Mary Warren

- How does moth miller present the character of Mary Warren in The Crucible? Arthur Miller Shows Mary Warren in different blazes of power. At the beginning of the play at that place is an aspect of her having no power but as you go finished the play there seems to be shifts in her power. Miller designs Mary to demonstrate young, single womens power and how when you demand so often power it can mediocre slip right out of your hands in one apprise moment.Miller shows that power can be taken away pretty well and quite absentmindedly from Mary Warrens character. He demonstrates this by qualification her young and single and setting the scene to a subservient, frank girl. This makes her prepared to answer and obey separates unquestioningly and serving as a means to an finish. In Act 1, Mary has a conversation with Abigail close to the dancing. I never done any of it, Abby. I only looked. This shows us that she lacks the confidence to get involved, making us see that Mille r is difficult to present a very timid, scared girl.Marys fear is also shown with and through this conversation. A sense of her having no power is shown through Millers use of lay out direction. (Enter monitor lizard. On seeing him Mary jumps in fright). Miller is trying to flesh out the lack of confidence and courage she has to stand up to him. This is also a remark of the amount of importance he has upon her. This is also shown in dialogue. I forbid you to leave the house. In these quotes Miller shows that young, single women have very little to no power and importance in capital of Oregon at this time.By Act 2 Mary Warrens character develops, so much so that Elizabeth is starting to fear her, She frightened all my strengths away. This shows that Miller is making Mary stronger and much confidence that other characters have to talk nigh her behind her back. Even though observe still believes she is a cower and still sees her as that, Elizabeth says It is a mouse no more. Miller makes the other character see that there has been a spark switch on in Marys head. All this is shown through the dialogue of the other characters on the be at this time.Miller uses other characters to illustrate how Marys character has changed oer a little while. At the end of act two there is an immediate power shift between Proctor and Mary. This is when Mary tells Proctor I saved her life today. Her meaning Elizabeth, when Mary shares this with Proctor, he lowers the whip. The power shift is symbolised with this exact moment, Miller shows this moment through a stage direction. Then Marys dialogue after the power shift shows a side of Mary that we have never seen before, this is where she finally decides to stand up for herself.Miller shows her frustration at her lack of power and her lack of freedom that she is lose out on in a stage direction and her dialogue. (with a stamp of her foot) Ill non be ordered to bed no more, Mr Proctor I am eighteen and a woman, however single. In this quote Miller presents a respectful lady, however angry, who knows her authorities around the Proctors but still thinks that she has some say in what she does in her life. Miller also shows a depth to Marys character through her dialogue.In Act 3, Mary has reverted to her timid self comparable we saw in Act 1, this is shown through her silence and through Proctor speaking for her. In this part Miller tries to make her the weakest character in this Act through stage directions such as (Mary is keeping her eyes to the ground) At the end of Act 3, Proctor threatens Mary in to telling the judges that Elizabeth did and is not using witchcraft and accusing Abigail of using it instead. This is effective because Proctor use his tender side for most of this Act (He lifts Marys chin. ) You cannot weep, Mary. withdraw the angel, what he says to the boy. But at the last minute Proctor turns on his threatening side and turns on Mary to help him. This is just like at the end of Act 2 when he decides to turn on Mary, there is a strong correlation between Marys power and her importance. Abigail also starts to threaten Mary in to accusing Proctor of using witchcraft and not to listen to Proctor no more by pretending that Mary is using witchcraft. (backing further, eyes still stiff above) Mary, please dont hurt me Miller tries to show in this part that Mary is powerless by using Abigails dialogue to portray this.