My lies have spread like wild fire and many people are about to be hung for it. ... Today I found out that Mary my 'so-called' friend has decided to testify against me! ... Lucky Me Dear diary today was a close one; John and I were in court being questioned by Judge Danforth. ... Not long after Danforth called us in again, this time telling us not to speak a work, and only face the front, as Elizabeth was approaching. ... Danforth asked the question, "Has John Proctor ever committed the crime of lechery?...

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• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

The reverend Hale asked Abigail "Did you call the Devil last Night?" Abigail response "I never called him! ... She soon realized her ability to usurp her new found power to gather support for her wild accusations. ... They believed everything Abigail told them so were willing and eager to support her wild bid to rid them of witches. ... To question the beliefs and authority of the church, including the trials was to be a witch; to question the beliefs and authority of capitalism and the McCarthy trials was to be a Communist. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

William Griggs was called upon to give his opinion. ... Sarah Good and Sarah Osburn were separately examined and as they answered the questions put to them, the "afflicted" girls went into horrific fits. ... In May, 1692, Governor William Phips called a special court to try the cases of those accused witches who had not confessed. ... With the exception of Giles Corey, who was tortured to death, the following 19 people were hanged: Bridget Bishop, Alice Parker, George Burroughs, Mary parker, Martha Carrier, John Proctor, Martha Corey, Ann Pudeator, Mary Easty, Wilmott Redd, Sara...

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• Grade Level: High School

There is no mention of the everyday activities of the town except to say that animals ran wild and land was up for grabs. ... Elizabeth proceeds to order John to go to court and call Abigail out on her lies and promiscuity. This scene is essential as it foreshadows a later scene in which John calls Abigail a whore. ... The believability of Elizabeth's character would be questioned if she had not gotten upset. ...

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• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School

Susannah Martin, Rebecca Nurse, Alice Parker, Mary Parker, John Proctor, Ann Pudeator, Wilmott Redd, Margaret Scott, Samuel Wardwell, Sarah Wildes, and John Wilard. ... She has been called "an object for compassion rather than punishment." ... In fact, in response to an attempt by Minister Nicholas Noyes to elicit a confession, Good called out from the scaffolding, "You are a liar. ...

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• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

The girls that started going trough these fits called themselves the afflicted and the afflicted were urged to confess who was the person(s) involved in putting them in this terrible state. ... "On April 22 1692, Nehemiah Abbot, William and Deliverance Hobbes, Edward and Sarah Bishop, Mary Easty, Mary Black, Sardin Wildes and Mary English were examined before Corwin and Hawthorne. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

The girls that started going trough these fits called themselves the afflicted and the afflicted were urged to confess who was the person(s) involved in putting them in this terrible state. ... "On April 22 1692, Nehemiah Abbot, William and Deliverance Hobbes, Edward and Sarah Bishop, Mary Easty, Mary Black, Sardin Wildes and Mary English were examined before Corwin and Hawthorne. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Hale is an expert on combating the demonic arts and Parris would have no reason to call upon him unless he suspected witchcraft himself. ... Either he is extremely committed to making the lives of the people of Salem better, or he established that his authority wasn't to be questioned. ...

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• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School