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Salem Jail
In the Salem jail Marshall Herrick wakes up Sarah Good and Tituba to move them to a different cell. Sarah and Tituba tell Herrick that they are waiting for the Devil. They plan to fly to Barbados with the Devil.They tell Herrick that the Devil will transform them into birds so that they can fly to Barbados. -
Abigail and Mercy Lewis go missing
Parris summons Danforth and Hathorne and informs them that Hale is attempting to convince the prisoners to confess their crimes. Parris also tells Danforth that Abigail and Mercy Lewis have disappeared. Abigail robbed Parris, and he believes she and Mercy boarded a ship. -
Hale summons Elizabeth from prison
Reverend Hale asks for Elizabeth. He asks her to talk and convince Proctor to admit his guilt so that the court will not hang him. Elizabeth agrees to speak with him. Proctor and Elizabeth discuss their children and the child she carries. John asks Elizabeth whether or not he should confess and she tells him she knows he will do what is right. -
Elizabeth get to talk to John
The court lets Elizabeth talk to John to get him to confess. She tells him that she forgives him and whatever he chooses she know will be the right decision. -
John confesses
John confesses to witchcraft. The court then makes him sighn his confession on paper and then John tears it up when he learns they will hang it on the church door because he does not want to loose his good name. As a result of this John Proctor will be executed for witch craft. Rebecca Nurse is shocked of John's actions and continues to refuse of witchcraft. -
John Proctor and Rebecca Nurse refuse to confess to such abominations.
The court takes Proctor out of the prison to the gallows to be hung. Hale begs Elizabeth to convince Proctor to change his mind. Elizabeth refuses. She knows what John wishes and respects it.In the end of the Salem witch trials, John Proctor and Rebecca Nurse hang for not confessing of witchcraft.