ting man who would do anything to save the name of himself, his family and his friends - even if it would conclude in his own death - ‘I have given you my soul, leave me my name….’ Maybe Proctor’s strong will to protest caused the whole tragedy to continue on for a longer period of time. Maybe if he hadn’t engaged in adultry, he wouldn’t have felt nearly as guilty that he had to go and stand before the court for his wife. It could be said that he stood up for her to prove that he still loved her and maybe to regain some her trust back. The Proctor’s weren’t the only couple with the tragedy coming between them. Thomas Putnam too was caught in secretly trying to obtain the land and fight Giles’s accusation of Putnam killing his neighbours to get their land. Goody Putnam is maliciously accusing Tituba of murdering all her babies. These babies at the time, were announced still born, but now that Tituba is in the public eye because of being linked with Abigail and the starting of the tragedy, she is blamed. Wild accusations are flying around Salem linking people to anything abnormal that has gone wrong. The absurd naming of innocent people becomes an ongoing threat to all within Salem. Francis Nurse is shocked that his wife, Rebecca - a pillar of the Salem community - has been named before the court by Abigail and the girls. In fact, the entire community is astounded when they hear the news of Rebecca Nurse being named. The act of people naming others, and then those others naming more people still, definantly had a impact on the tragedy, dragging the whole thing out, much longer than it needed to be. To prove that all these people were actually guilty also played a part in lengthening the tragedy. Herrick, Cheever and Danforth, all so full of their own importance and strictness of the court - ‘the law binds me….I cannot budge’ - ask question after question to each victi...
