The story shows this when Betty and Abigail say who they see with the devil in act I. This leads to followers believing the two just with assumption. This causes a big controversy in the town and people follow and believe the girls right from the start. This causes numerous amount of people in the story to go on trial for witchcraft. John Proctor goes to trial and tries to prove the women innocent but his plan backfires with the knowing relationship of him and Abigail in the past. John states, “In her life she has never lied. There are them who cannot sing , and them that cannot weep-my wife cannot lie. I have paid much to earn it sir” (Miller, 1259). This shows that John wants to grant supporters for his mistakes. The words he uses makes the incident seem likely to be true. He is confident in his wife and is trying to grant more to be on his side rather than a unreasonable end to the
The story shows this when Betty and Abigail say who they see with the devil in act I. This leads to followers believing the two just with assumption. This causes a big controversy in the town and people follow and believe the girls right from the start. This causes numerous amount of people in the story to go on trial for witchcraft. John Proctor goes to trial and tries to prove the women innocent but his plan backfires with the knowing relationship of him and Abigail in the past. John states, “In her life she has never lied. There are them who cannot sing , and them that cannot weep-my wife cannot lie. I have paid much to earn it sir” (Miller, 1259). This shows that John wants to grant supporters for his mistakes. The words he uses makes the incident seem likely to be true. He is confident in his wife and is trying to grant more to be on his side rather than a unreasonable end to the