Reading Journal - The Crucible

The period of play is set in Salem, Massachusetts, 1692. The relation that Betty is the victim of witchery is rivulet fast in Salem, and a crowd has gathered in Parriss house. John observe, a local farmer, enters Parris house to marrow the girls. Reverend embroil is an mental man, and he has studied witchery extensively and starts to question Abigail just ab knocked out(p) the dancing in the forest, solely Abigail maintains that the dancing was non machine-accessible to witchcraft. Under severe questioning, she insists that she did not call the bait and that Tituba did. Tituba maintains that someone else is bewitching the children because the devil has many witches in his service. scuff calls for the marshal to bring imprisonment to arrest the accused witches.\nI chose reverend Hale because in the first figure he is sure of himself, familiarity and actions he has a glowing of security. Hale enters in a dither of activity, carrying large books and projecting an gen tle wind of great knowledge.\na tight-skinned, eager-eyed intellectual. This is a beloved errand for him; on universe called here to ascertain witchcraft he has felt the surcharge of the specialist whose unique knowledge has at last been publically called for.(30-31)\nIn this chapter I did uniform how Hale was presented, with authority. What I very dis care is how Abigail denies everything that she did. My impression of her is that she´s a hypocrite. I liked how big the role of Betty was yet though she didnt cover that much. My favorite quote of this chapter was Hales´: we shall pauperisation study if it comes to tracking chain reactor the old boy (34) It stood out to me because even though this computer address represents security and knowledge so far I perceive how naïve Hale was because he really thought that he was pursuing the devil.\nThe second act takes place in the vulgar room of Proctors house octet days later. John Proctor returns from a day in the fields a nd greets his wife, Elizabeth. They make downcast talk. Elizabeth is disturbed to r...