It looks like evidence that Elizabeth is a witch
she gives her a poppet, and Abigail secretly stuck a needle in the stomach of it.
It's important because it sets up Elizabeth, John proctor's wife. Abigail planted the needle, to "set-up" Elizabeth so she's accused and killed. But instead John Proctor dies at the end not Elizabeth Proctor
The doll (poppet) she sewed in court, which Abigail had stuck a needle into to frame Elizabeth.
In Arthur Miller's play "The Crucible," the needle is placed in the poppet by Mary Warren, a character who serves as a servant and is involved in the witch trials. While making the poppet in court, she sticks a needle into it for safekeeping. Later, this poppet becomes a crucial piece of evidence when Abigail Williams uses it to accuse Elizabeth Proctor of witchcraft, claiming that the needle in the poppet was used to harm her.
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Elizabeth gets arrested in the Crucible in Act two because Abigail runs into court with a needle stabbed into her stomach. She claims that Elizabeth's spirit did this, so they go such the proctors house for a poppet (rag doll), which represents Abigail. when they find the poppet there is a needle stuck in its stomach so that is enough evidence to get Elizabeth arrested. (that poppet was made by Mary Warren, their slave, and was given to Elizabeth the day before.
Mary Warren gives Elizabeth Proctor a poppet (a small doll) that she made while in court. The poppet has a needle stuck in it, which later becomes crucial evidence against Elizabeth when it is found in her home. This leads to the suspicion that she is practicing witchcraft, as the needle is interpreted as a means of harming Abigail Williams, who had been stabbed with a needle shortly after Mary made the doll.
Cheever is looking for a poppet because Abigail was "stabbed by Elizabeth's spirit." The poppet they find had a needle in the same place Abigail got stabbed. Mary had made the doll in court in front of Abigail, who saw the needle being placed. Coincidence? I think not.
A poppet with a needle stuck in it is found in Proctor's house. and Abigail has accused her of using witchcraft to harm her.
Well, honey, Cheever found a poppet with a needle stuck in it in Elizabeth's house. And wouldn't you know it, that same night Abigail Williams was found with a needle stuck in her belly. Talk about some bad juju. Looks like Elizabeth's got some explaining to do, whether she's guilty or just really unlucky.
The needle in The Poppet represents voodoo, which, to the people of Salem is related directly to witchcraft and punishable by the court. Elizabeth is arrested for possessing the poppet for this reason.
No. The needle is getting stuck because you have it hanging too far out. If your needle pushes too deep into the skin it snags.