How Is Mary Warren Portrayed In The Crucible

I will be discussing the impact that women have on the play, and how they were treated in this time period. I feel that while they may have been under-represented, they were still quite respected throughout society.
The first thing that I wanted to point out is that while the majority of the accused are women, they are still given a chance to prove that they are not a witch. It just so happens that they would rather confess to it. Getting a chance at all shows that this society respected their rights almost as much as anyone else. Women are extremely important in the play because of the fact that they make up most of the characters, and in them is where the problem lies. If they simply didn’t respect, or care about women, then the Salem witch trials wouldn’t have been such a big deal. In some countries, women are restricted from wearing certain types of clothing. This seems like the case in the Crucible as well, but it very well may also be that they do not have any other styles of clothing yet. I assume that even if they did have other styles, women would wear exactly what they are now. They do not want to go against their Puritan religion.
Abigail is a major character in the play. She leads a group of liars, has a lot of power, and can get

Mary Warren has a crucial role in Act III, as she tries to talk about the poppet found in Mrs. Proctor’s house, and eventually turning on John Proctor. Mary Warren initially seems like an “Orphan” archetype. She is a regular girl who works all day for John Proctor. Eventually, in Act III, Mary Warren changes. She stabs John Proctor in the back with what he told her, and seems somewhat like she is trying to become an innocent girl. She wants to be on the winning team, so in her testimony she says that John Proctor threatened her (which he did). She makes him look bad, so therefore people will feel bad for her and turn on John Proctor, instead of