Proctors Disagreement with Parris and God

He also never agrees with Parris, the town minister, as he does not see God in the man. This opinion does not change. Act one - "Proctor : I have trouble enough without I come five mile to hear him [Parris] preach only hellfire and bloody damnation. Take it to heart Mr Parris. There are many others who stay away from church these days because you hardly ever mention God any more. " Act three - "Parris : ... since I came to Salem this man [Proctor] is blackening my name.

" Abigail also does not sway from her ways. Her and the other girls were caught casting spells in the middle of the night with the West Indian slave, Tituba.

After being caught. Betty Parris, Reverend Parris's daughter, becomes as if possessed by the devil, though it is fear which causes her behaviour of lying in a trance, wailing, and behaving in a delirious state of mind. Act one - "Betty : I want my mama! Abigail : What ails you Betty? Your mama's dead and buried.

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Betty : I'll fly to mama. Let me fly! " This is where Abigail's crusade against the good women of the village begins. In particular, she wants to get rid of Elizabeth Proctor and she believes that Goody Proctor is the only thing standing between her and John Proctor. Act one - "Betty : You drank blood, Abby!

You didn't tell him [Parris] that! Abigail : Betty, you never say that again! You will never - Betty : You did, you did! You drank a charm to kill John Proctor's wife! You drank a charm to kill Goody Proctor.

" It is because of Abigail that the other girls join in with her. They are scared of Abigail, who threatens them, Act one - "Abigail : Now look you. All of you. Let either of you breathe a word... and I will come in the black of some terrible night and I will bring a pointy reckoning that will shudder you. And you know I can do it: I saw Indians smash my dear parents' heads on the pillow next to mine...

I can make you wish u had never seen the sun go down! " The lack of compassion as she talks about the death of her parents also reveals something about her character that helps her forget her guilt at sending innocent men and women to the gallows. Hales Character, changes during the play, for at the start he is there to help with the convictions of those accused and truly believes in all of what is said, Act one - "Hale : (with a tasty love of intellectual pursuit) Here is all the invisible world, caught, defined and calculated. In these books the Devil stands stripped of all his disguises. "

However, by the end of Act three, he condemns the court and the fact that they are taking the word of young girls over everyone else's, Act three - "Hale : I denounce these proceedings, I quit this court! (He slams the door to the outside on his way out. )" The beginning of Act three, we only hear the voices from inside the court. As we cannot see what is happening, it causes tension as we are waiting in anticipation to see the first thing which appears. The fact that we are hearing Giles trying to give evidence to prove Martha Corey's innocence and that he is being hushed, causes us to find the court objectionable.

Giles is pulled out of the court with force, as he shouts to be allowed to give his evidence. This raises the tension as it is violence against a high authority figure of the court, which may mean that Giles is also punished. "(The door opens and Giles is half carried into the vestry by Herrick)" The court house setting also adds to the tension as it is a place where decisions are made and in particular, at that moment, the decision whether someone lives or dies. We can tell that a lot of changes are going to be made in this scene because of Proctors incentive to come and face the court.

He plans to uncover the truth and in doing so put an end to Abigail and the other girls childish vendetta the more upstanding members of the community. The fact that they are young, unmarried girls would usually mean they would have no power, but when they find power in their accusations, they cannot stop and are not willing to step back into their usual roles of serving the others in the village. They use their power to get back at their superiors, the ones who usually bossed them around and were in control.

This reversal of roles, were the village is at the girls' mercy, adds to the tension as things are not as they should be, and though we can see the truth, the fact that the judges and those who really matter cannot see this causes yet another addition to the tension. The girls have a higher authority than any of the judges as it is only their word and they are ultimately the ones who come up with the verdict. Abigail retaliates against Proctor, as she can see she is in trouble of being found to be a fake. By accusing Proctor's only witness to their crime, Mary Warren, of witchcraft, destroying her credibility to the courts.

As soon as Abigail starts her little act the other girls join in and act accordingly to Abigail's description of what she is pretending to see, "But God made my face; you can not want to tear my face. Envy is a terrible sin Mary! " and soon the other girls start adding bits to make the performance more convincing, "Mercy : It's on the beam! Behind the rafter! . . . Susana : Her claws, she's stretching her claws! ". What Abigail says here really explains what is going on, that somehow Mary is responsible for Abigail's strange behaviour, in their time this would automatically be pinned on witchcraft.