Mary Warren brings Elizabeth Proctor a doll. Referred to as a “poppet” in the play,
the doll turns out to be part of Abigail’s plan to accuse Elizabeth and get her “out of the way”
so that she can re-kindle her affair with John Proctor. Abigail has accused Elizabeth Proctor of witchcraft on/against her.
Why did Mary give Elizabeth?
Mary tells Elizabeth that she has made the doll in court as something to do that kept her busy. However, Abigail Williams may have instructed Mary Warren to give the poppet to Elizabeth
so that she could accuse Elizabeth
of witchcraft.
What gift does Mary give Elizabeth and why?
Mary Warren gives Elizabeth
a poppet (small doll)
that she made while in court.
Why does Elizabeth want John to go see Abigail?
Elizabeth originally wants John to go to Salem so he can tell the court that he knows the girls are lying. Then, when she finds out she was accused in court, she wants him to go to Salem to
speak directly with Abigail
. Elizabeth makes these requests with an eye towards correcting injustice and saving her own life.
Who comes to the house to question the proctors?
Why did
Hale
come to Proctor’s house? Hale came out to question all accused persons for himself, so that he would have some knowledge of the people before they appeared in court or jail. He came to Proctor’s house to question them to see if either of them had any suspicious activities which would relate to witchcraft.
What is unusual about the doll that Mary gave to Elizabeth?
What is unusual about the doll that Mary Warren makes for Elizabeth?
The needle was placed right where the needle was “found” in Abigail’s stomach
. … She is not innocent and trustworthy anymore and she is very gullible, following everything Abigail says for her to do.
Why does Elizabeth not believe in witches?
She says that she doesn’t believe in witches
because she cannot lie
. When Hale asks her, directly, she knows that the good, Christian thing to do is to tell the truth. … Elizabeth says that if she herself stands accused, then witches must not really exist. For if they did, no one could accuse her.
Why does Elizabeth lie about John’s adultery?
In this case, Elizabeth is lying
because she does not want to hurt her husband and his good name
. She does not want him to get in trouble for what he did. She has, in the past, been very angry at him for cheating on her, but now she seems to have forgiven him. … That is why she lies and he tells the truth.
Why is John unable to prove what Abigail told him?
John can’t prove what Abigail told him
because he was alone with her when she said it
, making him the only witness. … As he is about to whip Mary Warren, John stops short.
What does John slip up and say to Elizabeth that gets him in trouble?
What lie did John Proctor tell to Elizabeth which makes her more suspicious of him?
He didn’t tell Elizabeth that he was alone with Abigail when they talked
. … Abigail has accused Elizabeth of witchcraft, but Mary claims that she has never seen any indication of it.
What does Elizabeth confess to John?
As John struggles with whether to falsely confess to
witchcraft
in Act 4, Elizabeth makes a confession of her own, telling him that she knows she is at least a little to blame for his affair with Abigail, which has brought ruin on them both. In Act 2, John told her that her mercy could freeze beer.
Who was accused of killing Ann Putnam’s babies?
Rebecca Nurse
is blamed for “the marvelous and supernatural murder of Goody Putnam’s babies.” A number of Mrs. Putnam’s babies have died, and she is looking for an explanation. She decides that Rebecca Nurse is responsible because Ruth, Mrs. Putnam’s daughter, “accused Rebecca’s spirit of ‘tempting her to iniquity.
What evidence is there for Elizabeth’s guilt?
The evidence that Ezekiel Cheever uses to justify the arrest of Elizabeth Proctor is the doll that he finds at her house. Scene 2 confirms their fears.
Cheever finds a needle in the doll
, which he takes as proof of Elizabeth’s guilt.
What conclusion can you draw about Proctor from his response to Paris’s accusation about Elizabeth?
What conclusion can you draw about Proctor from his response to Parris’s accusation about Elizabeth?
He is tired of defending ridiculous accusations without any real proof.
What secret blasphemy that stinks to heaven is the cause of these accusations?
When he refers to “Some secret blasphemy that stinks to Heaven?
Think on cause, man, and let you help me to discover it. For there’s your way, believe it, there is your only way.
..” he is saying Proctor needs to confess his sins and humiliate himself in order to escape being charged with witchcraft.
Why does Mary Warren refuse to testify in Elizabeth’s defense?
Why does Proctor insist that Mary Warren testify in Elizabeth’s defense? … Mary Warren refuses
because she is scared of Abigail
.
