What rumours have spread about Betty in The Crucible, and who is...
What rumours have spread about Betty in The Crucible, and who is responsible for the rumours?
View ArticleIt actually isn't Betty, Reverend Parris's young daughter, about whom...
It actually isn't Betty, Reverend Parris's young daughter, about whom rumors are spread; it is Abigail, his seventeen year-old "strikingly beautiful niece." Parris asks her, in Act One, if her name "is...
View ArticleWhat does John Proctor mean when he says that "God is dead" in Act 3 of...
What does John Proctor mean when he says that "God is dead" in Act 3 of The Crucible?
View ArticleName three characters and discuss why they are blind to the truth in The...
Name three characters and discuss why they are blind to the truth in The Crucible.
View ArticleWhat is an internal and external conflict for John Proctor?
What is an internal and external conflict for John Proctor?
View ArticleI think that most of the conflicts surrounding John Proctor are...
I think that most of the conflicts surrounding John Proctor are internal. One internal conflict of John's is his guilt. John is a respected and well liked member of the Salem community. People look up...
View ArticleSocio-economics play a crucial role in The Crucible. Many of those who...
Socio-economics play a crucial role in The Crucible. Many of those who are accused in the play are poor, or they are targeted for their wealth. Sarah Good, for instance, is charged largely because she...
View ArticleAt the end of Act Two, Reverend Hale -- though shaken by recent...
At the end of Act Two, Reverend Hale -- though shaken by recent accusations against Rebecca Nurse and others -- still very much supports the courts in Salem. He tells John Proctor, Giles Corey, and...
View ArticleTituba, a slave in the Parris household, has no power and is the most...
Tituba, a slave in the Parris household, has no power and is the most susceptible to punishment when people start to make accusations of witchcraft. Initially, Tituba and the other girls, led by...
View ArticleMrs. Putnam is quick to identify the Devil at work in Salem because her...
Mrs. Putnam is quick to identify the Devil at work in Salem because her one surviving child, Ruth, has taken sick after going to conjure spirits in the forest the night before. Mrs. Putnam says, "I'd...
View ArticleWe can also get a sense of the division in Salem from Reverend Parris's...
We can also get a sense of the division in Salem from Reverend Parris's paranoia and fear regarding a faction that he believes aims to topple him. Though his daughter is gravely ill, he seems to care...
View ArticleElizabeth Proctor is first mentioned in a private conversation between...
Elizabeth Proctor is first mentioned in a private conversation between Abigail Williams and her former lover, Elizabeth's husband, John Proctor, in Act One. Abigail refers to her first, angrily saying,...
View ArticleIn Act One, John Proctor comes to town for two reasons. First, he seems...
In Act One, John Proctor comes to town for two reasons. First, he seems to be looking for Mary Warren, a girl he and his wife hired to help Elizabeth Proctor around the house and with the children. He...
View ArticleAs a result of the trials, in Act Four, Cheever first mentions that...
As a result of the trials, in Act Four, Cheever first mentions that "There be so many cows wanderin' the highroads, now their masters are in the jails [...]." In other words, so many people are in...
View ArticleReverend Hale utters these words in Act Four, after he has returned to...
Reverend Hale utters these words in Act Four, after he has returned to Salem. He left at the end of Act Three, having denounced the proceedings and determined that the court was, indeed, corrupt. When...
View ArticleAfter she calms Betty Parris and amazes the room, Rebecca Nurse...
After she calms Betty Parris and amazes the room, Rebecca Nurse establishes her credibility by referencing her vast experience when it comes to children and their strange behaviors. She's had eleven...
View ArticleProctor speaks part of this line near the end of Act Three, when Mary...
Proctor speaks part of this line near the end of Act Three, when Mary Warren is wavering in her commitment to speak out against Abigail and the other girls by telling the truth to the court about their...
View ArticleIn The Crucible, not much happens to the girls who accused innocent...
In The Crucible, not much happens to the girls who accused innocent people of witchcraft. When Reverend Parris arrives at the jail in Act Four, he tells Danforth that his niece, Abigail Williams (the...
View ArticleGiles Corey feels tremendously guilty at the beginning of Act Three...
Giles Corey feels tremendously guilty at the beginning of Act Three because he feels that he is responsible for his wife's arrest and trial. He says, "I only said she were readin' books, sir, and they...
View ArticleBy the end of Act One, Abigail has accused Tituba of witchcraft in order...
By the end of Act One, Abigail has accused Tituba of witchcraft in order to save herself. Tituba, then, confesses and accuses Sarah Good and Goody Osburn of witchcraft in order to avoid punishment...
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