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Act One
Everything starts in Reverend Parris's bedroom, where his daughter Betty lies unconscious after being caught dancing in the woods with a group of girls.
Act Two
Two weeks after the trials began, John Proctor and his wife Elizabeth are living under obvious strain at home. John had an affair with Abigail, Elizabeth knows it, and neither of…
Act Three
John Proctor brings Mary Warren to the court to testify that the girls have been faking. This is the act where the system gets its clearest test and fails it completely.
Act Four
It is the morning of the scheduled executions for John Proctor and several others. The court gives John one last chance to confess and live.
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