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They felt (when in the woods with Tituba) that they were doing something forbidden, daring, and danced to express a nameless freedom that welled up in their souls, a sense of freedom that went against all rigid restraint imposed by the their Puritan community. If you're happy and you know it, it's a sin!

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Who saw the girls dancing in the woods in the crucible?

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Who caught Reverend Parris dancing with his slave Tituba in The Crucible by Arthur Miller?

Since this doesn't happen, and since Reverend Parris is the one who catches his daughter and two other girls dancing with Tituba, anyone familiar with the play would be hard pressed to answer this.


The Crucible by Arthur Miller why are the girls claming they have been bewitched?

They claim to be bewitched to avoid punishment for dancing in the woods at night.


What is the exposition in act 1 in the crucible?

The girls have been dancing in the woods with Tituba, and one of them has passed out. It raises the spectre of witchcraft.


What are the names of the 5 girls dancing in the wood in the crucible screen-play?

There were seven but this is six: Abigail Williams, Betty Parris, Mary Warren, Susanna Walcott, Mercy Lewis, Ruth Putnam. Tituba was with them, but she is not one of the girls. She is an adult black woman.


How does Abigail threaten the other girls?

(in regards to the play "The Crucible") Abigail threatens to kill any girl who reveals information about the events that occured in the forest.


What did Reverend Parris see in the woods in the crucible?

He saw Abigail and all the other girls dancing in the woods. He thought they were performing witchcraft and saying spells but they all denied it and said they were only dancing.


In the crucible who found them in the woods dancing?

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In The Crucible what is Mary's argument to Abby?

Mary's argument to Abby in 'The Crucible' is in regards to confessing what they have done. Mary wants them to say they were also dancing so that their punishments can be a whipping instead of a hanging.


What does miller mean in the opening paragraph of the play The Crucible by Arthur Miller?

The Crucible is a play by Arthur Miller about the story of the Salem Witch Trials that took place during 1692 and 1693. It opens with a group of girls dancing nude in the woods at night around a boiling pot of witches' brew. Reverend Parris finds them, and his 10 year old daughter, Betty Parris, faints upon his finding.


Betty in the crucible?

In The Crucible, Betty is Reverend Parris's ten-year-old daughter. Betty falls into a strange stupor after Parris catches her and the other girls dancing in the forest with Tituba. Her illness and that of Ruth Putnam fuel the first rumors of witchcraft.


How long is The Crucible play?

The Crucible play lasts an estimated 2 hours and 50 minutes. The Crucible play was written in 1953. The author of the play was Arthur Miller.