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At the end of the play Parris cries because Abigail stole all his money and now he's poor, and exposed for the power-hungry Reverand he truly is.
Parris discovers that his daughter, niece, and his slave, Tituba, dancing naked in the woods with other girls doing a ritual. He worries because if the townsfolk find out about his relation with the girls he could lose his position as Reverand and be hung with the rest of the girls.
Samuel Parris is the minister of Salem's Puritan church. He is a very paranoid, power-hungry, yet oddly a self-pitying figure. Many of the townsfolk, especially John Proctor, dislike him. Parris is concerned with building his position in the community. He only appears in Acts 1, 3, and 4.
Act 3
Act 4
Act 1
In court Parris lies under oath to protect his daughter and niece but mainly because he doesn't want to lose his job as Reverand because of all the money he recieves. He lies by saying that he did not see them dancing in the woods.
In Act 4 it seems he has come to his senses, when he asks Danforth to postpone the hangings. Abigail made it obvious she was lying the entire time. But we found out that Parris isn't pleading out of remorse, he is only worried about his own life.
Father of Betty Parris and Uncle of Abigail Williams