When Proctor tries to convince Mary to confess to concocting the lies about seeing spirits, Mary points out that if she does, Abigail will reveal John Proctor's sin, but Proctor in return declares, "Good. ... If a cow was missed, the first thought was to look for her around Corey's house" (38). ...

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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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