The Crucible (play)

tell the court that Abigail's story is a hoax

I remember reading The Crucible junior year of high school. While I don't remember everything to a tee. I have an idea of why she lied. People during that time had very strong religious beliefs. They lived and died by them. Obviously, most of them where flawed. Elizabeth wanted to protect her husband. She loved him. He already had so much against him. Like plowing on a Sabbath Day. Which they considered unholy. If she hadn't lied it would have only hurt the family more at that time.

The doll (poppet) she sewed in court, which Abigail had stuck a needle into to frame Elizabeth.

Reverend Parris changes his plea In Act iV. Previously, he had fervently accused John Proctor, Elizabeth Proctor, Rebecca Nurse, and Martha Corey as witches, but now, after he found a note and dagger at his door, he is fearful for his life because people no longer support him. He fears that if anyone confesses then people will start to believe in witches again.

I read that play almost a year ago now, so my memory is a little bit rusty, but I believe that Parris thinks Abigail had made a deal with the Devil. I don't exactly know what part of the play this is in (I think it's near the beginning), so that might effect the accuracy of my answer. If this doesn't sound right, let me know where you are, and I'll try to be of more help.

Abigail pretends that there's a yellow bird in the room, but there's really nothing there where she is looking at. Her eyes open wide and she points to the spot on the wall where the "invisible bird" is. Danforth grows confused and terrified, thinking that Abigail is possessed and actually falls for it, thinking it all to not be a figment of Abigail's imagination, but real.

From my understanding, Pontius Pilate was a roman judge who condemned Jesus. Therefore, when Proctor labels Hale with this name, he is expressing that Hale is working unjustly, encouraging the prosecution of innocent people and failing to intervene in their unfair trials. I think that makes sense :o)

John Proctor reveals about his affair with Abigail in open court. He reveals it because in court Abigail calls God, and Proctor accuses her of being a woman who sleeps around and tells the court they had an affair.

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It shows he is a free-thinking individual. Even though he shares a common goal with the court, he is able to think for himself and not be controlled by the court.

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A poppet with a needle stuck in it is found in Proctor's house.

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Abigail has accused her of using witchcraft to harm her.

Yes, from what I've come to understand he is an ordained Reverend, otherwise it would be extremely disrespectful to use such a title and appear in such clercial clothing as he sometimes does. Might I say it is quite easy to become ordained these days.

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She is the Daughter of Thomas and Mrs. Ann Putnam. She is ill and her mother thinks it is due to evil falling on the town of Salem. She is one of the girls caught dancing in the woods by Reverend Parris. Mrs. Putnam sent her to Tituba to conjure spirits in hopes that Ruth would be able to communicate with her seven dead siblings.

Hale goes back to Salem to try to get thous accused of witchcraft to confess to save there lives. Abigail runs away with Mary and Parris wants Danforth to postpone the hangings. but Danfoth says he cannot.

because Elizabeth Proctor accused Abigail of being a harlot ( a whore) and sleeping with her husband, John Proctor.

In Act IV of "The Crucible," Reverend Hale cries, "There is blood on my head!" At the time of this statement, Hale has come to counsel Christians whom are scheduled to die. If they admit to witchcraft crimes they did not commit, their lives will be spared. In the beginning of the piece, Hale is involved in the accusation and sentencing of many innocent people who refused to admit to the false crimes. Their deaths are weighing heavily on him by Act IV, and he is trying to save the lives of those that have not yet been killed.

She has lost 7 children in child birth and wants to know who is killing her babies

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Proctor both dislikes and distrusts Reverend Parris, he feels that he is a Godless man more intent on saving his own pride then caring for the immortal souls of those in his congregation. Making him an irresponsible reverend who is both selfish and cruel.

Proctor has always disliked him, and stopped attending sunday service long before the witch trials began. It is his personal dislike that allows John to have the courage to try to stand up against the reverend in court.

she accused alot of people like elizabeth procter

No, in real life Abigail Williams was only ten or eleven when she first started accusing people of witchcraft, and John Proctor was about sixty, so it seems slightly unbelievable that she and John had an affair. No where in history can you find that Abigail Williams and John Proctor had an affair. The idea that she committed adultery mainly comes from the play The Crucibleby Arthur Miller.

Technically, Arthur Mille wrote 'The Crucible' before his own personal experiences with the HUAC (House Committee on Un-American Activities). He wrote 'The Crucible' in 1953, after Elia Kazan (who directed 'Death of a Salesman' 4 years earlier) was questioned by the HUAC about links to the Communist party. Feeling pressured, Kazan named names of people he believed to be associated with the Communists.

After speaking the Kazan, Miller wrote the 'The Crucible.' In it, Miller compared the HUAC questioning to the witch hunt in Salem in 1692, where a young woman, out of jealousy and rage, accuses her lover's wife of witchcraft. Using the town's fear to her advantage, she accuses many more of being witches, and they are hanged. People of Salem become afraid of speaking out against her, as it will surely lead to also being named a witch.