Miller foreshadows the Witch Hunts to come. He uses Reverend Parris as an example of the whole town’s feelings and actions towards children as he is the one the community looks up too. They see him act this way so they act this way too because he is a part of the Church and if they go against him, then go against their religion. This thinking is something that most of the community shares, “There is a narrow window at the left,” (Miller 3). Describing a bedroom in the home of the Reverend is another way that Miller foreshadows the things to come.
The injustice of the Salem Witch Trials remains in American history forever. The terrible incidents of the trials played out because of personal insecurites, jealousies and teenage boredom. As the event took course and grew to an epedemic, the Town of Salem was uprooted and taken by storm. Through harassment, men and women of Salem were in driven into the witchcraft craze of 1692. The absence of a fair and honest trial for the prosecuted in the small Protestant town is thought to be approached in a different manner today.
| In the book growing suspicions of witches and witch craft surrounds many characters in the book | Religion | Strong Christian belief religion wise any other religion was not welcomed | George was a free thinker and did not really follow any religion as he believed in illicit love | The meaning of the character’s names – The names of the main characters have been chosen very deliberately by Brooks to reflect their characteristics. Look at the meaning of the character’s names below and brainstorm three ways for each character that their name reflects their nature: Anna: the meaning of the name is grain. Michael: When God cast Lucifer out of heaven and into hell the archangel Michael was the one God used to do it. He is the soldier of
From the start, one can assume that witchcraft is involved in this situation. A health young girl is in bed for no apparent reason and no cure for it is found, after the girls were found in the forest dancing and naked. Witchcraft was definitely part of this random sickness, therefore the devil was involved with this situation. One might say that the cure for Betty's sickness was not found because science was not as advance as it is today. One might say that the girls were in the forest dancing in secret because of their restrictions.
Starkey points out that none of these women attend church. Sarah Good and Sarah Osborne claim to be innocent of any witchcraft all the way up until when they were hanged. When Tituba is on trial she explains that the devil made her do it, and that Sarah Good, Sarah Osborne and the three others where involved. Two others are accused of being witches; Martha and her husband Giles. When the trials began, many accused others of witchcraft and this lead to them accusing even more.
Another reason their relationship is dangerous is that if John Procter were to prosecute against Abigail Williams saying that she is in fact a witch, Abigail Williams could very easily tell the entire town that she and Procter have been having an affair to get revenge on him. It wouldn’t really affect her too much, but on the contrary, it would ruin his reputation in the town and his relationship with his wife. Later in Act I, Abigail is being “interrogated” by Reverend Hale and she claims “I never sold myself! I’m a good girl! I’m a proper girl!” (Miller 40) in this statement, Abigail is defending herself that she never sold herself to the devil.
Because of her hate towards Proctor’s wife, Elizabeth, Abigail creates demented tales, directed at abolishing the “problem.” Though Abigail’s wild canards seem quite obtuse in civilization today, at the time her acts fell to justification. Furthermore, because of Abigail’s childlike disposition in wiggling her way out of punishment as well as her lust and love for John Proctor, she found deceiving the people of Salem easy, seeing as the threat of witchcraft and demons loomed dangerously in the hearts and minds of all who lived there. Though the
She shuns the luxuries of her brother’s mansion, for the quiet comforts of Gods creation. She abstains from the town gossip circles, for time alone to allow more time for inner reflection. These characteristics should make her a good role model but instead she is simple labeled as a witch for her peculiarities. She is so misunderstood that even a so-called devil child can see her goodness “What is it, good Mistress Hibbins? (Hawthorne 237)” Mistress Hibbins is a lonely, widower that misses her husband and wants to be with him.
He thinks that the village should give him free firewood and he asked for the ownership of his house, something not normal for a first minister to do in those times. He discovered his own niece, Abigail, dancing in the woods and doing witchcraft. “Just now when some good respect is rising for me in the parish, yo compromise my very character”.-(pg9) This is a problem for him, if the rumor is spread and all the blame is thrown on Abigail, this will affect his reputation. He is the reverend, he should not permit any witchcraft inside his house. Later on in the play we realize that Abigail comes to be treated like a victim rather than a criminal.
Shaving was one of many illegal acts under the Taliban, which is why Amir bought a fake beard before entering the country. The Taliban also prohibited women from working, which the director of the orphanage, Zaman, says is part of the reason there were so many children there. When Afghan men died during the wars, their wives were left to care for their children. But since the women could not work, they had no way to feed the kids. Rather than watch them starve, they would leave them with