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scooter rizzuto:
Tituba is a very important minor character in the play. This is because she represents the play's idea of empowerment. In Salem, she is what would be considered a low class citizen: she is a black slave. The hysteria of witch craft presents her with a unique opportunity: by confessing to witchcraft she uses the fear of the Salem society to give herself power. The confession enabled her to let out her true feelings; for example she says, "He say Mr. Parris must be kill"(44). With this statement she lets out her true disdain for Mr. Parris in the form of a command by the devil. While she may have been physically harmed by such a statement, now that she has confessed, she can say such things because the town's fears give her power. She also has the power to make accusations on other people in Salem. This new found power is the beginning of the mass hysteria of the Salem witch trial described in the play.
emma kilkelly:
In The Crucible, although minor characters have few lines and little obvious importance, some portray important occurrences in the town of Salem. Ezekial Cheever was an average Salem resident and worked as a tailor. However, throughout the witch trials, he collected the accused witches with the warrants from Judge Danforth. Cheever had become an important figure in the town overnight and had a much greater religious purpose. He represents a group of people in Salem who gained recognition and became closer to God because of the trials. Cheever does not want to give up his new position, so he does what he can to keep it. Other characters notice this greed of power early on, as Giles tells Cheever, "It's a pity...that an honest tailor might have gone to heaven must burn in hell"(72). Cheever's envy and greed of power before the trials leads him to be obsessed with his new rank.
Tituba is a very important minor character in the play. This is because she represents the play's idea of empowerment. In Salem, she is what would be considered a low class citizen: she is a black slave. The hysteria of witch craft presents her with a unique opportunity: by confessing to witchcraft she uses the fear of the Salem society to give herself power. The confession enabled her to let out her true feelings; for example she says, "He say Mr. Parris must be kill"(44). With this statement she lets out her true disdain for Mr. Parris in the form of a command by the devil. While she may have been physically harmed by such a statement, now that she has confessed, she can say such things because the town's fears give her power. She also has the power to make accusations on other people in Salem. This new found power is the beginning of the mass hysteria of the Salem witch trial described in the play.
emma kilkelly:
In The Crucible, although minor characters have few lines and little obvious importance, some portray important occurrences in the town of Salem. Ezekial Cheever was an average Salem resident and worked as a tailor. However, throughout the witch trials, he collected the accused witches with the warrants from Judge Danforth. Cheever had become an important figure in the town overnight and had a much greater religious purpose. He represents a group of people in Salem who gained recognition and became closer to God because of the trials. Cheever does not want to give up his new position, so he does what he can to keep it. Other characters notice this greed of power early on, as Giles tells Cheever, "It's a pity...that an honest tailor might have gone to heaven must burn in hell"(72). Cheever's envy and greed of power before the trials leads him to be obsessed with his new rank.
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