crucible 11/13

Elizabeth: "You'll tear it free-when you come to know that I will be yo our only wife, or no wife at all! She has an arrow in you yet, John Proctor, and you know it well."

This quote is full of emotion. Elizabeth lets John know that he will never have another wife so he has to let her spirit free. She also makes it clear to him that she is aware of him knowing that he still lusts over Abigail. Now that Elizabeth knows that John still lusts over Abigail, John will have to do something about and fast. He will have to stop it because it is all out in the open now. And he has to now come to the realization that he cannot have the both of them and he will never really have Abigail or any other woman at that. The only will he will ever have is Elizabeth even is she did decide to leave him.

Hale: "Theology, sir, is a fortress; no crack in a fortress may be accounted small."

Here, Hale is saying that any small mistake in theology is never considered small. It is considered big, just as a small crack is a fortress would be considered big. The small mistakes that John makes, like not going to Church every Sunday, may not seem like a big deal but it is. It is a very big deal, a big enough deal to put his family on the list of suspicion of witchcraft. Any "small" mistake in living the Christian life is just an asking for suspicion at this time. Any mistake that is made, suspicion of witchcraft is not far behind.

What part of the court is Mary Warren apart of?

Does John Proctor believe that Abigail does want Elizabeth dead and that Abigail does want to take Elizabeth's place?