Reverend Parris is a man in his 40’s that is a minister of the town, and lives with his daughter, Betty, and his niece, Abigail, in Salem, Massachusetts. He finds Abigail and Betty in the woods dancing around a fire with Tituba, and practicing what he thinks is witchcraft. As he finds them dancing around the fire and practicing what he thinks is witchcraft, because of his reputation of being the minister of the town, he hopes that no one will find out about what he has seen and potentially ruin his reputation. Throughout The Crucible by Arthur Miller Parris goes through ups and downs with the town and the townspeople. “Abigail, I have fought here three long years to bend these stiff-necked people to me, and now, just now when some good respect is rising for me in the parish, you compromise my very character” (Miller 1263). Parris is worried about his reputation, but in the end, he finds out that he is wrong about what he thought was right all along. …show more content…
He has a daughter, Betty, who is ten years old, and a niece, Abigail, who is 17 years old. Parris believes that wherever he goes, he is being persecuted. “I left a thrifty business in the Barbados to serve the Lord. I do not fathom it, why am I persecuted?” (1274). He is helping Abigail the best that he can considering that her parents are dead. “I have given you a home, child, I have put clothes upon your back- now give me upright answer. Your name in the town- it is entirely white, is it not?” (1263). Parris’ personality is that he is self-centered and he is more worried about his reputation than the girls practicing witchcraft and makes sure that his reputation is all around still the way he wants it. “......for surely my enemies will, and they will ruin me with it” (1262). Parris behaves this way because he has spent, and is still spending, time to make sure that his reputation is not