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Act 1(Abigail Williams)- I asked Tituba to go into the woods with a bunch of the girls from our area, I asked her to cast spells, and we danced. I was hoping that Tituba could put a curse on John Proctors wife since I had an affair with him. I was hoping that they weren't gonna be together after all so that I could have John Proctor all to myself. It was all my idea but when it came down to telling the truth when I was questioned for witch craft I lied and said it was Tituba who took us into the woods and did everything, I was really the one who told Tituba to take us out into the woods and make some sort of soup with us and to hopefully put a curse on Elizabeth Proctor so that I could have John
Proctor. It all backfired when Betty got cursed instead and was in bed for days. Thats when the first suspicion of witchcraft started. It was all my fault. "
Act 2 (Elizabeth Proctor)- It all started when this young orphan girl had an affair with my husband John Proctor. She is an evil one, that Abigail Williams. She was the one who started witchcraft and tried putting a curse on me but instead it backfired, so she had to have something to cover herself so she decided that she would go around and blame everyone else for witchcraft, Tituba knew that it was Abigail Williams that asked her to do the curse on me, hoping to get rid of me so that she could have my husband. Now I’m in jail because she went around accusing everyone of witchcraft including me. I hope she knows this wont be the end of me. She will never have my hus-

Dumont 2 band John because he knows it was wrong what he did to me, he knows better to not to do it again."
Act 3(Tituba)- I don’t think I did anything wrong. Abigail Williams is going around and blaming everyone for witchcraft, so many people have been hung and or put in jail and no one can do anything about it because Abigail is making everyone suspicious about everything. She sat there and blamed me for the

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