What does this scene reveal about Abigail?
What does this scene reveal about Abigail?
What does this scene reveal about Hale’s role in the trial? He goes to the Proctor’s home to see if they were doing anything odd to see if they were witches, and why john doesnt go to church. This scene shows Hale’s role having character development and changing his beliefs about the trial.
Why was Act 2 Scene 2 removed the Crucible?
It is clear that Miller’s intention is to, in fact, keep Proctor’s character likeable because he raised the age of Abigail to a more appropriate one in the play, (who is 14-15 years old in history). Miller clearly wants his protagonist to be considered likeable and, therefore, took out Act II, Scene II from the play.
Why did Miller delete the woods scene?
Miller deleted the scene from the play because he wants the readers to keep on admiring Proctor and regarding Abigail as a dangerous individual.
Who has the most power in the crucible Act 2?
Abigail Williams
Why does Mary Call Proctor the devil’s man?
What can you infer about Mary Warren’s reason for turning on John Proctor and calling him “the Devil’s man” in line 500 of Act III? I can say that Mary Warren’s reason for turning on John Proctor is because he made her sign the Devil’s book and made her try to overthrow the court.
Why does Mary Warren confess to witchcraft?
Mary Warren was inspired to confess, intitially, by the urgent pleas from her employers, Elizabeth and John Proctor. They convinced her that it was her duty to tell the truth. People would continue to be put to death in Salem unless Mary Warren exposed the lies of Abigail and the other girls.
Why did Mary accuse Elizabeth?
Warren told them she felt better now and could tell the difference between reality and visions. The other girls became angry with Mary and began accusing her of being a witch because she had told the high court that all the girls were lying that they saw the devil.
Why does Elizabeth want John to go see Abigail?
Elizabeth originally wants John to go to Salem so he can tell the court that he knows the girls are lying. Then, when she finds out she was accused in court, she wants him to go to Salem to speak directly with Abigail. Elizabeth makes these requests with an eye towards correcting injustice and saving her own life.
Does Elizabeth forgive John?
He committed adultery earlier that year while she was sick, and though his lover (Abigail Williams) is now out of his life, Elizabeth still judges him for it. More importantly, he still judges himself. It isn’t until Elizabeth forgives him and admits her own faults that John Proctor is able to forgive himself.
How did Mary save Elizabeth?
Therefore, Mary Warren’s testimony saves Elizabeth from being arrested for witchcraft. Later in act two, Abigail Williams accuses Elizabeth Proctor of sending her spirit after her, and deputies of the court arrest her.
Why does Abigail stick a needle in her stomach?
Abigail stabs herself with a needle. She does this in order to cast suspicion on Elizabeth Proctor. If Elizabeth Proctor is convicted of witchcraft, then Elizabeth will be executed. John will once again be a single man, and Abigail thinks that she and John can be intimate together again.
Who really stuck the needle into Abigail’s stomach and why?
Mary Warren was sewing a ‘poppet’ in court to pass the time as she was bored. She stuck the needle in the doll to keep it safe. Abigail saw Mary do this. During dinner at Parris’s house, Abigail fell to the floor screaming and a needle was found stuck two inches into the flesh of her stomach.
Who was stabbed with a needle in the crucible?
Abigail
What does the poppet symbolize in the crucible?
Poppet. The poppet symbolizes the power of subversion. Mary Warren innocently sews a cloth doll, or a poppet, to pass the time in court and gives it to her employer, Elizabeth Proctor. Abigail Williams observes Mary stick a needle in the doll’s stomach for safekeeping.
What does Proctor mean by my wife will never die for me?
She is afraid that Abigail will kill her. What does John Proctor mean when he says, “My wife will never die for me”? If he baptizes his son, his wife will be freed.
What evidence did Elizabeth Proctor take to jail?
The evidence that Ezekiel Cheever uses to justify the arrest of Elizabeth Proctor is the doll that he finds at her house. When he finds the doll, he also finds that there is a long needle stuck into its stomach.
What will delay Elizabeth’s hanging?
What will delay Elizabeth’s hanging? Her pregnancy.
Why does Proctor bring Mary Warren to court in Act 3?
Proctor’s goal in bringing Mary Warren to court is to get the truth out, end the witchcraft madnes, and clear his wife, Elizabeth, of the accusations. He does not even care that his adultery may come out in the open, just as long as everyone knows the character of Abigail and can see that her accusations are false.