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Read the following excerpt from Act One, paragraphs 204-206 of the play.
Proctor (shaking her). Do you look for whippin'?
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(A psalm is heard being sung below.)
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Abigail (in tears). I look for John Proctor that took me from my sleep and put knowledge in my heart! I never knew what pretense Salem was, I never knew the lying
lessons I was taught by all these Christian women and their covenanted men! And now you bid me tear the light out of my eyes? I will not, I cannot! You loved me, John
Proctor, and whatever sin it is, you love me yet! (He turns abruptly to go out. She rushes to him.) John, pity me, pity me!
The dialogue is used to highlight -
that Proctor is desperate and hopeless over his situation in the village
the positive relationship shown between Proctor and his wife
the ongoing tension among the main characters and the villagers
that the characters are highly emotional and upset due to their affair
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May 24
7:30 US A