Volunteer+Discussion+1

By Friday morning at 8am, our three volunteers--Alex, Alexis, and Erica-- should each enter a final statement (150 word minimum) on the court scene from Act III.

By Wednesday at 8am, all remaining students should use the discussion tab to insert a minimum of one important quote from **Act III.** For each quote, please paraphrase and mention its importance.

__Example (from Act II)__: //"I do not judge you. The magistrate sits in your heart that judges you" (1271).// Elizabeth Proctor says this to John Proctor. In Act II, John's loses his temper with his wife. He suspects his wife of further investigating his relationship with Abigail Williams, even though he ended the affair months before. In this scene, Elizabeth urges John to tell the truth about Abigail so that her testimony in court will hold less weight. Naturally, John is reluctant to tell the court about his affair. His anger towards his wife results not from Elizabeth's actual treatment of her husband, but his guilty conscience (the judge in his heart).

The court scene from act III had many surprising twists and when I was finished reading the scene I was tempted to go on to read more. Abigail is my favorite character, especially in this scene. Abigail is very evil and self-serving. She is extremely cunning and I was impressed with her vindictive ability to get out of her troublesome situation. The scene turned really fast due to Abigail’s fast acting witch cry. I was in awe due to Abigail’s clever ways. I felt bad for Mary Warren, however, for being targeted by her so called friend. I also felt sympathetic for John Proctor when Mary Warren then turned on him to save herself. The witch hunting is growing more and more uncontrollable and innocent people are being afflicted. The court scene from act III was full of interesting dynamics and much was revealed about the characters in the play.
 * Erica Staley **

= **Alexis Zajac ** = In Act III the court scene surprised me since Elizabeth Proctor lied about the reason why they fired Abigail Williams. Before Elizabeth was put up to the stand her husband said she never lies, this caused everyone to believe that John Proctor was lying about what he did with Abigail. This surprised me since Elizabeth wanted John to tell the truth about his affair with Abigail and when she got to the stand she told the judges that she was fired because of her inability to work. If Elizabeth had told the truth the theocracy without a doubt would of won the case but because she lied the rebels had a better chance to win. I thought that Elizabeth was going to tell the truth about why Abigail was fired since she is and honest women and since she wanted the truth about Johns affair to be told. This shocking situation at the end of Act III made we want to read on to see what would happen next in the Salem witch trials.

Alex Mazerolle
In Act III the court scene was shocking and very frustrating to me. In the scene every one was blaming each other for being a witch. Although the thing that frustrated me the most was Abigail. She is the witch, or attempted witch, yet no one suspects her. When someone finally does suspect her she accuses Mary of try to cast a spell on her. So Procter admitted he had the affair and attacked Abigail. He told the court his wife would never lie and that she would confirm his affair. Then of coarse she comes out to testify and she figures she would protect John and lies. So now Procter looks like a fool and Abigail seems innocent. So then she starts he act again acting like Mary is trying to bewitch her. As a result of Abigail's horrible deed, Mary runs away screaming from the court, and Proctor is put in jail. I don't know i found this scene extremely annoying and very frustrating. **Does any one agree?**