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Diary Entry For John Proctor
Dear, Journal
I can't believe that awful, no good man, John Proctor. He had the nerve to pick that whining wife over me. I am far better than that low life Goody Proctor. We have vastly different traits; we are like day night. She is a naive, simple woman. I on the other hand, am an adventurer. I am smart, healthy, and certainly far from simple. Why, any man would be lucky to have me as their wife. Elizabeth is a old hag who should just disappear off our land. I am a beautiful, young, healthy woman. Yet alas, the man I need so desperately is connected to this evil witch of a woman! I mean can she be anymore annoying? She is always nagging me, and everyone else in Salem.
John needs to leave her to run away with me, but I fear that will never
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On the day that Tituba helped us conjure spirits, my sole motive and desire, during the spell, was that i would be able to get rid of Goody Proctor, so that I could finally be with John Proctor. Considering that spell has failed, I am forced to take action within the court, by declaring that she working with the devil and performing witchcraft.
I only fear that John will not want me, and that he may still love his wife. For in our last encounter he had some no good things to say. He also seemed to stand up for his wife whenever I insulted her. But deep down I know that he regrets the day that he married her and he will cherish everyday he has with me! My plan to include Mary Warren is going perfect, Mary has given Goody Proctor the poppet and Cheever is said to go to her house and find it, which will the lead to her arrest, and finally her death. I am so dedicated to this that I have even gone so far as to pierce myself with a needle and blame it on Elizabeth, all so that I could be with John. The last thing I heard was that Cheever came to the Proctor house to take Goody Proctor to the center of Salem where she will be held until trial. I hope that things will stay going according to plan and that I will finally be able to get rid of Elizabeth as she has been nagging me about
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I can’t let her tell everyone about what the other girls and I did in the woods. Although she is telling the truth we cannot have our reputations ruined just because of some dancing. It was Mary Warren's fault that John Proctor called adultery on me. He ruined his chances with me all so that he could try and save his horrible wife. He ruined his name forever to spare his wife. I was very scared when Danford called Elizabeth in to defend herself from these accusations. Though thankfully Elizabeth claimed that John had no lust towards anyone and was very faithful. We betrayed Mary just lie she did us. We threw her to the floor by herself and she was condemned. I did not think of her connection with John so I went on. I hath not thought that she would say that she signed the Devil’s book because of John telling her to. Now John is convicted of using evil powers to control Mary. And because of that he is in jail, not because of me but because of Mary. She will have to pay for her sins on Judgment day, not me. May God have mercy on her young

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