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into court to save his wife and prove the girls liars. However, he ends up being accused himself. Mary Warren is in court testifying when she suddenly breaks down � hysterically, pointing at Proctor, fearful of him: My name, he want my name. �I�ll murder you,� he says, �if my wife hands! We must go and over throw the court,� he says�... � [Proctor] wake me every night, his eyes were like coals and his fingers claw my neck and I sign, I sign��(119). Thus John Proctor fails in trying to rescue his wife from the clutches of the false accusers, instead he falls pray to them.
Proctor establishes that the children are lying in court with respect to their accusations of the townspeople. Proctor first learns of this through his household servant, Mary Warren who is one of the accusers. Proctor deducts from the events that Mary Warren and Abigail, the lead conspirator, are in cahoots in trying to kill Proctor�s wife by accusing her of witchcraft. They come up with the idea of what is ...

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