1. What are the flaws in Danforth’s logic about witchcraft and the trials? Explain.

Danforths logic on the witch trials is that justice has to be met, and if people say
and prove someone was a witch that justice had to be carry. Danforth was the
judge on the witch trials as well as the Governor of Massachussets.

2. Why can’t Mary Warren faint when asked? What does this reveal? Explain.
To do the pretense, she has to be caught up in the excitement in order to faint.
Then she begins the pretense again to pretend again and accuses Mary Warren
of "witching her."

3. When Elizabeth Proctor lies about her husband’s affair with Abigail, it is an
example of dramatic irony. What is the purpose behind this dramatic irony? Explain.
To show that shes being dramatic about it

4. How has Reverend Hale changed? What is the purpose behind this change?
he is determined to save John Proctor from execution. Hale becomes
convinced that the court does not care about the truth, a man has just
surrendered himself to the crime of lechery and they do not believe him, they
would rather charge him with witchcraft.

5. Why does Mary Warren accuse Proctor of witchcraft at the end of this scene?
What is the purpose behind this change in her character?
Mary sees how Abby has turned the judges against her, and because she fears
being accused of being a witch, she denounces her previous claims of having
pretended, and accuses John of influencing her. John ends up being accused
of witchcraft, and Mary saves her own neck.

6. In the film, Proctor only says the following: “I say you are pulling Heaven down
and raising up a whore” and “God is dead.” In the play, Proctor also adds the
following: “A fire, a fire is burning! I hear the boot of Lucifer, I see his filthy face! And
it is my face, and yours, Danforth! For them that quail to bring men out of ignorance,
as I have quailed, and as you quail now when you know in all your black hearts that
this be fraud—God damns our kind especially, and we will burn, we will burn
together!” To “quail” is to draw back in fear. What does Proctor mean by these lines,
and what do they contribute to your interpretation of the play? Explain.

Although most of the accused are women, the accused men will be
punished more severely.