Betty suddenly rises and starts crying for her mother, people in the room claim that she cannot hear "the lords name" so that's what woke her up, which was actually a just a fever.
Abigail tells the other girls that she had had a conversation with Mr. Parris and told him everything that happened that night, but Betty gets upset because she didn't tell him about the issue with drinking blood to kill Elizabeth but Abigail threatens to kill anyone if they say a word about that and any other occurring event s that happened during the dance.
Description of Salem
Salem is a town located in the state of Massachusetts, United States. The church had an enormous influence and an authority in the town. All of their beliefs and lost of faith in religion from most of the people living in Salem lead to an insecurity and a feeling of hysteria of the community in either to belief in witches or other devilish images that were contrary to their religious beliefs.
Atmosphere development in Act 1
The atmosphere throughout the whole play is the one that shows how tense people where towards the situation of the witches and the devil. It all shows how the community believed in such superstition that it all build up tension and uncertainty that also showed how this people were feeling really insecure towards the situation. Using the thoughts of some of the characters, we also know that there’s always someone blaming another causing even more disturbance to the other characters and of course, the Atmosphere.
Which characters are we introduced to?
Parris – The main priest in Salem. He is not a very tolerant person and clearly points put what he wants.
Tituba – Black woman from Barbados, which is believed to be practicing witchcraft.
Abigail – She is a seventeen year-old girl, she is Parris’ niece.
Betty – Parris’ Daughter, which is seen in the woods by his father and is the one that is most affected by dancing in the forest that night. She is believed to have fallen and involved in witchcraft acts.
Ruth – Participated with the other 3 girls in the forest and is the only surviving child form Mrs. Putman.
Susana – Takes part when they are dancing in the woods, friend to Abigail.
Mrs. Putman – Mr. Putman’s wife. Lost 7 children and believes that the witch was responsible.
Mr. Putman – A rich farmer. A close-minded person, stubborn and suspect’s witchcraft from many people.
Mercy – A servant that works for Mr. Putman.
Mary Warren – Mr. Proctor’s servant.
Rebecca – A nurse that is well known is Salem.
Giles – An elderly man from the community of Salem that come in and gets on really well with Mr. Proctor.
Proctor – A successful farmer in Salem. He is the one that committed the acts of Adultery with Abigail. Good relationship with Mr. Parris.
Hale – Comes from the near town of Beverly to help to investigate the supposed acts of witchcraft.
What do we learn about them?
We can learn that these characters learn how to find their own dignity and afford to find a solution to all of the problems happening in Salem. Many of these characters go through a really tough time because they are facing charges and blames of guiltiness or are just insecure personally and with what’s happening with the “witchcraft activity” in Salem.
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