Warren Court

Reverend Parris found his niece, some of her friends, and his maid dancing in the wood. Back then, dancing was forbidden. Abby, his niece, denied everything. Abby was also fired from Goody Proctor's house, due to Abby sleeping with her Husband. Goody Proctor never says what Abby did, but tells the whole town that Abby is a bad seed. After finding the girls dancing in the forrest, Betty and some other girls grow sick, and the doctor cannot seem to heal them. Reverend Parris starts to think it’s a

Thoughts on what was happening in the court: My testimonies have led to the arrest and imprisonment of more than 150 people the only reason I have not stop pretending and yelling out accusations is because I’m too far into my lies to escape what I have done. It’s all because I wanted to get rid of Elizabeth so that Proctor could be mine. Mr.Danforth was questioning Mary Warren about the poppet she made in court, she stuck the needle in the poppet for safe keeping but forgot

girls to keep quiet until Elizabeth Proctor was accused and Mary Warren went to tell the truth causing Abigail and the rest of the girls to turn on her. Mary Warren then pointed the finger at John Proctor which shocked Abigail and the girls welcomed her “back.” Abigail's power over the girls caused others to be accused because they followed her lead and those accused were soon hanged because her power made the leaders in the court believe her. In conclusion, the power and love that motivated Abigail

was to put Elizabeth Warren, John Proctor’s wife, out of the picture. Her plan was to do witchcraft to make Elizabeth get killed. Unfortunately, this did not work and Abigail was caught by reverend Parris. In order, for Abigail to keep everyone from knowing she started to accuse others of being witches, people she was jealous of or hated. Hathorne states to Mary Warren, who was beside Abigail in the accusation. “ And yet, when people accused of witchery confronted you in court, you would faint, saying

While in court, to defend Elizabeth, John angrily explains, This is a clear example of when John exploited himself for the good of others because John Proctor tells important figures in the Puritan society, that could invoke large consequences upon him, his darkest sin which violates one of the Ten Commandments. He spills this sin so that he can show how manipulative and horrible of a girl Abigail is in order to back up what Mary Warren and he went to the court to prove; that Abigail

Set centuries apart, Arthur Milller’s The Crucible and Katherine Howe’s Conversion, seem to reflect follow similar plot lines of rebellion, scandal, and sex. Both follow the lives of teenage girls who face similar problems despite the fact they are based centuries apart. The time of adolescence in a woman’s life is an extremely influential period when one either stands out as a dominant leader, or falls in line as a follower. Though The Crucible and Conversion are based over three hundred years apart

Court Observation On March 24, at approximately 9:00 a.m., as court proceedings generally begin at this time, a fellow colleague and I attended the Sacramento County Courthouse to observe a California Superior Court proceeding for one public, criminal law, trial court case. As previously mentioned in class, a superior court is a state/federal "lower court" designed to hear and decide on any civil or criminal case in its jurisdiction, which can be general or original. For instance, the superior

The Red Scare occurred in the 1950’s when several government officials were accused of involvement with communism based solely on rumors. Civilians were scared and thought they had no reason to trust the federal government. This caused chaos between the United States civilians and the federal governments and authorities. NewsELA said, “On February 20, 1950, McCarthy addressed the Senate and made a list of questionable claims. His proof was flimsy and he proved nothing, but the Senate called for

her home soon. They need to protect each other now. In Act 3 you see that he is doing his best to fulfill his promise to free her from that jail and have all the charges acquitted. He goes to the court with Mary Warren and was trying to convince Dansforth that she was innocent when Mary Warren betrays Proctor to save herself from the wrath of Abigail. He even tells the secret that brings him the greatest pain, to save his wife. It is her that the reader is assured of Elizabeth's love for

gentlemen of the Appeals Court of Boston: I stand here today in representation of Elizabeth and John Proctor. While it is clear to me this trial has been closed. Hear me out, for the Proctors deserve a second trial. As Danforth was not fair in his justifications of the Proctor’s innocence. He was very fallacious in his reasoning. Which leads to the belief that the issue lies in the way Danforth handled this cases in its entirety. From the way he addressed the people in court and the way he accepted