In my text, the Penguin edition of the play, this quotation of Abigail's...
In my text, the Penguin edition of the play, this quotation of Abigail's is on page 20. She speaks these lines shortly after Mary Warren arrives and immediately after Betty Parris wakes up and shouts...
View ArticleParris is angry at Abigail because she is beginning to exhibit a pattern...
Parris is angry at Abigail because she is beginning to exhibit a pattern of behavior that makes her seem very suspicious. First, he's heard rumors that her name is no good in the village; she was...
View ArticleHow is Giles’s deposition turned against him in The Crucible?
How is Giles’s deposition turned against him in The Crucible?
View ArticleIt was not until recently that children were treated differently from...
It was not until recently that children were treated differently from adults. With the invention of modern marketing, "adolescence" and the modern idea of childhood was created so that products could...
View ArticleHow could I write a monologue of up to at least 250 words for Tituba in...
How could I write a monologue of up to at least 250 words for Tituba in The Crucible?
View ArticleGiles Corey's deposition states that Mr. Putnam told his daughter, Ruth,...
Giles Corey's deposition states that Mr. Putnam told his daughter, Ruth, to accuse George Jacobs of witchcraft so that Putnam could buy his land (which would go up for auction upon Jacobs's...
View ArticleIf you are writing a monologue for Tituba, a character in Arthur...
If you are writing a monologue for Tituba, a character in Arthur Miller's play The Crucible, one of the most influential aspects of your monologue will be where you decide to place the monologue within...
View ArticleMrs Putnam has a history of problems regarding childbirth and the...
Mrs Putnam has a history of problems regarding childbirth and the rearing of her young, as she herself emphatically declares: Reverend Parris, I have laid seven babies un-baptized in the earth. Believe...
View ArticleHow is Giles’ deposition turned against him in The Crucible?
How is Giles’ deposition turned against him in The Crucible?
View ArticleIt was not until recently that children were treated differently from...
It was not until recently that children were treated differently from adults. With the invention of modern marketing, "adolescence" and the modern idea of childhood was created so that products could...
View ArticleGiles Corey's deposition states that Mr. Putnam told his daughter, Ruth,...
Giles Corey's deposition states that Mr. Putnam told his daughter, Ruth, to accuse George Jacobs of witchcraft so that Putnam could buy his land (which would go up for auction upon Jacobs's...
View ArticleMrs. Putnam's physical appearance and features are never described in...
Mrs. Putnam's physical appearance and features are never described in any detail, but Miller's introduction of her does give us some clues. When the Putnams arrive at Reverend Parris's house, Miller...
View ArticleI believe that Tituba's main motive for lying at the end of Act 1 is to...
I believe that Tituba's main motive for lying at the end of Act 1 is to avoid punishment. She is, after all, Mr. Parris's slave and, therefore, completely powerless. After Abigail tells Mr. Hale,...
View ArticleAt first, in Act One, Mr. Parris tries to reassure people that there is...
At first, in Act One, Mr. Parris tries to reassure people that there is no witchcraft and that he has sent for Mr. Hale, a minister with "much experience in all demonic arts" as a "precaution only."...
View ArticleI believe that Tituba's main motive for lying at the end of Act One is...
I believe that Tituba's main motive for lying at the end of Act One is to avoid punishment. She is, after all, Mr. Parris's slave and, therefore, completely powerless. After Abigail essentially tells...
View Article"Hysteria" refers to a state in which one's emotions are running so high...
"Hysteria" refers to a state in which one's emotions are running so high that they can no longer behave in a controlled way; in other words, hysteria makes people lose control of themselves. We see...
View ArticleElizabeth Proctor stays silent at the end of Act Four because she sees...
Elizabeth Proctor stays silent at the end of Act Four because she sees that it is only by refusing to lie, and thus providing evidence of his own intact integrity, that her husband has realized his own...
View ArticleAbigail fears that the other girls will confess everything they were...
Abigail fears that the other girls will confess everything they were doing in the woods because she does not want to get in trouble for practicing witchcraft. As Mary Warren points out, "Witchery's a...
View ArticleWhen Abigail and John Proctor speak privately in Act One, she makes it...
When Abigail and John Proctor speak privately in Act One, she makes it pretty clear that they did have, at least, a physical relationship when she worked for him and his wife. She reminds him of how he...
View ArticleWho is the cause of Proctor's tragedy and why?
Who is the cause of Proctor's tragedy and why?
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