In Act II, before Mary returns home from the court, John Proctor scolds his wife, Elizabeth, for allowing Mary to even go into town to the court that day. He says, "You heard me forbid her go to Salem anymore!" Elizabeth explains that Mary was simply too willful for her to stop, and she describes the way all the girls are treated in the town now that the court is in session and people are being convicted of and confessing to witchcraft. John...
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