Ezekiel Cheever is an astute yet weak character in Arthur Miller's play about witchcraft hysteria in Salem, The Crucible. His most important appearance is in the Proctor household in which he denounces Elizabeth Proctor for witchcraft, regarding the poppet (doll) which was placed in the Proctor house to make it appear that Elizabeth was practicing witchcraft against Abigail Williams. His reason is clouded by the authority of Salem for whom he works.He used to be friends with John Proctor, but when the accusations started, he quickly turned against his friends and their family who were accused of witchcraft. He tells Danforth that Proctor sometimes plows on Sundays and that Proctor missed church a lot. He acts as a scribe in Act 2 of The Crucible, and in some interpretations of the play, he hangs Proctor. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Seal of Salem, MA Salem is a city located in Essex County, Massachusetts. ... Cover to the 1953 book The Crucible is a play that was written by Arthur Miller in 1952. ... Elizabeth Proctor was an indirect victim of the Salem Witch Trials whose husband, John Proctor, was executed; however, Elizabeth herself was not actually hanged because she was pregnant at the time. ... Witchcraft, in various historical, religious and mythical contexts, is the use of certain kinds of alleged supernatural or magical powers. ... A Poppet is a Maiden or Mother Goddess doll. ... Abigail Williams testimony against George Jacobs, Jr. ... Cover to the 1953 book The Crucible is a play that was written by Arthur Miller in 1952. ...
The outstanding figure in the conduct of the Latin school, as well as the chief representative of the colonial schoolmaster, is EzekielCheever, who taught for seventy years, the last thirty-eight of them as master of the Boston Grammar School.
Cheever himself contributed little to literature except a Latin Accidence, probably the earliest American school book, entitled A Short Introduction to the Latin Tongue (before 1650).
Another of Cheever’s pupils was Judge Sewall, who has left us in his diary some details of the schooling of his children.
Feeds |
Contact