In Act I, Scene i, Betty Parris and Ruth Putnam are both
unable to wake:
ABIGAIL: Yes, Uncle. (He goes out with
Putnam.) How is Ruth sick?
MERCY: It’s weirdish, I know not—she seems to walk
like a dead one since last night.
Abigail attributes their
inability to wake to excessive fright as a result of Reverend Parris catching them
dancing in the woods around a pot with frogs in it. They had convinced the Parris'
slave, Tituba, to help them cast a spell on Elizabeth Proctor so that John Proctor would
leave her for Abigail.
In Act I, Scene i Betty also tries
to fly out the window and she screams when she hears people praying in the Parris
home.
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