People
of Salem you will now be able to know the truth. The truth of what was happening
in court with Proctor and the others that were accused. We have been notified
that Reverend Hale came to Salem thinking that his knowledge would be enough to
resolve the conflict. However it was not.
Knowing that there was no such thing as witchcraft in the town, the hard part for Hale was to find out who the real culprit was. One thing that Hale knew for sure at the end was that John Proctor was not guilty, and due to that he had no reason to be hanged. Furthermore, an anonymous source told us that Hale decided to use Elizabeth in order to convince Proctor to lie. Hale believed, “Life is God’s most precious gift; no principle, however glorious, may justify the taking of it. I beg you, woman, prevail upon your husband to confess. Let him give his lie. Quail not before God’s judgment in this, for it may well be God damns a liar less than he that throws his life away for pride. Will you plead with him? I cannot think he will listen to another,” (132). Hale strongly believed that Elizabeth would be able to convince Proctor, however she believed otherwise.
Knowing that there was no such thing as witchcraft in the town, the hard part for Hale was to find out who the real culprit was. One thing that Hale knew for sure at the end was that John Proctor was not guilty, and due to that he had no reason to be hanged. Furthermore, an anonymous source told us that Hale decided to use Elizabeth in order to convince Proctor to lie. Hale believed, “Life is God’s most precious gift; no principle, however glorious, may justify the taking of it. I beg you, woman, prevail upon your husband to confess. Let him give his lie. Quail not before God’s judgment in this, for it may well be God damns a liar less than he that throws his life away for pride. Will you plead with him? I cannot think he will listen to another,” (132). Hale strongly believed that Elizabeth would be able to convince Proctor, however she believed otherwise.
A
couple hours later another anonymous source heard that instead of convincing
Proctor, Elizabeth was blaming herself for being a bad wife. “John, I counted
myself do plain, so poorly made, no honest love could come from me! Suspicion
kissed you when I did; I never knew how I should say my love. It was a cold
house I kept!”(137). Here the source tells us that Elizabeth became weak and
she started to break down. Instead of being strong she started burying herself
with reasons of being a bad wife and a bad Puritan in general. However towards
the end she did build up some courage. The source told us that she wasn’t of
much help, because she kept on telling Proctor to follow his heart. “Do what
you will. But let none be your judge. There is no higher judge under the Heaven
than Proctor is! Forgive me, forgive me, John-I never knew such goodness in the
world! She covers her face, weeping.” (137).
This showed that somehow she was telling the truth to Proctor and she was making him realize that he should do whatever he thought was right. In the end, he was the one that had to face God not anyone else. The source told us that it was hard for her to confess her feelings and tell him how she felt, but it had to be done, he had to know. Proctor had to choose whether or not to live or die. If he chose to die at least he will give his soul peace, but if he stays alive he will be riding another whole roller-coaster. Also if he stays alive all of his land will be taken away, and he will have to live under the guilt and shame of what he did. Read our main article to find out what happened to Proctor and his family.
~Yours truly,
This showed that somehow she was telling the truth to Proctor and she was making him realize that he should do whatever he thought was right. In the end, he was the one that had to face God not anyone else. The source told us that it was hard for her to confess her feelings and tell him how she felt, but it had to be done, he had to know. Proctor had to choose whether or not to live or die. If he chose to die at least he will give his soul peace, but if he stays alive he will be riding another whole roller-coaster. Also if he stays alive all of his land will be taken away, and he will have to live under the guilt and shame of what he did. Read our main article to find out what happened to Proctor and his family.
~Yours truly,
Anjali Patel
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