The Crucible

ACT 1: Salem, Mass. 1692; The church and religion is pretty much what Salem is about. Reverned Parris daughter, Betty, is in bed unmoving and is very sick. No one knows what her sickness is but they all assume that it is witchcraft. Parris wants to know what her problem is so he sends for John Hale, another reverend who is specialized in witchcraft, to come and see if that is her problem. Abigial Williams, his niece was also seen dancing in the woods with the girls, and Parris' slave Tituba. Abigial keeps denying that she is involved in any witchcraft, but she is the leader of it all. She tells Parris what Betty faints in shock when Parris spots them.

Elizabeth Proctor once had Abigail work for her in her house, but fired her because of weird stuff going on. Elizabeth hasn't been coming to church and Parris is wondering why. He is afraid that all of this talk of witchcraft will have people run him out of his ministry.
Thomas Putnam comes in with his wife and they tell Parris that their daughter Ruth is just as lifeless and unmoving as Betty is. Mrs. Putnam also claims that someone had told her that they saw Betty flying over a neighbors barn. Mrs. Putnam is against a lot of this because she had 7 babies and within a day they had all died. She believes that someone used witchcraft to kill all of her babies. Right then Mercy Lewis, the Putnams servant, said that Ruth was doing better. Mary Warren, the Proctors servant came in and Abigail updated her on what is all going on. She is getting worried because it won't be long before they all get labeled witches. All the sudden Betty sits up and is crying uncontrollably for her mother, who is dead and buried. Betty is freaking out becasue she knew that Abigail didn't tell them about drinking blood to kill Elizabeth Proctor, Abigail hits Betty across the face because Abigail says JUST to tell them about the stuff that went on in the woods. Abigail tells them that she will kill them if they say anything else that she hasn't told Parris.