As each person who was prosecuted of witchery, the girls defended themselves by testifying that they (the one accused) would come into each of the girl's rooms at night and send spirits from the devil to touch them at night. ... On the first day, Abigail mentioned Elizabeth Proctor as having unusual things in her house such as, "poppets." ... Elizabeth goes with the police in the precaution that she might be convicted with the findings of the poppet in the house. ... Then, Abigail decides to make it seem as if Mary Warren talks to the devil by putting spirits on Abigail. ... Mary Warren u...

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Through out this act Abby continues to tell her uncle how there were not conjuring spirits in the woods they were simply dancing. ... Also in Act 1 Parris is questioning Abby about why she was dismissed from the proctors house (I think he knows about the affair at this point) and Abigail explains that Elizabeth hates her and is a liar but I think this is all a front to get her uncle to believe the lies she is telling him. ... In Act three in the courtrooms at every point when things are going wrong for her she turns to the spirits. ... I cannot sleep for dreaming"'"; I cannot dream but...

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Senator Joseph McCarthy, head of the House of Un-American Activities Committee, amplified the chaos and accused many Americans for being enemy spies. ... Mary Warren herself, has realized the sincerity of the situation and is trying desperately to explain exactly what happened; "I--I heard the other girls screaming, and you, Your Honor, you seemed to believe them, and I--It were only sport in the beginning sir, but then the whole world cried spirits, spirits, and I--I promise you, Mr. ...

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When Elizabeth Proctor finds out that John, her husband, is having an affair with their house keeper, Abigail, she fires abigail immeditly. ... This time, Abigail's plan is sucsessful, when Cheever is at the Proctor house to arrest her, he spots the doll with the pin stuck into it. ... Ann Putnam even asks Tituba to conjure the spirits of her children so they can inform Tituba as to who murdered them. ... When Nurse and Giles come to the Proctor house, they inform them that Cheever has taken their wives to jail. ... Proctor trys to prove to Danforth that Mary is lying and never saw any sp...

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Betty, one of the girls that was in the forest, comes down with the flu, or so the town thinks, or that she is possessed with evil spirits and the town forces Tituba to tell them why she has compacted with the devil. ... Tituba then scapegoats all of these questions by saying she saw spirits of some Puritan women form the town. ... One of the major scenes in the play is when Hale is at the Proctors" house and asks if John would recite the ten commandments, and the only one he forgets is the one of adultery, the one that he has committed. ... After this happens in the house, some townsmen ...

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Hale comes to Salem and begins to search out the Devil in all the "afflicted" girls, when he goes to the Proctor's house to question them, and when he begs John to confess to witchcraft, prove that an authoritative figure can sometimes be wrong and can see the mistakes that he has made. ... While questioning her, Tituba, fearing for her life, admits to conjuring spirits and "calls out" others who, she claims, she has seen with the Devil. ... He finds himself sitting in John and Elizabeth Proctor's house questioning their Christianity. ...

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John refuses to confess to this , therefore, becomes implicated with having the devils spirits on the girls. ... Ezekiel Cheever arrives to search the Proctors house for the contempt that Elizabeth's name was brought up in court. Before searching she is asked if there are any poppets in the house. ...

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Shortly after John Procter, resented for his ability to exposes other's foolishness, enters the Parris's house hold to join the crowed. ... Mary immediately departs for the Proctor House hold. ... When Reverend Hall arrives at the Parris house, he carries with him several books to aid him in his work. ... Putnam reports having sent her daughter to conjure the spirits of her dead children. ... Shortly after Hale visit's the Proctor house to interrogate Mrs. ...

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The rumors ran quickly and before long the people of Salem believed that the girls were possessed by evil spirits or the devil himself. ... According to Sutter, Contracts for ministers during this period often provided them with a modest salary, use of a house and free firewood. ... He not only got a modest salary and free firewood, but received title and deed to the house and the surrounding land. ... The extra land and ownership of the house especially angered the residents who wanted to remain a part of Salem Town. ...

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This image becomes symbolic of the spirits being "sent out" to seek and torment good Christian souls. ... The sence of seperation is reapeated in the court house when Elizabeth looks to john for cues and is reprimanded. ... Proctors house is submissive with low ceilings and darkness yet holds warth and a promice of life. ... The Salem meeting/ court house - a solemn opprseeive room with "snugged" benches - represents entrapment, sunlight pours in but the windowns are beyond reach. ...

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She points out that 'there is prodigious danger in the seeking of loose spirits', stating a witch hunt could 'set [them] all to arguin' again in the society'. ... She has a wise influence on John, controlling the majority of his actions due to his intense care of her opinion, and is also able to chuck abby out the house. ...

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"Tonight, when I open my door to leave my house--a dagger clattered to the ground. ... Abigail was a servant in the house of John Proctor, but when Elizabeth suspects that John was having an affair with Abby, Proctor's wife puts the girl out. ...

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