Goody Proctor Rhetorical Analysis

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Men and women, Goody Proctor (nod), people of the court, I stand before you today to reclaim the innocence this town has lost. Salem has been in anarchy driven by the heathens you (scan the room) have chosen to believe. Today, I present to you my deposition to no longer reprieve Abigail Williams. I will be corroborating all my points today in order for justice to be served.

The name and reputation (put hand on chest) I uphold is immaculate yet you choose to call me a child (point to the court), you accuse me of speaking gibberish. I, Mary Warren, have no blush about my name so there is no reason for me to hide behind the falsely accused. In this community, dancing is considered lewd, yet accusing weighty names of witchery, such a treacherous crime is looked over, and why? Because you believe Godly women like Goody Nurse or hearty John Proctor are guilty, or because so many lives have been lost but the court won’t admit fault. There is no justification for why Abigail isn’t hung yet!

I admit to dancing in the forest, as a sport, I admit to accusing the innocent, as a result of group hysteria. Abby made me tell lies, she made me... she threatened that if Betty or I “breathe a word, or the edge of a word” she would come “in the black of some terrible night” and “bring a pointy reckoning that will shudder…” us ¹. She told …show more content…

Even worse, she broke commandment seven, you shall not commit adultery. An affair, in Salem!? (sarcasm) The town of the holy and righteous? There could be no way! (chuckle) Best believe it! Those present in the court months before the death of John Proctor he admitted to lechery with “ a whore.” ⁵ Now Abby’s true selfish, jealous motives are revealed, Abigail titillated a married man, conjured the spirits to kill his wife and marry him not because she cares about him, but because it will increase her position in this

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