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C.) Quotes (10+)-

-Danforth - "the pure in heart need no lawyers."
-Proctor- "a fire is burning! I hear the boot of Lucifer, i see his filthy face!"
-Abigail- "oh, Mary, this is a black art to change your shape. no, i cannot, I cannot stop my mouth; it's god's work I do."
-Danforth- "I am amazed to fin you in such uproar. I have only good report of you character."
-Danforth- “I have seen marvels in this court. I have seen people choked before my eyes by spirits; i have seen them stuck by pins and slashed by daggers"
-Hathorne- how do you know, then, that you are not a witch?
-Giles Corey- They'll be hangin' my wife!
Francis Nurse- Excellency, we have proof for your eyes; God forbid you shut them to it. The girls, sir, the girls are frauds.
-Parris- Beware this man, Your Excellency, this man is mischief.
-Paris- This is a clear attack upon the court!
-Mary Warren- I cannot lie no more. I am with God, I am with God.

B.) significant elements-
- Abigail accuses Goody Proctor of having poppets in her house and that she stabbed Abigail with a needle
-Danforth put Rebecca Nurse and Martha Corey in jail
- Elizabeth never lies, but she had to lie to save her husband
- Proctor found out Elizabeth was pregnant

A.)
- It's better to fail with honor than succeed as a fraud.
John Proctor died knowing the truth while Abigail ran away for her life of lies.
- Lies may be truth, and truth may be lies
John Proctor and every innocent person knew the truth while Abigail insisted that they were working with the devil. So who is going to believe who?
-When good men do nothing, evil can triumph.
If people in Salem said that Abigail and the other girls were lying, there could have been a chance for the innocent to live. But only one person stood up for himself (Proctor) and he got hanged.

-One error can lead up to many errors.
It was because of Abigail and John's relationship that the witch trials and hangings occurred. All of this could

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