The Crucible

Why is Ann Putnam jealous of Rebecca Nurse?

In The Crucible, it is insinuated that Goody Putnam is jealous of Rebecca Nurse. Why is this?

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Ann is jealous because Rebecca has “eleven children and [is] twenty-six times a grandma.” Ann has lost all her children except one.

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