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Recently the fear in people that live in Salem are being brought out by the witchcraft. Reverend Parris is scared for the fact that he noticed his daughter,neice and his slave dancing in the woods and now all of a sudden Susanna Walcott informs him that his daughter has become sick and they can't find a medical explanation for her illness. Abigail, his neice and Parris order Susanna to return home and say nothing about his daughter being sick. Abigail tells Parris about the rumors about witchcraft in Salem and Parris starts to think that his daughter, Betty has been bewitched. Parris criticized Abigail for dancing in the woods with the other girls and his slave Tituba. He demands to know what she was singing and why he saw a dress on the ground and wants to know if there was nudity involed too. She denies that they had been practicing witchcraft. Parris is concerned about his future of his position in the parish as well as his Beths's health.

Abigail had recently been fired from her position at Elizabeth Proctor's and since then, no one had seeked for her service. Goody Proctor has suggest that Abigail was a corrupted girl. Parris asks if she has done something to ruin her name, and his as well. Abigail once again denied everything when Ann Putnam walks in and is soon followed by Thomas Putnam, her husband. Then Goody Proctor told Parris that a townsperson reported Betty flying over a barn and Mrs. and Mr. Putnam said that their daughter, Ruth has also been afflicted but the side affects are different from Beth's. Mr. and Mrs. Putnam confess to Parris that they sent Ruth to Tituba to call upon the spirits for Mrs. Putnam's seven dead children so they can find out who was to blamed for their deaths and the Putnams want Parris to tell the people of Salem to announce that there was practice of witchcraft in Salem. Parris refuses to do this until Reverend Hale arrives to investigate further on the case of this witchcraft.

The Putnam's servant girl, Mercy Lewis, arrives saying she wants to check on Betty. As soon as all the adults are gone, Abigail and Mercy begin to talk about the situation. Abigail lets Mercy know how much she confessed and instructs her to admit to nothing more. Another girl, Mary Warren, arrives and tells Abigail and Mercy that she fears that they will be accused of witchcraft. She tries to convince the other girls to admit to dancing in the woods and just accept the beating but then Betty cries out for her mother and screams at her cousin for drinking blood to kill Elizabeth Proctor. She then tries to leap from the window but was restrained by Abigail. Abigail threatens the girls if they dare to even speak about the events in the woods. John Proctor walks in and begins to lectures his servant, Mary Warren, for leaving the house against his orders. Then Mary and Mercy leave but Abigail attempts to seduce Proctor into their affair but he rejects her. Then, a psalm is heard and Betty begins to scream bringing the others running and interrupting Abigail and Proctor. Rebecca Nurse tells everyone that the display is all a childish game. She believes that Betty and Ruth will come out of their state when they tired of the game. The adults continue to bicker as they move from the children to the issues of Parris preaching and his pay. They then move onto the issues of property and power which are the true issues in the society. Reverend Hale arrives and the subject turns back to the children and the subject of witchcraft. Hale determines the situation as he attempts to revive Betty while questioning Abigail. Abigail is forced into admitting other details about the night in the woods.

Abigail then, quickly jumps and blames Tituba. When Tituba found out she was in shocked. Abigail kept insisting that she did witchcraft untill a crowd has been worked up and there were calls for the execution of the slave. As of right now, Tituba caves in and tells the people that she is an unwilling servant to the Devil. She said that she believes one of the devil's other witches is affecting the children. She is questioned even more and Putnam even goes to suggest that certain women in town could possibly be the witch. Quick thinking, Tituba picks up the hint and accuses women. The Putnam suggested Goody Good and Osburn. Then Abigail goes along and claims to seen those women with the devil as well as Bridget Bishop.


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