To prevent her own hanging,
Goody Good admits to practicing witchcraft
. The only way an accused witch would be pardoned was through admitting to the crime or being found not guilty (which rarely happened). Therefore, only through admitting that she practiced witchcraft was Goody Good allowed to live.
How does Mary Warren save herself from Danforth's wrath?
At the end of Act III, how does Mary Warren save herself in the face of the girls' acting as if she is sending spirits?
She names John Proctor as the one forcing her to do the Devil's work
.
What would spare Sarah Good from hanging?
What would spare Sarah Good from hanging? Considering she was pregnant,
they spare her for her baby
.
What does Elizabeth Proctor claim that will temporarily save her from hanging?
Elizabeth has claimed to be pregnant so she will be held
in jail until the child is born
. What arrangement does Danforth make for Elizabeth regarding the date of her hanging? The hanging will be held off until Elizabeth's child is born.
What evidence is there for Elizabeth's guilt?
John Proctor tells Elizabeth to go get Mary so she can confirm that the doll was a gift.
Cheever finds a needle in the doll
, which he takes as proof of Elizabeth's guilt. Abigail fell on the floor screaming at dinner and pulled a needle out of her stomach, claiming that Elizabeth's familiar spirit stabbed her.
Why does Elizabeth ask John to visit Abby?
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.
What does Sarah Good lie about?
Readers learn that Sarah Good has
confessed to practicing witchcraft and being in league with the Devil
when Mary Warren returns home from the courts on the first day of the trials, and she is questioned by her employers, John and Elizabeth Proctor, about the proceedings.
Who put 400 people in jail and condemned 72 to hang?
Danforth
, however, has had a hand in the fate of a great deal more; he is said to have imprisoned 400 people for witchcraft in the area and to have signed the death warrants for 72 of those individuals.
Why does Hale quit?
At the end of Act 3, Reverend Hale quits
the court in Salem out of frustration because he sees that irrationality and hysteria have taken over the proceedings
. However, in Act 4, we learn that he has returned to Salem to speak with the prisoners and convince them to confess.
Why does Mary Warren accuse John of witchcraft at the end of Act 3?
Mary Warren went to the courts in act three determined
to confess that she and the girls were merely pretending
. John Proctor helped to convince her to do this, because he is desperate to get his wife, Elizabeth, freed. Mary knows that it is all a fraud, but thus far has been too chicken to come forward and state it.
Who is taken to jail at the end of Act III?
At the end of ACT III,
Proctor himself
is arrested, despite his original intent of going to court being to free his wife Elizabeth.
Did Elizabeth Proctor confess to witchcraft?
Proctor confesses orally to witchcraft
, but refuses to implicate anyone else. Danforth informs him that the court needs proof of his confession in the form of a signed, written testimony. Proctor confesses verbally to witchcraft, and Rebecca Nurse hears the confession.
Why is Proctor sent to jail?
When Proctor continues to push for his wife's release,
he is forced into the position of confessing his adulterous affair with Abigail Williams
. This is enough to get him arrested (and executed under Salem's law), but it is not until Mary Warren accuses him of witchcraft that Proctor is actually arrested.
Why this girl is Murder She must be ripped out of the world?
“Why! The girl is murder! She must be ripped out of the world.” Elizabeth Proctor – Elizabeth
has been charged with witchcraft because a doll with a needle had been discovered in her home
.
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.
Why does Mary not want to testify about the poppet?
Abigail had accused Elizabeth of sticking a needle in her (Abby's) stomach through the use of a “poppet” (doll). … Why doesn't Mary want to testify about the doll? She doesn't want to testify
because she is afraid of Abigail
. She knows Abigail will “get her” if she goes against her.
