Friday, April 1, 2011

What do Parris and Danforth ask Mary Warren to do which she cannot do at that moment? (in Act III)

Mary Warren has admitted to faking the sighting of the devil, the fainting, the chills, the shaking. John Proctor brings her into the court room to prove the girls are lying, but Mary is unable to fake seeing the devil, perhaps because Abigail was their leader and was able to "act it" better than the other girls, and lead them into believing.

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