In act ll. of the Crucible, Arthur Miller portrays the accusations of revenge through John Proctor; defending the accusing of his wife, Elizabeth, Proctor boldly questions reverend Hale and Mr. Cheever if "the accuser is always holy now?" Pointing at Mr. Parris, a minister who often speaks of the devil during church, to signify that just because Parris is a "holy" man does not mean his accusing's are fairly holy. Continuing [the accusers]Parris and Abigail's innocence on page 73. Procter mentions "vengeance" exactly four times in his paragraph statement to Hale and Cheever, confirming "vengeance is walking in Salem, common vengeance writes the law," and he quotes "...and I will not give my wife to vengeance!" Vengeance, a synonym of revenge, is what started all the corruption in Salem; vengeance of Abigail Williams for Procter's mistakable lust with her and for Procter choosing to stay with his wife instead of her, has corrupted Salem.
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