In the early years of Salem, Massachusetts, there were many speculations about witchcraft and different types of menacing events. There was the forbidden forest, said to be overcome by the devil and witchcraft, and some talk here and there of such things. Until one day, Abigail Williams came around to stir the pot. She decided that she wanted John Proctor all to herself, and she that meant that she needed to get Elizabeth, his wife, out of the way. When Abigail and some of her young female friends decided to go out into the woods with Tituba, the trouble had begun. Because witchcraft was such a sensitive subject in the little village of Salem, the girls knew that they needed to keep their little pow-wow a secret. Until, unfortunately, young Betty’s father, Mr. Parris, came to find them in the woods. From then on, it was all about the girls being sick, dead but at the same time alive, and there were a lot of questions asked. Of course, the girls didn’t want to get into any trouble, especially not Abigail. Although some of the girls thought that it would be a bright idea to tell the truth about what they were doing in the woods, Abigail was very strongly against it. She warned all of the girls to tell the village that they …show more content…
He and Elizabeth thought long and hard about it, and at last he was ready to make his decision. So when he refused to sign over his name to be nailed on the church, it is unimaginable what could’ve been running through his mind. Most likely, it was about is family, and leaving a good name for his sons and unborn child to live with. Had he written his name down and lived on with the community believing he was involved with witchcraft, it would’ve been a long, ridiculing life. He did the honorable thing by taken the consequence in order for his family to live a slightly easier life within the