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Crucible Act 1 Summary - School Essays

Crucible Act 1 Summary

Reverend Parris discovers his niece, Abigail; his servant, Tituba; and many other women from the town of Salem Massachusetts dancing around a kettle in the forest. The next morning Betty Parris, daughter of Reverend Parris, does not wake up when called and cannot be woken up by any medical means. Witchcraft is suspected by many of the townspeople, but Reverend Parris is not so quick to label this as the cause seeing that both his daughter and his niece were among those in the woods. He believes that witchcraft proven to be in his family would ruin his reputation and threaten his status in the town. Abigail denies any part in witchcraft and tries to convince her uncle that the dancing ...

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like Betty Parris. She was among those in the forest. Both Putnam's are quick to blame a witch for what has happened to Ruth and for what has happened to them in the past. Parris still fights the idea of witchcraft but is getting closer to accepting it as truth.
Through the conversations between Abigail, Betty, Mercy Lewis, and Mary Warren it becomes known that not only was their witchcraft practiced in the forest but also Abigail drank a charm to kill Goody Proctors wife. Beth at one point even runs toward the window and gets one foot out before she is pulled back in by Abigail. Their discussion is cut short by the arrival of John Proctor and the hasty departure of Mary Warren, servant to John Proctor. At this point a past relationship, an affair between John Proctor and Abigail is reviled. John Proctor is married and clearly wishes the affair be put in the past and out of the minds all parties involved including that of his wife Elizabeth.
When Reverend Hale arrives ...

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Added: 4/27/2007 03:01:23 AM
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