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* HystericalWoman: Mary. She has emotional breakdowns so often that you could make a pretty hazardous DrinkingGame out of it.
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* HystericalWoman: HystericalWoman:
** Mary. She has emotional breakdowns so often that you could make a pretty hazardous DrinkingGame out of it.
** Mary. She has emotional breakdowns so often that you could make a pretty hazardous DrinkingGame out of it.
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* StarkNakedSorcery: The action of the play is kicked off when Reverend Parris catches the girls attempting to experiment with this.
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** Parris, Danforth, and Hathorne are all glad to declare their own neighbors witches and have them executed. However, when the town's discontent rises to the point where ''their'' heads risk being put on the chopping the block, the judges quickly pull a 180 and try to put a stop to the trials.
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** Parris, Danforth, and Hathorne are all glad to declare their own neighbors witches and have them executed. However, when the town's discontent rises to the point where ''their'' heads risk being put on the chopping the block, the judges quickly pull a 180 and try to put a stop to the trials.
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* InsaneTrollLogic: Quite a bit against the people accused of witchcraft. For example, George Jacobs, a decrepit old man who can't walk without sticks, is accused of having entered the girls' rooms through their windows. He points out that this is impossible given his health. The court responds by pointing out that ''his spirit'' could have done it. Sadly, this is TruthInTelevision; many people during the Salem Witch Trials, and any witch trial in general, had to contend with insane logic that couldn't be argued with.
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* InsaneTrollLogic: InsaneTrollLogic:
** Quite a bit against the people accused of witchcraft. For example, George Jacobs, a decrepit old man who can't walk without sticks, is accused of having entered the girls' rooms through their windows. He points out that this is impossible given his health. The court responds by pointing out that ''his spirit'' could have done it. Sadly, this is TruthInTelevision; many people during the Salem Witch Trials, and any witch trial in general, had to contend with insane logic that couldn't be argued with. The judges presiding over the trials call it "spectral evidence", something that would never stand up in a proper common law court but a theocratic court like Salem's would readily believe.
** If a witch refuses to confess, they are executed. If a witch confesses, they are simply jailed for a period of time and eventually released, which doesn't make sense considering how large of a threat the Puritans claim witches are.
** It is implied in the play (and a known motivation in [[TruthInTelevision real witch trials]]) that such nonsensical rules were in place not to actually find witches, but as a convenient way to seize property since witches legally cannot own land.
** Quite a bit against the people accused of witchcraft. For example, George Jacobs, a decrepit old man who can't walk without sticks, is accused of having entered the girls' rooms through their windows. He points out that this is impossible given his health. The court responds by pointing out that ''his spirit'' could have done it. Sadly, this is TruthInTelevision; many people during the Salem Witch Trials, and any witch trial in general, had to contend with insane logic that couldn't be argued with. The judges presiding over the trials call it "spectral evidence", something that would never stand up in a proper common law court but a theocratic court like Salem's would readily believe.
** If a witch refuses to confess, they are executed. If a witch confesses, they are simply jailed for a period of time and eventually released, which doesn't make sense considering how large of a threat the Puritans claim witches are.
** It is implied in the play (and a known motivation in [[TruthInTelevision real witch trials]]) that such nonsensical rules were in place not to actually find witches, but as a convenient way to seize property since witches legally cannot own land.
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** Parris, Danforth, and Hathorne are all glad to declare their own neighbors witches and have them executed. However, when the town's discontent rises to the point where ''their'' heads risk being put on the chopping the block, the judges quickly pull a 180 and try to put a stop to the trials.
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The play is a semi-fictionalized account of the [[SalemIsWitchCountry Witch Trials of 1692–93 in Salem, Massachusetts]], although Miller takes real people and puts them alongside his own fictitious characters, both [[RuleOfDrama for dramatic purposes]] and because little is known of the actual personalities involved.
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The play is a semi-fictionalized account of the [[SalemIsWitchCountry Witch Trials of 1692–93 in Salem, Massachusetts]], although Miller takes [[HistoricalDomainCharacter real people people]] and puts them alongside his own fictitious characters, both [[RuleOfDrama for dramatic purposes]] and because little is known of the actual personalities involved.
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* ArchEnemy: John Proctor has Abigail Williams, who is infuriated when he ends his affair with her and starts the entire Salem Witch Trials to do it.
* BettyAndVeronica: Prior to the start of the story, John (Archie) was married to Elizabeth (Betty) while having an affair with Abigail (Veronica).
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* BettyAndVeronica: Prior to the start of the story, John (Archie) was married to Elizabeth (Betty) while having an affair with Abigail (Veronica).
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* BettyAndVeronica: Prior to the start of the story, BlackAndGrayMorality: John (Archie) was married Proctor is willing to Elizabeth (Betty) while having take a stand against religious fanaticism, but is a gruff jerk and has an affair with a teenage girl. Reverend Hale desperately tries to minimize the carnage but fails miserably. The Salem courts are full of crazy people willing to kill anybody accused of witchcraft. And all the madness is manipulated by Abigail (Veronica).Williams, a sociopath willing to destroy the entire town because Proctor dumped her.
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* AluminumChristmasTrees: John Proctor doesn't know Elizabeth is pregnant and neither of them discovers it until she's been in prison for at least three months. In those times, poor nutrition could make one miss a period, and, of course, pregnancy tests didn't yet exist. People didn't usually discover pregnancy until they were about five months along.
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* AllForNothing: Abigail begins the whole plot because she wants to kill Elizabeth and get with John Proctor. Proctor dies, Elizabeth doesn't, and while Abigail herself survives the play, she doesn't last for much longer.
