1. " These people had no ritual for the washing away of sins. It is another trait we inherited from them, and it has helped to discipline us as well as to breed hypocrisy among us." (page 20)
- This quote reveals the townpeople's attitudes to sins. What is hypocrisy? It is an action of pretending to have qualities or beliefs that you don't really have. In another word, it is an action of lying. It is good to have the desire to be virtuous, but when you pretend to be good & use lies to cover it up, you are running in the opposite direction of your original desire. The same thing goes to the witch-hunt. Although the purpose of the witch-hunt is positive, in some ways, when people started to point fingers at each others as a revenge, the action of driving sins out of lives became a sin itself.
- This quote shows the image of government in the villagers' mind. The authority standardized the so-called moral virtues, & people must follow it. If not, as the quote said, those minorities will be seen as the diabolical malevolence to the society. In Salem, being different was unacceptable. There was no right or wrong - being normal or evil was the only difference between people. The government was no longer an arbiter, it was just a ruthless headsman - the only thing he cares about is chopping off heads.
1. How does Parris view his job as the minister of Salem's church? How does this effect his behavior?
2. What would Abigail do after Proctor ended their relationship?
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