By the time the play begins, the affair between Abigail Williams and John Proctor has been over for seven months. Elizabeth, John's wife, suspected them and approached him with her suspicions, and when he confessed to the affair, she released Abigail from their service; this is all alluded to in the conversation between the couple in Act Two. Now, Abigail very much hates Elizabeth and wants to get her out of the picture so that she can have...
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