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Act 1 Overview: The Crucible

Fear and HysteriaParanoia and Witchcraft AccusationsBetty's Illness & Ruth's AfflictionTrigger for Mass HysteriaQuotes: Parris ('We cannot leap to witchcraft...'), Mrs. Putnam ('You think it God’s work...')Power and AuthorityParris and Putnam's Control through FearAbigail's Power through AccusationsNew Hierarchies Created by FearQuotes: Abigail ('Let either of you...'), Putnam ('This is a notorious sign...')Paranoia and SuspicionFear of Sin and EvilAbnormal Behavior as Proof of WitchcraftQuotes: Mrs. Putnam ('There are wheels...'), Rebecca Nurse ('There is prodigious danger...')Key CharactersReverend Parris (Obsessed with reputation and authority)Quote: 'We cannot look to superstition...'Abigail Williams (Manipulative and deceitful)Quote: 'She is blackening my name...'Tituba (Scapegoated and coerced)Quote: 'You beg me to conjure...'John Proctor (Principled man, flawed)Quote: 'We vote by name...'Thomas and Ann Putnam (Self-serving)Quote (Putnam): 'This woman must be hanged!'Act 1 Overview: The Crucible📜🎭
Act 1The CrucibleSalem Witch Trials
Reputation and IntegrityParris's Obsession with ReputationAbigail's ManipulationProctor's IntegrityContrast to DeceitQuotes: Parris ('A minister is the Lord’s man...'), Abigail ('My name is good in the village...')Deception and LiesAbigail and the Girls' Fabricated StoriesShifting Blame and Mass AccusationsQuotes: Abigail ('We danced...'), Tituba ('No, no, don’t hang Tituba...')Human Weakness and RedemptionProctor's Affair with AbigailInternal Conflict and Potential for RedemptionQuotes: Proctor ('Abby, I may think of you...')Key Paradoxes and AnomaliesParadox of Religion (Puritan principles lead to chaos)Anomaly of Power (Powerless outsiders spark power struggle)Abigail's Duplicity (Behaving against Puritan values)

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