She is ill and her mother thinks it is due to evil falling on the town of Salem
. She is one of the girls caught dancing in the woods by Reverend Parris.
How is Ruth acting in the crucible?
Ruth is acting as though she’s asleep, but her eyes are open
. This would be troubling indeed, and so Mrs Putnam believes something supernatural is at work. … When the play opens, Betty is presumably asleep on the bed and Reverend Parris is praying feverishly next to her.
What strange thing about Ruth’s behavior concerns the putnams?
Ann Putnam says that her daughter, Ruth, has been acting strange this year. Describe Ruth’s behaviors. Ann Putnam says this is
evidence of dark forces pulling on her child, whose age we’re not told but who is probably around 10 years old
.
What is wrong with Ruth in the crucible?
Ruth Putnam
The Putnams’ lone surviving child out of eight. Like Betty Parris, Ruth
falls into a strange stupor
after Reverend Parris catches her and the other girls dancing in the woods at night.
How are Ruth and Betty behaving differently?
In The Crucible, Betty and Ruth share similar symptoms and are unresponsive to other people. Both girls cannot hear, see, speak, or eat. The only difference between the girls’ symptoms is that
Betty’s eyes remain closed and she lies inert in her bed while Ruth can open her eyes and walk around
.
Who lost 7 babies in the crucible?
| A B | Tituba slave who “conjures” spirits | Ann Putnam lost 7 babies at birth | Reverend Hale minister from Beverly | Reverend Parris Harvard educated Salem minister |
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Does Ruth Putnam have any lines?
Ruth Putnam in the Play
In Arthur Miller’s play about the Salem witch trials, The Crucible,
Ruth Putnam has no lines of dialog whatsoever
and yet still manages to have a significant impact on the overall trajectory of the play.
Why does Abigail drink blood?
During a spell in the woods where Abigail and other girls dance wildly around a cauldron, Abigail drinks cock’s blood
to summon ghosts to kill Elizabeth Proctor
. Mrs. Proctor had fired Abigail from her job as a housekeeper at Proctor Farm because Abigail had seduced her husband.
What does Betty hear that makes her cry out?
Betty screams when she hears
the Lord’s prayer, the Lord’s name
. “Meanwhile, as a psalm is sung in the room downstairs, Betty claps her hands over her ears and begins whining loudly. … Betty’s behavior is taken as a sign of witchcraft, which has made it impossible for the girl to hear the Lord’s name.”
What are Mr and Mr Putnam’s grievances?
Thomas Putnam has many grievances one of them is
his wife’s brother in law
, James Barley had been turned down as the minister of Salem. The reasons to why this happened was most likely because, Thomas and his brother jailed a former Salem minister for not paying his debts.
Who is Ruth what seems to be wrong with her How do the putnams connect her problem to Betty’s?
Ruth is
the Putnam’s daughter
. She is having the same symptoms as Betty, but she will walk around even though she is not awake. Who is Mercy Lewis?
Why do the putnams jump to witchcraft to explain Betty and Ruth’s conditions?
Putnam has a few reasons for believing that Ruth is “bewitched.” Mrs.
Putnam has lost seven children during childbirth
, and this has made her a bitter, vengeful woman. In an effort to understand what happened to her babies, she sends Ruth out into the woods to conjure up their spirits.
How would you explain why Betty and Ruth are sick?
Betty and Ruth
had been discovered dancing in the woods with other girls from the village by
the Reverend. When he confronted them during this activity, his daughter fell into a coma that she could not be revived from.
Why does Betty start screaming in the crucible?
Why does Betty start screaming? She starts screaming
because she hears a church song and can’t bear to hear the Lord’s name
. Putnam names names first because she believes the witch behind it all is the midwife that has delivered all her children.
Why does Abigail hate Elizabeth Proctor?
She insists that Elizabeth Proctor “hates [her]”
because Abigail “would not be her slave
.” She calls Elizabeth a “lying, cold, sniveling woman” who she cannot abide working for.
What was the effect on Betty and Ruth?
Tituba was trying to contact the dead, and Abigail was trying to put a curse on Elizabeth Proctor. How did the events come to light, and what was the effect on Betty and Ruth?
The girls were caught by Reverend Parris, and the shock caused Betty and Ruth to fall ill.
