This is shameful. Today, here we have a sensible, honest, productive member of our community. I cannot say I am quite sure how girls dancing in the woods singing songs translates to witchcraft, but the community says it so. With only fingers pointed and no factual or realistic information, we condemn our village to be hanged. A village, where we put the lies of young children above the credibility of our greatest elders! Look at the blasphemy! We are killing our generation, and you all refuse to believe that maybe this was a mistake! But instead we say we are curing Salem! John Proctor only wished to stop the killing and save his wife from prosecution, and so we pointed fingers at him next. Now John Proctor stands before you, an innocent man. He only wished to save the lives of his friends and show us the extremity taken to unrealistic events. Instead, for his courage he is said to be overthrowing the court. Mary Warren’s word, the word of a young girl who sided herself with satan is taken higher than that of a grown man’s? The court has no clear evidence that anyone here has sided with the devil! Yet, with all the evidence pointing towards these girls being liars, we take advantage of the situation. Salem has turned criminal, prosecuting others for land, vengeance, and their own health. Has Proctor …show more content…
That because of this the devil has been able to slip into his heart and blur his vision. However, look at Parris! Parris praises his material wealth and the material things he gets. He could very well pocket money and side with the devil yet he is a minister and therefore incorruptible. Are you all blind! If satan chooses to corrupt Salem then he would come to all! Yet we trust a liars word over that of an honest man. We hang a man that has done no evil! He did not go to church because his wife was sick! You all come to court to spread death and