Sunday, September 27, 2009

Act one- The story starts out with all of the girls getting together led by Abgail to go try to uprise the sprits from the woods with Tituba. The reason they were dancing is because they were sick of being told what to do and also Mrs. Putnam has had 8 kids and 7 of them have died so they were trying to arise there spirits. Parris hears the noises from the girls and goes out to see whats going on he. He sees all the girls dancing in the woods and sees a naked girl also. He goes into Salem and explains to them what he saw. The next day Mrs. Putnams only daughter,Betty, wouldnt wake. Thats when they call in Rev Hale to see what is wrong with her. He looks at her and explains to her that something is inside of her with type of witchcraft. They turned to Abagail and asked her questiosn about betty and the witchcraft. Abagail denied it all and explained that some of the people in the town were inflicting Betty. One of Abagails most hated peoples was Elizabeth Procter she used to be John and Elizabeths protcers maid but she didnt go to church much and she had a thing with John so Elizabeth wanted her out of the house and to work for someone else. Abagails main victim was Elizabeth because she wanted to be with John and the only way to do that was to get Elizabeth killed.
Act 2: Right from the start of Act 2 there are already 14 people accused of witchcraft and if they dont confess they will be hung for the whole town to watch. Abagail blamed Elizabeth and they were sent to talk to the Reverend. Revered Hale asked John and Elizabeth all sorts of questions. One of the questions was say the 10 commandments to the Reverend. John went to church often but not regulary. He answered most of the commandments fluently and was having no problems. Than the last one stumped him and his wife elizabeth had to lean over to him and tell him "Thall shall not commit adultry" this is significant because John did break this commandment. This made it a big target that Elizabeth could be a witch becuase her husband didnt even know the commandments. While Mary warren was in court she gave Elizabeth a doll that had a pin it. She gave it to her because they were playing a trick on her because Abagail than put a pin in her stomach so it looked like when she put the pin in the voodoo doll it stabbed her.
Act 3- Act three was when all the girls had to go to court along with John and Elizabeth Procter. This is when Elizabeth had to talk to the court and tell them what she knows and what she has done. She explains to them that she has done nothing to harm the little girls and she doesnt believe in whichcraft because she is very reiligous. At this point the girls fake that Elizabeth Procter but a cold wind on them becuase they think that she is lying.]
Act 4- Now most of the people that were cowards and didnt believe in there morals were confessing just so they could have there lifes and live in jail. John procter took his wifes place and is hanging himself because he believes in his morals and doesnt want his wife to take the blame for something that he knows for a fact that she doesnt do. John Procter died for what he believed in and was a hero in Salem.

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