Thesis Statements and Embedding Quotes

1.
-The people that reputation was really held against was Abigail,
Rebecca Nurse, and John Proctor.
-Three characters that show reoccurring examples of this are Reverend Parris, John Proctor, and Abbigail Williams. All of them will go to great lengths to make sure their names stay "white" in the village.
-In the play, Parris , Abigail , Giles, and John Proctor have fought well with their internal conflict in order to maintain their good reputation in Salem.

I chose these thesis statements because they answer the question, give categories, and state their position.

2.
- Abigail denies any word of her doing witchcraft to keep "[her name] good in the village"(pg 12).
-She says that Elizabeth is "blackening [her] name in the village" to make herself look better and to put down Elizabeth's name by saying that "she is telling lies about [Abigail]" (pg. 23-24).
-John's reputation is so important to him that he asks "God in Heaven, what is John Proctor, what is John Proctor?" and John answers himself what he hopes people think about him, "... I think [I am] honest, I think so; I am no saint. " (pg. 138).