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Rebbecca Nurse, Mary Easty and Sarah Cloyse. Rebbecca and Mary were executed.
Hale goes back to Salem to try to get thous accused of witchcraft to confess to save there lives. Abigail runs away with Mary and Parris wants Danforth to postpone the hangings. but Danfoth says he cannot.
The news that Giles Corey reveals to the Proctors is that his wife Martha has been taken to jail. He also tells them that Rebecca Nurse has been taken to jail as well.
Rebbecca Nurse was first to say that she was not a witch, but that "the devil was using their shape"
She is surprised
Juliet asks the Nurse to listen to her confession instead of Friar Laurence.
Giles reveals that Goody Corey and Rebecca Nurse have been arrested.
John Proctor recants his confession. He refuses to tarnish his good name and to set a bad example for his sons. Proctor also does not want to dishonor people like Rebecca Nurse and Martha Corey by giving a false confession to the court.
The nurse says "Have you leave to go to shrift today?" because she is leading up to telling her that Romeo has arranged their wedding. Shrift is confession. About the only thing Juliet was allowed to leave the house to do was to go to church either for Mass or confession. Now, to go to confession she would go to see Friar Lawrence at his cell at the church (probably in attached cloisters). So if she has permission to go to confession, she can go to the church where Romeo and the Friar will be waiting so she can be married.
Juliet does not appear to have any friends apart from her Nurse. How could she? She's only allowed out of the house to go to confession.
Juliet does not appear to have any friends apart from her Nurse. How could she? She's only allowed out of the house to go to confession.
Juliet does not appear to have any friends apart from her Nurse. How could she? She's only allowed out of the house to go to confession.