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In Salem during the time of the witch trials everyone is either politically motivated to believe the girls wild antics are the work of the devil, or they are so gullible that they think no child could ever impishly scorn the holiness of the church. Those are the t ....

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.... somewhat of a henchman to Mrs. Putnam, and Dr. Parris, for she is eliminating Parris's enemies, and she accuses Rebecca Nurse for Mrs. Putnam. Of course Parris doesn't know her murder of innocent people is for him, but she does it out of a somewhat obsessive sense of faith to him. Of course the other girls aren't totally innocent, but they don't have much of a choice. If they were to speak out like Mary Williams, the others would accuse them of witchcraft, just like they did to Mary. In my eyes the main reasons for the continued accusations were fear for their own life, and in Abigail a need to have John Proctor love her, and to serve Parris. W ....