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loramyers
loramyers

In Act II of "The Crucible", how do you interpret Mary's visions and accusations?

This is your interpretation, you may include what clues Miller gives for her motivation.

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Posted by loramyers on Friday January 16, 2009 at 1:23 PM and tagged with accusations, act ii, mary, the crucible, visions.

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  1. dneshan
    dneshan Teacher
    High School - 11th Grade

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    The visions and accusations that Mary Warren mentions in Act II are due to the mass hysteria that she is being exposed to. I believe that she is "caught up in the moment" and is following what the other girls are doing at first. Once she begins to do this on a daily basis, she begins to think that she really sees or feels what she is pretending to see or feel. This is evident when we get to Act III, and Mary Warren can not prove to the judges nor can she explain to the judges why she can not faint at this point when, meanwhile, she had been pretending to do it for weeks prior.

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    Posted by dneshan on Friday January 16, 2009 at 1:50 PM

  2. quavont
    quavont Student
    High School - 11th Grade

    What clues Miller gives for her motivation

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    Posted by quavont on Wednesday February 11, 2009 at 9:06 AM