The Role Of Betty In The Crucible By Arthur Miller

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The definition of fear is when someone feels scared or threatened or feels like they’re in danger. For example think you’re in a house by yourself and you hear something outside and you hear something outside in your backyard or in another room, and your heart start beating and our thinking in your mind what to do. That’s fear and it’s something that you feel time to time. It’s something from a little spider to a fear drowning. The main point or theme of The Crucible is when people accuse each other of witchery but, not knowing if so. The role of Betty was confusing but, interesting. Betty is the daughter of Reverend Parris who is also a character from The Crucible. In the Crucible in scene when Betty was in bed and so called possessed

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