What deal do the judges offer Proctor?
So he approaches Proctor with a deal: sign a confession and he won’t hang. He’ll just sit in jail for a bit. If everyone signs a confession they can be done with this, and Danforth can go back home and he’s off the hook, never having been proven wrong.
How does Judge Danforth react to the news that Proctor has a deposition from Mary Warren What does this prove about how Danforth runs a court?
She pretends to see a yellow bird that is Mary Warren’s spirit. How does Danforth react to the news that Proctor has a deposition from Mary? He rejects the deposition. He wants to be absolutely sure that Mary Warren is telling the truth and that is can be proven in court without a doubt.
What did John Proctor call Abigail in front of the judges?
Proctor calls Abigail a whore and tells the court about their affair. He then defends his wife Elizabeth by saying that she is incapable of lying.
How does Abby use a yellow bird to her advantage?
The ploy works: Danforth turns to Mary and asks, in a very accusatory way, if she is witching Abigail and sending her spirit out to hurt her. Later in Act Three, after Elizabeth Proctor has left the court, Abigail pretends to see a “yellow bird” upon the beam overhead, and she speaks to it as though it were Mary.
What is Mary Warren asked to do to prove her claims?
Mary Warren is under extreme pressure to perform and cannot reenact her feelings during the previous proceedings when she convincingly pretended to faint. Essentially, Mary Warren is being asked to pretend to see spirits, reenact her hysterical experiences, and faint in front of a highly critical audience.
Why can’t Mary turn cold and faint now the crucible?
She is asked to demonstrate how she fakes witchcraft. Mary Warren is unable to faint. She says she has “no sense of it now.” What does Abigail do when suspicion that she might be pretending falls on her?
Why can’t Mary faint when asked by the court?
When Mary Warren tells the court the truth that the girls were just pretending that they were being affected by witchcraft, she is challenged by Parris, Hathorne, and Danforth, and she is intimidated by the other girls. Mary explains that she fainted because she thought she saw spirits.
What does Elizabeth say when she is asked in court why Abigail was fired?
Reverend Hale. When Elizabeth is asked why she fired Abigail, what does she say? She fired Abigail for being lazy.
What does Abigail do when faced with accusations that she is pretending and lying?
What does Abigail do when people begin to suspect that she might be pretending? She starts acting like if someone was attacking her to distract attention from herself. She also pretends to see Mary in the form o a bird.
What is the test that is given to Elizabeth Proctor to prove her innocence guilt?
What test is Elizabeth given, and how does she fail it? Why? She is asked if her husband is guilty of lechery with Abigail.
Who accuses Elizabeth of witchcraft?
Abigail Williams
What chance does Elizabeth have to prove her innocence?
What chance does she have to prove her innocence? (R.A.C.E.) The dialogue of Cheever and Herrick suggest that what will happen to Elizabeth is that she will be convicted and accused of witchcraft and of murder, with almost no chance to defend herself.
Why will Elizabeth not be hanged if she is found guilty?
In Act II, what does Mary Warren give to Elizabeth Proctor when she returns home from the trials? Why will Elizabeth not be hanged if she is found guilty? Because she is pregnant. On what charge is Giles Corey arrested?
Why does Elizabeth lie in court?
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 does Elizabeth talk to Proctor?
She has to let him make his own decision. Danforth allows Elizabeth to speak to John in order to get him to enter a guilty plea and save himself. Danforth likely knows Proctor is innocent. However, for the integrity of the court, he cannot simply overturn the guilty verdict.
Is Elizabeth Proctor a hero or villain?
Elizabeth Proctor is a moral, Christian woman who is one of the main characters of the play. There are two key characters in the story who affect Elizabeth Proctor’s character: the antagonist, Abigail Williams, who is Elizabeth’s maid and who is having an affair with her husband, the protagonist, John Proctor.