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1. Several towns girls, including Abigail Williams, perform witchcraft in the woods surrounding the town of Salem...

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1. Several towns girls, including Abigail Williams, perform witchcraft in the woods surrounding the town of Salem...

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prior to the events that unfold to the audience at the start of the play, Abigail drinks blood as Mercy Lewis dances naked. Tituba performs a Barbados ritual surrounding a fire.

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2. Reverend Parris is near Betty Parris's side awaiting answers to Betty's sudden ailment...

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2. Reverend Parris is near Betty Parris's side awaiting answers to Betty's sudden ailment...

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Tituba asks if Betty is to be well again but Parris quickly dismisses her. Susanna is sent from the doctor to let him know that the doctor does not have a treatment in line for her symptoms. Susanna suggests that there may be supernatural causes to Betty's illness yet Parris tells her that he has sent for Reverend Hale to be sure that this is not the case. Susanna soon exits once asked not to speak to anyone else within the community about such topics.

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3. Parris confronts his niece Abigail about him finding the girl's mid-ritual...

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3. Parris confronts his niece Abigail about him finding the girl's mid-ritual...

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Reverend Parris questions the intentions behind what he witnessed from the girls in the woods. Abigail insists that it was simply dancing and has nothing to do with Betty's state. We also learn that Abigail is not fond of Ms. Ann Putnam.

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4. Parris speaks to Mr. and Ms. Putnam...

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4. Parris speaks to Mr. and Ms. Putnam...

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Ms. Putnam tells Parris that his slave Tituba can speak to her dead children and this clearly points to Tituba's role in witchcraft. Parris asks Abigail if she had been conjuring spirits yet she is quick to blame Ruth Putnam and Tituba. Parris and the Putnams exit.

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Abigail, Betty, Mercy and Marry Warren make it clear that they had been involved in witchcraft. Abigail threatens to kill them if they are to confess.

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6.  Abigail and John Proctor speak briefly about their feelings towards one another... 

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6.  Abigail and John Proctor speak briefly about their feelings towards one another... 

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Here, the audience becomes aware of Abigail's attraction to Proctor and their past affair.

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7. Reverend John Hale questions those involved in the ritual....

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7. Reverend John Hale questions those involved in the ritual....

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When Abigail is questioned, she quickly puts the blame on Tituba who then points the blame to others in Salem. Seeing how Tituba used this tactic to avoid issues, Abigail then begins to do the same. Thus, causing an increasing urgency to Salem's problems.