In Act Two, Mary Warren, the
Proctors’ servant, reports that 39 women have now been
arrested for suspected witchcraft. She gives Elizabeth Proctor
a rag doll she made while sitting in court for hours. Elizabeth
asks her husband to go to Salem and tell the court that Abigail
and the other girls are lying. Suspecting that Abigail wants
her dead, Elizabeth asks John to go to Abigail and break the
attachment the girl has to him. B Reverend Hale visits the
Proctors and asks John why he seldom goes to church and
plows on Sundays. Proctor reveals that he does not like Parris.
Proctor tells Hale that Abigail said there was no witchcraft that
night in the woods.