![]() ![]() The inciting incident in The Crucible is Parris surprising his daughter, niece, and other girls dancing “like heathen in forest” (Miller 10). ![]() Proctor: I never knew until tonight that the world is gone daft with nonsense. Abigail Williams told you it had naught to do with witchcraft! Why-why did you keep this? Parris discovered them sportin’ in the woods. I know the children’s sickness has naught to do with witchcraft. ![]() John focuses on what is the specific cause of a problem, without considering all other possibilities. I say I will think on it! (Miller 53) Male Main Character Mental Sex Proctor: (quietly, struggling with his thought) Aye, they must, they must.Įlizabeth: I would go to Salem now, John-let you go tonight. Proctor: (in thought) Aye she did, she did.Įlizabeth: God forbid you keep that from the court, John. She said it had naught to do with witchcraft, did she not? And tell him what she said to you last week in her uncle’s house. You must tell them it is a fraud.Įlizabeth: Let you go to Ezekiel Cheever-he knows you well. An example of this is when he first hears of the young girls in town making accusations of witchcraft:Įlizabeth: I think you must go to Salem, John. John would prefer to wait out a problem-hoping it will resolve itself-rather than to take immediate action. John is waiting for the madness of the witch trials to stop and his life to return to some semblance of normalcy. Indignation, however, compels him to salvage self-respect. For a time his humility as an adulterer disposes him to accept the greater humiliation of confessing to witchcraft since he has already blackened his “good name” by succumbing to and then publicly admitting lechery, he is tempted to save at least his life. 8 of the 12 essential questions Change Main Character Resolve ![]()
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