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Act 1 Pg. 461-464
Act 1 opens on a bedroom in Reverend Samuel Parris’ house in the spring of 1692. Parris’ daughter, 10-year-old Betty, is in a deep sleep as a result of an unknown illness, and Parris is kneeling in prayer next to her bed. A woman named Tituba is introduced as the Parris family's middle-aged slave from Barbados, she tries to check on Betty, but she is immediately ordered out of the room by Reverend Parris. -
Act 1 Pg. 465-471
The doctor couldn't find anything physically wrong with Betty, and they should start to consider supernatural forces as a potential culprit. Parris is very concerned about damage to his reputation if witchcraft is discovered in his house. He tells the doctor to continue looking for medical reason of Betty's condition, while he has also summoned Reverend Hale from the neighboring town of Beverly to quietly investigate whether there is any truth to this supernatural hypothesis. -
Act 1 Pg. 472-485
An intellectual church leader named Reverend Hale arrives from the town of Beverly to investigate the situation and see if he can detect any signs of witchcraft. Abigail confesses that Tituba called the Devil after more details about the previous night are revealed.Abigail and Betty then admit their unwilling involvement in witchcraft and shout out the names of several other women who they claim to have seen with the Devil. -
Act 2 Pgs. 487-493
John and Elizabeth discuss the trails in Salem. John has to go into town and tell them that Abigail is lying, Elizabeth is being accused in the court -
Act 2 Pgs. 494-498
John has to tell Abgail is over between them. Hale arrives and questions Proctor about his religious devotion. Both Giles and Fancis wives have been arrested for witchcraft. -
Act 2 Pgs. 499-503
Elizabeth have been arrested. Proctor wants Mary to testify on Elizabeth's behalf. Mary is terrified and doesn't want to go through with that plan. -
Act 3 Pgs. 505-511
Judge Hathorne is questioning Martha Corey. Giles is thrown in another room b/c he keeps interrupting. Proctor presents a petition saying that Elizabeth, Martha and Rebecca are good people -
Act 3 Pgs 512-517
Proctor then gives Danforth Giles Corey's deposition. Corey says Putnam told his daughter to accuse George Jacobs of Witchcraft so Putnam could take his land. Corey refused to tell the name of the person he got this information from and Putnam denies it. -
Act 3 Pgs. 518-525
Danforth gets Mary Warren's statement admitting that her and other girls were faking. Abigail says she feels a spirit in the room which enrages Proctor and makes him call her a whore and confess that they had an affair. Mary breaks down under pressure and confesses that John forced her to work for the devil. Proctor and Corey are arrested -
Act Pgs. 527-531
Act 4 opens with Herrick removing Tituba and Sarah Good from a jail cell so the court officials can hold a meeting there.When Parris arrives at the meeting, he explains that Hale is trying to get the prisoners to confess to their crimes rather than lose their lives needlessly. He also reveals that Abigail and Mercy Lewis have run away, and they stole his life’s savings. -
Act 4 Pgs. 532-535
The authorities then discuss the state of social unrest that has emerged in Salem after the jailing of so many citizens. Parris is very concerned about what will happen if they hang people who are well-respected.He advises that they postpone the hangings and continue pushing for confessions, but Danforth refuses because it would make him look bad. -
Act 4 Pgs. 536-539
John decides he can’t go through the rest of his life after signing his name into disgrace in this permanent way. Rebecca Nurse and John are then led off to the gallows by Marshal Herrick. The others beg Elizabeth to convince him to reconsider, but she refuses to deprive him of this choice when it’s clearly the only way he can break free from his self-hatred.
