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awni5diko
awni5diko
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High School - 11th Grade

Crucible Act 3 - Examples of ridiculous evidence the court accepts? What are the three reversals that occurred in Act 3?

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Posted by awni5diko on Sunday November 8, 2009 at 1:55 PM and tagged with crucible act three evidence court, literature.

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  1. pohnpei397 Teacher
    Community / Jr. College

    eNotes Editor

    The only really ridiculous evidence I see being accepted in this act is the play acting of the girls towards the end of the act.  The "evidence" of the bird that Abigail sees is pretty ridiculous.  And more so, perhaps, is the "evidence" of the girls copying everything Mary says.

    Reversals:

    • Proctor brings the petition with the 91 names on it.  Instead of helping, the petition gets the signers in trouble.
    • Mary Warren comes to recant her testimony but at the end of the act she goes back to her originial testimony.
    • Giles Cory goes to testify against Putnam but ends up in jail himself for contempt.

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    Posted by pohnpei397 on Sunday November 8, 2009 at 2:23 PM

  2. awni5diko
    awni5diko Student
    High School - 11th Grade

    pohnpei397 , can you please explain why those are reversals?

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    Posted by awni5diko on Wednesday November 11, 2009 at 6:49 PM