Proctor: "If she is innocent! Why do you never wonder if Parris be innocent, or Abigail? Is the accuser always holy now?" (77).
When Hale began to interogate Abigail, she shifted the blame to Tituba. Once Abigail shifted the blame, everything that she said was thought to be true. All the accusations were now on Tituba and she began to name people that she has seen with the Devil. Ever since then, according to the court officials, Abigail and Tituba spoke the truth. This is evident because since that scene, Tituba has yet to appear again.
Hale: "It's said you hold no belief that there may even be witches in the world? Is that true, sir? (69).
The quote above is very ironic. Earlier in the play Hale asked everyone to not jump to conclusions and to not accuse anyone of witchcraft without solid proof: "We cannot look to superstition in this. The Devil is precise; the marks of his presence are definite as stone" (38). Hale is completely contradicting himself in this quote. Hale is not only judging Proctor and Elizabeth for not believing in witches, but he is using their disbelief against them.
After hearing Mary Warren confess to making the doll and sticking the needle through it, why is Elizabeth Proctor still the one getting arrested?
Should Proctor begin to worry about him being next to be accused?
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