Symbolism
The Poppet: Mary
Warren's poppet would symbolize the uneasiness of the community. A poppet was
something that symbolized whitchcraft, however because of one person's
words the poppet becomes this evil thing that people begin to fear. Along with
witchcraft was voodoo and these dolls were believed to be used to hurt and curse
the people these dolls were made after. The poppet was a gift from Mary Warren and it got
turned into an evil doll. Simply because Abigail Williams stuck
herself in the stomach with a needle and blamed the voodoo doll that Goody
Proctor kept.
The Noose (Hangings):
The strongest of all symbols would probably be the noose. The gallows throughout
this whole play are basically this horrific impending doom that everyone is
going to have to face eventually. Every time someone went to jail they were
basically going to go to the gallows whether they wanted to or not. In order to
avoid this awful death then you could lie and confess that you were working for
the Devil and many times the women did exactly that.
Theme
Integrity is a theme in this play that can be used because when Giles refused to tell the court the names that he saw prcticing witchcraft. After he said "Another rock" I saw the bravery in him and the integrity that he shows in the play. He was faced to death or telling who it was. He was an honest
man and would not tell the judges the names so he was put to death.
Another theme in this play is Pious or virtuous. Everyone has virtues and everyone can be a hypocrite. An example from the play is Judge Danforth believes he is more intelligent than others and has some God-given right to hand out justice to the community, but does not see that forcing people to lie to save their own lives is extremely unjust.
The Poppet: Mary
Warren's poppet would symbolize the uneasiness of the community. A poppet was
something that symbolized whitchcraft, however because of one person's
words the poppet becomes this evil thing that people begin to fear. Along with
witchcraft was voodoo and these dolls were believed to be used to hurt and curse
the people these dolls were made after. The poppet was a gift from Mary Warren and it got
turned into an evil doll. Simply because Abigail Williams stuck
herself in the stomach with a needle and blamed the voodoo doll that Goody
Proctor kept.
The Noose (Hangings):
The strongest of all symbols would probably be the noose. The gallows throughout
this whole play are basically this horrific impending doom that everyone is
going to have to face eventually. Every time someone went to jail they were
basically going to go to the gallows whether they wanted to or not. In order to
avoid this awful death then you could lie and confess that you were working for
the Devil and many times the women did exactly that.
Theme
Integrity is a theme in this play that can be used because when Giles refused to tell the court the names that he saw prcticing witchcraft. After he said "Another rock" I saw the bravery in him and the integrity that he shows in the play. He was faced to death or telling who it was. He was an honest
man and would not tell the judges the names so he was put to death.
Another theme in this play is Pious or virtuous. Everyone has virtues and everyone can be a hypocrite. An example from the play is Judge Danforth believes he is more intelligent than others and has some God-given right to hand out justice to the community, but does not see that forcing people to lie to save their own lives is extremely unjust.