Quote
Proctor: "And why not, if they must hang for denyin' it? There are them that will swear to anything bfore they'll hang; have you every thought of that?" (Miller 69).
Response
The outspoken and opiniated Proctor finally makes a stand and offer a critique of the twisted judicial system that is employed in Puratanical Salem during the witch hunt. The system of that age is very different that the innocent until proven guilty system we have now; their system consisted of guilty and thats final. John Proctor being the only one who notices this is astonishing, unless Proctor is the only person who is courageous enough to speak his mind. Most calamities occur because nobody was courageous enough to take a stand against evil, the someone else will do it attitude never rectifies a bad situation, it only makes it worse.
Quote
Cheever: "Why, Abigail Williams charge her" (73).
Response
Abilgail is a conniving witch, no pun intended; she is intentionally ruining the lives of John and Elizabeth Proctor on the basis of a twisted fantasy that she will somehow end up with Proctor. This is utterly rediculous, why would Proctor ever consent to a relationship with the woman who had his wife killed. We see Abilgail's immaturity shining through as she fails to think about her actions and the results of them. It seems as though Abigail will end up getting what is coming to her, what goes around comes around.
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