What finally causes Mary Warren to agree with Abigail? When he threatens to have Mary hanged, she accuses Proctor of bewitching her. Mary Warren protects her own life and condemns Proctor to death. Through her claim of innocence, Mary is attacked by Abigail. Mary Warren abuses her power because she wants to save herself. Saving herself, meant saving her own neck, but there quickly came a roadblock.
He says that the crime of witchcraft is extraordinary. The only witnesses can be the witch and the victim. Governor Danforth represents rigidity and an over-adherence to the law in The Crucible. Danforth is clearly an intelligent man, highly respected and successful. He arrives in Salem to oversee the trials of the accused witches with a serene sense of his own ability to judge fairly. Act III is occupied primarily by the proceedings, the outcome of which will result in the deaths of many innocent people.
Mary Warren was inspired to confess, intitially, by the urgent pleas from her employers, Elizabeth and John Proctor. They convinced her that it was her duty to tell the truth. People would continue to be put to death in Salem unless Mary Warren exposed the lies of Abigail and the other girls.
Mary sees how Abby has turned the judges against her, and because she fears being accused of being a witch, she denounces her previous claims of having pretended, and accuses John of influencing her. Why does Mary Warren recant her confession and rejoin Abigail and the other girls? One of the most evident changes in Mary is that she is more assertive. Why is Danforth suspicious of her and Proctor?
Why does Proctor remind her of the angel Raphael? What evidence can you give to show that the opposite is true? How does she explain the problem? What does this suggest about the proceedings? Why does he think Danforth and Hathorne will believe his confession? What has been the effect of his denunciation?
Why is this not effective? Parris declares that they all want to overthrow the court. Danforth asks Proctor if he is attempting to undermine the court.
Danforth proceeds to question Proctor about his religious beliefs. He is particularly intrigued by the information, offered by Parris, that Proctor only attends church about once a month. Cheever adds that Proctor plows on Sunday, a serious offense in Salem.
She will not be hanged until after she delivers. Danforth asks if he will drop his condemnation of the court, but Proctor refuses. He submits a deposition signed by ninety-one land-owning farmers attesting to the good characters of Elizabeth, Martha, and Rebecca. Parris insists that they all be summoned for questioning because the deposition is an attack on the court.
Hale asks why every defense is considered an attack on the court. Putnam is led into the room to answer to an allegation by Giles that he prompted his daughter to accuse George Jacobs of witchcraft. Should Jacobs hang, he would forfeit his property, and Putnam is the only person in Salem with the money to purchase such a tract.
Danforth arrests Giles for contempt of court. Danforth sends for Abigail and her troop of girls. Mary maintains her assertion that the girls are only pretending.
Hathorne asks her to pretend to faint for them. Under continued pressure, she falters and explains that she only thought she saw spirits. Danforth pressures Abigail to be truthful. Abigail shivers and the other girls follow suit. They accuse Mary of bewitching them with a cold wind.
Proctor leaps at Abigail and calls her a whore. He confesses his affair with her and explains that Elizabeth fired her when she discovered it. He claims that Abigail wants Elizabeth to hang so that she can take her place in his home. Danforth orders Abigail and Proctor to turn their backs, and he sends for Elizabeth, who is reputed by Proctor to be unfailingly honest.
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