to herself and only herself. Abigail had an external conflict with Goody Proctor

throughout The Crucible. I plan to focus on Abigail Williams and how her rash decisions lead to a plague of vengeance and a widespread panic. In the beginning of Act I we see the girls brewing up a cover story to why they were in the woods. Betty says to Abigail, “You drank a charm to kill John Proctor’s wife!” Abigail then returns with a threat to the girls, “Let either of you breathe a word about the other things, or I will bring a pointy reckoning that will shudder you.” Some may ask why would

go no matter what is happening it is there. That is what The Crucible is about; Teenagers starting drama and spreading false rumors. Abigail is responsible for the witch hunts in Salem because of her immaturity, obsession with John Proctor, and for being a liar. This story takes place in small town Salem where you worked and went to church, until some teenagers of the town said some false things about the most innocent people of the town. Abigail Williams is responsible for the Salem witch hunts