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No, Rebecca doesn' think that.She the falls victim to the hysteria when the Putnams accuse her of witchcraft and she refuses to confess.
Kario Salem was born in 1955.
Soodabeh Salem was born in 1954.
Raphaël Salem was born on November 7, 1898.
Salem Hanna Khamis died in 2005.
The two main families in the area, and the prime example in the Village-Town feud theory, are the Putnams of Salem Village and the Porters of Salem Town.
The Putnams did not like the nurses because they were black and the Putnams are racist.
The quote, spoken by Rebecca in the crucible, discusses the banning of witchery in Salem and the risks that come with witchcraft. She speaks to the Putnams and Parris. The quote shows the Salem citizens ideas of that time period.
both ann and thomas killed themselves 2 day after the witch trials because the couldn't live without there little ann jr.
Neither Parris nor the Putnams want to take any personal responsibility for their problems, and they are prone to blaming others for those problems rather than themselves. Through Reverend Parris's character, Arthur Miller criticizes the rampant hypocrisy and selfishness throughout Salem's Puritan society.
Rebecca Nurse - Francis Nurse's wife. Rebecca is a wise, sensible, and upright woman, held in tremendous regard by most of the Salem community. However, she falls victim to the hysteria when the Putnams accuse her of witchcraft and she refuses to confess.Francis Nurse - A wealthy, influential man in Salem. Nurse is well respected by most people in Salem, but is an enemy of Thomas Putnam and his wife.
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I like this question, if only because it proves my point that the Crucible has corrupted the public knowledge of the Salem trials. Ruth Putnam is a creation of Arthur Miller for his play. I figure that Ruth is actually Ann Putnam the younger and Miller renamed her to lessen the confusion of having two Ann Putnams, mother and daughter, in the dialogue.
"Sundry acts of witchcraft on the bodies of *names*"
In the opening of act 1 (outset to when the Putnams arrive) the talk of dancing in the forest acts as a narrative hook as it furthers the explanation of what happened the night before more and more as the opening goes on.
Mercy Lewis was a servant for the Putnam household.
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