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“I saw Sarah Good with the Devil! I saw Goody Osburn with the Devil! I saw Bridget Bishop with the Devil!” As important as it is to keep a good reputation in any society, in theocratic Salem where public and privet moralities are one in the same, and people are paying attention to everyone else’s actions; it is crucial to maintain a good standing among the populist. Yet a good reputation is something hard to keep when placed between doing what’s right and revealing things that will jeopardize it, or saying nothing and allowing for the unnecessary lost of life to preserve your good name. The First act starts off with Reverend Parris who has just caught one of his daughters Betty with a group of girls who were all dancing in the forest with a black slave named Tituba. Betty falls into a coma-like state. Not long after, a crowd gathers at the Parris home while rumors of witchcraft fill the town. Having sent for Reverend Hale, an expert on witchcraft, Parris questions Abigail Williams about the events that took place in the forest. She sticks to her story and admits nothing more than dancing. Meanwhile, after her uncle’s questioning she gathers up the rest of the girls and informs them not to say a word beyon