How to Play Dark Soul

In the play, Arthur Miller suggests reverend Parris, a minister of Salem, suffers under his daughter Betty's sickness. With an involuntary visit in the forest, Parris see a party of girls dancing, and Betty was involved in it. Then after she went back home, she become inert and doesn't react to anything but only the song in lord's name. Within the culture of puritan, the only explanation of Betty is witchcraft. As a minister of a town, parries has obligation to find out was going on in the forest, but not exactly for his daughter recovery. He is afraid of his unshakable authority will fade away by the witchcraft that happened on Betty. "Whip" the punishment that Parris will offer to Abigail, the niece of Parris, if she doesn't tell the truth, it demonstrate Parris desire of finding out the truth in order to keep the problem to himself (11). " Don't a minister deserve a house to live in." Further on in the play, by the discussing of parries and Putnam about whether or not he should pay the firewood, illustrates the personality of Parris, he is a man only cares about provision and reputation toward the town (28). So as soon as he finds out that he cannot handle the problem himself, he asks for another minister to help him in order to build up his reputation again. Reverend Parris in the play is a weak character appears to enjoy the authority of being a minister. He desires of power, but as long as the problem goes out of his control, he seeks for other to take the responsibility of him because he is afraid of losing his power.