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• HISTORICAL CONTEXT: This play takes place during the Salem witch trials. Parallel to McCarthyism (2nd Red Scare).

''Act 1:Ten-year-old Betty Parris has contracted a mysterious illness that renders her mute and bedridden. Her father, Reverend Samuel Parris, caught her dancing in the woods the night before with a group of girls. The group included his teenage niece Abigail Williams, and his slave,Tituba

Act 2:John Proctor sits down to dinner with his wife, Elizabeth Mary Warren, their servant has gone to the witch trials, defying Elizabeth's order that she remain in the house. Proctor can barely believe the craze, and he tells Elizabeth that Abigail had sworn her dancing had nothing to do with witchcraft

In Act 3 of The Crucible, three men, including John Proctor, go to the court in an effort to reason with the judge about the charges against their wives. ... In the end, the judge believes Abigail, Mary goes back to her, and John is condemned to prison with the others, but Reverend Hale now sees the absurdity of the court.

Act 4: This act takes place in a jail cell in Salem Marshal Herrick wakes up the occupants, Sarah Good and Tituba, to move them to a different cell. The two women speak of their plans to fly away to Barbados after the Devil comes for them and transforms them into bluebirds ''Nopeitsfake12 (talk) 14:17, 28 July 2021 (UTC) nopeeeee