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10/15/26
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| "Do that which is good, and no harm shall come to thee" | John Proctor. He says this to Mary Warren to try to concvince her to tell the truth and expose the girls' false witchcraft accusations. He says that this is the the good thing to do. |
| "Excellency, I have signed seventy-two death warrants; I am a minister of the Lord, and I dare not take a life without there be proof so immaculate no slighest qualm of conscience may doubt it" | Reverent Hale. Hale says this to Danforth to defend John Proctor's attempt to show evidence of witchcraft to the court. He realizes that he has signed away lots and lots of warrants and that the witchcraft frenzy has gone out of hand. |
| "I - cannot faint now, sir" | Mary Warren. Mary says this to the court because she wants to prove that she AND ABIGAIL were lying earlier. This discredits her testimony. |
| "Your Honor, you seem to believe them, and I - It were only sport in the beginning, sir, but then the whole world cried spirits, spirits, and I - I promise you, Mr. Danforth, I only thought I saw them but I did not" | Mary Warren. She says this to Danforth to try to show that her and the girls were not telling the truth when they said they thought they saw spirits. She says that everyone (in village) thought that there was witchcraft, but that she didnt see spirits |
| "I have known her, sir. I have known her" | John Proctor. John pubicly confesses to his affair with Abigail. This discredits Abigail's accusations. This is a big step for John because he cares a lot about his reputation. |
| "Excellency, it is a natural lie to tell; I beg you, stop now before another is condemned! I may shut my conscience to it no more - private vengeance is working through this testimony!" | Reverend Hale. Hale says this to Danforth to recognize that Elizabeth's lies to save her husband, not with malicious intent. He realizes that Abigail is going after the Procors because of a private vengeance-she is jealous of Elizabeth becasue of affair |
| "I denounce these proceedings, I quit this court!" | Reverend Hale. Hale says this to the court. He is upset about the quickness in which the judge orders execution among the accused. He feels especially like he lead this to happen, with all the death warrants he signed, so he leaves the court |
| "It needs a cold wife to prompt lechery" | Elizabeth Proctor. She says this to John when they are speaking about the affair. This shows forgiveness from Elizabeth to John, as she is taking part of the blame for his lechery. Being a cold wife means that she was distant from John |
| "Proctor, you mistake me. I am not empowered to trade your life for a lie. You have most certainly seen some person with the Devil" | Deputy Governor Danforth. He says this to Proctor, wanting Proctor to tell him who else he's seen with the devil. Because Proctor says he hasn't seen anybody, this discredits Proctor's confession and makes it seem like he is lying that he saw the Devil |
| "Because it is my name! Because I cannot have another in my life! Because I lie and sign myself to lies!" | John Proctor. He says this to the judge when the judge wants to nail his confession to the Church door. The judge wants to convince others to confess by doing this. John doesn't want his reputation to be hurt by doing so. |
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