The Crucible
According to Hale, what is the present condition of the courtyside?
Act 4
Act 4
Hale says that the witch court has condemned and executed so many people (innocent people) that there are orphans walking the countryside, cattle abandoned....
Excellency, there are orphans wandering from house to house; abandoned cattle bellow on the highroads, the stink of rotting crops hangs everywhere, and no man knows when the harlot's cry will end his life.