1. "No, I love God; I go your way no more. I love God, I bless God. Sobbing, she rushes to Abigail. Abby, Abby I'll never hurt you more!" They all watch, as Abigail, out of her infinite charity, reaches out and draws the sobbing Mary to her, and then looks up to Danforth. - Marry Warren (page 119)
- Quiet a show to watch. However, we've seen this sort of things happened many times in this play. For example, "I want to open myself! I want the light of God, I want the sweet love of Jesus!" (Abigail, p48) They are all shameless liars, I have to say. Marry Warren is a pathetic creature that put cowardice over consciousness. We can see how peer pressure is working in the court. Humans are by nature gregarious animals - we rely on the opinions of others. When the whole society is worshiping the wrong thing, virtuous people (the minority) always become the “sinners”. Maybe this is one of the reason why people always need to keep up-to-date, no matter it's right or wrong. So this bring up a question to us - what is the definition of right and wrong? Should we follow the "fashion" or should we follow our hearts? It's obvious that what Marry was wrong, but aren't we doing the same thing in life too?
- There are three "quails" in one sentence. This shows the sense of fear is hanging over the town. People may have different opinions on the cause of Salem's witch trail, but I have to say that all the revenge, lust, power, and so on, came from the curse of fear. People were afraid of losing their powers; people were afraid of facing the consequences of lust; people were afraid of admitting the mistakes they've made... "in all your black hearts that this be fraud" (p120) When people are surrounded by fear, they use lies to cover their cowardice. That's why almost everyone in Salem were dishonest. However, when everyone is lying, the virtue of the society would gradually break into pieces. That's why Proctor said "God damns our kind especially, and we will burn, we will burn together!" at last. This indicates the doom of Salem - people will pay for their unconsciousness in the end.
II. Discussing Questions
1. Why did Hale come back?
2. What is the real reason for Parris to change his mind? His conscience or his pride (because Abigail robbed him)?
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