ell him what she [Abigail] said to you last week in her uncle's house. She said it had naught to do with witchcraft" (53; italics added). After Abigail denounces her as a witch, Elizabeth's goal is more personal – "Oh, John, bring me [home] soon" – but it is still shaped by righteousness (77). That is, Elizabeth is more indignant at the injustice of the allegation than its personal consequence. She declares, "I will fear nothing" (78). Elizabeth is saved because she is pregnant; her sentence is stayed, and she is ultimately released after the witchcraft hysteria runs its course. Although her goal is realized when the injustice is reversed, her status is irredeemably lost. When her husband sees her in the last scene, "Her wrists are linked by heavy chain...Her clothes are dirty; her face is pale and gaunt" (131). Her descen
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