How does John Proctor…?
Proctor talks to Hale about why he doesn’t go to church. He says, “I like it not that Mr. Parris should lay his hand upon my baby. I see no light of God in that man. I’ll not conceal it.” (Act 2, Scene 3) Proctor talks to Hale about the witchcraft accusations and Abigail. He says: “I-I have no witness and cannot prove … it except my word be taken. But I know the children’s sickness had naught to do with witchcraft.” (Act 2) Proctor rips up the warrant for his wife’s arrest. He’s upset that his wife is going to die. He loves his wife and feels that the accusations made by Abigail are false. He says: “If … she is innocent! Why do you never wonder if Parris be innocent, or Abigail? Is the accuser always holy now? Were they born this morning as clean as God’s fingers? I’ll tell you what’s walking Salem-vengeance is walking Salem. We are what we always were in Salem, but now the little crazy children are jangling the keys of the kingdom, and common vengeance writes the law! This warrant
