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Goody Proctor's Argumentative Essay

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Your honor, ladies and gentlemen of the jury, last night, Abigail Williams accused Goody Proctor of an attempted murder by witchcraft. The charge included a needle in a witch poppet and one in Abigail’s abdominal. Today, I will prove Goody Proctor’s innocence of this malignant and malicious charge of attempted murder. First of all, it is clear that the poppet Mr.Cheever discovered did not belong to Goody Proctor. Mary Warren claimed that she made the poppet in the court and Susanna Walcott saw her sew it ( Miller 81). This proves that Goody Proctor never made that poppet. Therefore, it is not evidence in support of the charge against her. Goody Proctor never had any contact with the poppet until Mary gave it to her when she returned home

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