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- Realizing he has been painted into a corner, John tells Mary to go to bed. An argument ensues between the two, but Mary soon relents and leaves the room.
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Elizabeth asks who accused her, but Mary refuses to say and goes to bed. Just as witchcraft gives Mrs. Putnam an object to blame for her bad luck, it gives the formerly powerless Mary a new sense of strength.
Proctor instructs Mary to go to bed, but she demands that he stop ordering her around. Elizabeth, meanwhile, is convinced that it was Abigail who accused her of witchcraft, in order to take her place in John’s bed.
Mary goes on to tell John that it was she who defends Elizabeth against the accusations of withcraft which have been leveled against her. Unmoved, John orders Mary to "go to bed."
5 days ago · Marry Warren reveals to John and Elizabeth that Goody Obsurn will be hanged because she refused to confess being involved with the Devil and is sticking up for herself, and that Goody Good did confess (she doesn't want to be hanged and will confess to anything, so she won't lose her life). Mary also mentions how 39 people have now been accused.
Why does Mary Warren refuse to go to church after Elizabeth is arrested? She is scared of Abigail and the girls turning on her. What conflict helps drive the plot in Act Two?
Nov 21, 2023 · Mary Warren enters and refuses to work because she is exhausted from the trial. She provides vivid details of the accusations and testimony.
