This quote states what the 'proof' is against Sarah Good. Every time she came to the door begging and Mary turned her away, she mumbled something. Mary accused her of muttering curses on her because she always got sick after this happened. The judge asked Sarah Good what she said, and she claimed it was the commandments. When the judge asked her to recite them, she could not say a single one. They use this supposed 'proof' to accuse her of witchcraft. This is very ridiculous. She was just claiming she said the commandments to make herself look good. Just because she was not saying the commandments does not automatically make her a witch, she could have been saying anything. The townspeople seem very eager to accuse anyone they can, even on faulty evidence.
Will the townspeople ever realize what they are doing, or are they too fearful of the Devil to do anything right? Will they just kill everyone accused to make sure the Devil is no longer in the town?
2) Hale: 'Theology, sir, is a fortress; no crack in a fortress may be accounted small" (67).
This quote perfectly describes how all of the citizens in Salem view their religion. If there is even one bad deed committed by a person they are automatically associated with the Devil. They have the wrong ideas about Christianity and they take it too an extreme.
Is this quote a good piece of advice, or is it just how the townspeople in Salem view their faith?
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