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Act 1
1. There is a rumor of witchcraft in Salem. Uncle, the rumor of witchcraft is all about; I think youd best go down and deny it yourself.

2. Parris accuses Abigail and the girls of dancing in the forest. That my daughter and my niece I discovered dancing like heathen in the forest?

3. Abigail threatens the girls not to tell what happened in the forest. Let either of you breathe a word, or the edge of a word, about the other things, and I will come to you in the black of some terrible night and I will bring a pointy reckoning that will shudder you.

Act 1, p. 9-10

Act 1, p.10

Act 1, p.20

1. First of all, it is quite ironic that Abigail is the first person in the play to announce that there is a rumor of witchcraft in Salem. After all, we know that she, acting as the leader of the girls who danced in the forest, is the initial cause of the rumor in the first place, for she is the one who asked Tituba to chant Barbados hymns in the forest with her (and the other girls) in order to create a charm that would harm Elizabeth Proctor. Parris saw the girls dancing in the forest and it is possible that some other person might have also seen the same sight. The rumor could have been started this way, but it is more likely that the rumor started based on the odd behavior of the seemingly ill girls Betty and Ruth. 2. Parris feels that he cannot rightly tell his community that there is not witchcraft in Salem when he saw women of his own family, as well as other women, behave in a way that he believes is associated with the Devil. It is rather odd that Parris does not immediately go to quell his community and deny the existence of witchcraft in their town, for, at that moment, he is the only person who knows of the explicit, vile behavior his girls conducted in the forest. His reluctance to immediately quell his community of such fears only suggests that Parris has these fears as well. Furthermore, Parris is also fearful and unsure of how to handle the situation because he does not want to ruin his reputation and lose his job as minister of the town. 3. Abigail is obviously the leader of the teenage girls who accuse half the town of being witches. She blackmails the girls into keeping quiet about what they did in the forest, that of which includes drinking blood and dancing naked. Her pointy reckoning means, more or less, that she has already thought of accusing them of witchcraft lest they confess to what really occurred in the forest. *Similarly to how Abigail threatens to accuse the girls of witchcraft as a plan to protect herself, people during the McCarthyism era would also quickly offer names of others in order to have their names erased from McCarthys list.

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4. Proctor tells Abigail their relationship is over. Abby, youll put it out of mind. Ill not be comin for you more.

5. Putnam commands Parris to look for evidence of witchcraft. When Reverend Hale comes, you will proceed to look for signs of witchcraft here.

6. Reverend Hale (minister of Beverly) arrives to investigate if agents of the devil are in Salem. They must be; they are weighted in authorityWe shall need hard study if it comes to tracking down the Old Boy.

Act 1, p. 22

Act 1, p.28

Act 1, p. 36-37

4. In this instance, we finally learn why Elizabeth Proctor dismissed Abigail and no longer required her services. From the nature of the conversation that occurs between Abigail and Proctor in this scene, it is quite evident that they were having an affair. Abigail acts like a woman scorned and from this attitude of hers, we learn why she wanted to create a charm to harm Elizabeth Proctor. The intimate relationship between Abigail and Proctor is also revealed when the two are first shown flirting in the play before they begin to talk seriously about their affair. It seems Proctor chooses to end his relationship with Abigail not out of love for his wife, but because he is ashamed of himself for indulging in such a sin. 5. Putnam and his wife seem to have a considerable amount of power and influence over the town, or at least they think they do, due to the amount of property (acres) they own. From the very beginning of the play, Putnam and his wife are causing hysteria and attempting to influence Parris that the Devil and his agents have come to visit Salem. Putnam attempts to exercise his influence in order to bend Parris to his will, for Parris originally insisted twice that there is no sign of witchcraft. 6. Reverend Hale is a supposed expert on the supernatural elements (meaning the Devil and his affiliates) of the Christian faith. He was specifically asked to come to Salem from his own community, which he governs as minister, to investigate the probability of witchcraft in the town. It is interesting because he seems rather eager to do it, while all the other authority figures in Salem, specifically Parris, tremble with fear. It is also interesting that Hale refers to the Devil as Old Boy. Such a phrase is one that would be more commonly expressed towards the likeness of a friend or acquaintance, but Hale directs this phrase towards the idea of an evil entity, which he seems eager to seek out. *Reverend Hale seems to be the literary comparison to McCarthy himself. Hale goes around actively searching for witches just like McCarthy sought for communists in America or communist sympathizers.

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7. Giles mentions to Hale that his wife reads strange books. Im not sayin shes touched the Devil, now, but Id admire to know what books she reads and why she hides them. Shell not answer me, y see. 8. Abigail accuses Tituba of behavior associated with the Devil. She sends her spirit on me in church; she makes me laugh at prayer! 9. Tituba confesses to witchcraft. No, no, dont hang Tituba! I tell him I dont desire to work for him, sir.

Act 1, p. 41

Act 1, p.44

Act 1, p.44

7. This event is significant because this petty concern that Giles expresses to Hale later incriminates his own wife. This small mention of a strange occurrence in the middle of an ongoing investigation of witchcraft foreshadows how the hysteria in Salem will cause anyone to be accused of witchcraft, even for something most people would deem rather insignificant as proper evidence. *This relates to McCarthyism because it is false evidence or an instance that cannot be considered evidence. During the McCarthyism era, fake letters and documents were forged to incriminate people. 8. When Abigail is being pressured by Hale and Parris to confess about what truly happened in the forest, she jumps to accuse Tituba and place all the blame on her. They seem to believe Abigail and jump on the bandwagon of finding Tituba guilty of witchcraft because she is not only black, but she is also from a foreign country, which makes her appear to be the greater suspect to the men. They immediately target Tituba as their first victim due to the racist values that people held in that time period. *This relates to McCarthyism because certain people in this time period were purposely targeted just like Tituba. Tituba was targeted because of her race, but, during McCarthyism, people in the entertainment industry were targeted , especially if they used their public influence to speak out against McCarthyism. 9. Tituba only confesses to witchcraft after the men threaten to hang her. Most people would confess to a crime if a person threatened to kill them right there on the spot. She rails on telling the men what she knows they want to hear in an attempt to save her life. Tituba gives them the names of other women in hopes that they will be prosecuted and not herself.

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10. Abigail has an epiphany and begins a string of accusations of witchcraft against women in Salem. I danced for the Devil; I saw him; I wrote in his book; I go back to Jesus; I kiss his hand. I saw Sarah Good with the Devil! I saw Goody Osburn with the Devil! I saw Bridget Bishop with the Devil!

Act 1, p.48

10. Abigail is a first hand witness to the intense scrutiny Tituba is undergoing for supposedly being a witch. She exaggerates her renewal in
Jesus in an attempt to save herself from possibly being faced with the prospect of being hung as Tituba did. Furthermore, she begins a string of accusations to draw the attention and blame away from her and onto other people. Betty awakes immediately after Abigail starts this, for she realizes that by accusing others she will not get into any trouble.

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