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Mary Warren is a character in the play The Crucible by Arthur Miller. True to the historical record, she is a maid for John Proctor , and becomes involved in the Salem witch hunt as one of the accusers, led by Abigail Williams .
What happens when Mary Warren tells the court the truth about the girls acting bewitched? How does John Proctor know that the witchcraft isn’t real? Why doesn’t Danforth believe John Proctor’s confession of his infidelity with Abigail Williams?
Mary Warren may refer to: Mary Warren (Salem witch trials) (died 1693), oldest accuser during the 1692 Salem witch trials. Mary Warren (actress) (1893–1956), American actress in silent films. Mary Anne Warren (1946–2010), American writer and philosophy professor.
Aug 13, 2013 · Mary Warren was one of the afflicted girls who testified against several accused witches in 1692, but later became a suspect herself. Learn about her role in the Salem Witch Trials, her contradictory statements, and her fate in this article.
In The Crucible, Mary Warren is John and Elizabeth Proctor's servant. Mary eventually becomes an official in the court and although briefly bending to John Proctor's will, Mary feels...
Nov 8, 2023 · Marry Warren, although only 18 years old, was the oldest accuser during the Salem Witch Trials. Her testimony was vital in incriminating Elizabeth and John Proctor. She was arrested for the practice of witchcraft herself but was released.
- Elizabeth (Betty) Parris and Abigail Williams
- Ann Putnam Jr.
- Elizabeth Hubbard
- Mary Walcott
- Mercy Lewis
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In January 1692, a doctor was called to the home of Reverend Samuel Parris, the Puritan minister of Salem Village (present-day Danvers, Massachusetts), after his nine-year-old daughter, Betty, and her 11-year-old cousin, Abigail Williams, began exhibiting strange symptoms, such as convulsing, barking and speaking unintelligible words. Betty and Abi...
The 12-year-old daughter of Thomas Putnam and his wife, Ann Carr Putnam, became one of the most prolific accusers of the trials, naming and/or testifying against more than 60 people. A scion of one of Salem’s most prominent families, and a close ally of Parris, Thomas served as a key instigator of the witch trials; he wrote many of the depositions ...
Seventeen-year-old Elizabeth was an orphan who worked as a maid in the household of her aunt, Rachel Griggs, and her husband, William Griggs, the doctor who first attended the afflicted girls in the Parris household. Elizabeth joined Betty, Abigail and Ann Jr. among the first four accusers, and went on to testify against 29 people in the Salem witc...
The 16-year-old daughter of Captain Jonathan Walcott, leader of the Salem Village militia, was related to the Putnam family by marriage; Ann Jr. was her step-cousin. The Walcotts lived next door to the Parrises, and Mary’s other aunt, Mary Sibley, had encouraged the baking of the “witch cake” that led to Betty and Abigail’s accusations against Titu...
Mercy Lewis survived a bloody raid in 1689 by Wabanaki Native Americans in Casco Bay (present-day Portland, Maine), during which both of her parents were killed. By early 1692, the 19-year-old was living in Salem Village and working as a servant in the household of Thomas and Ann Putnam Sr. Shortly after Ann Jr. was afflicted, Lewis began showing s...
At 20, Mary Warren worked as a servant in the household of John and Elizabeth Proctor. Though she began showing signs of affliction early in the crisis, she apparently recovered after John Proctor, an outspoken critic of the witch trials, threatened to beat her. Soon after that, Warren herself was accused of witchcraft. Brought before the judges in...
Learn about the girls and young women who accused their neighbors of witchcraft in 1692, and the possible explanations for their actions. Mary Walcott was one of the core accusers who testified against 16 people, 16 of whom were executed.
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