Read the excerpt from Act II of The Crucible by Arthur Miller.
MARY WARREN: . . . Judge Hathome say, “Recite for us your commandments!” (leaning avidly toward them) and of all the ten [Sarah Good] could not say a single one. She never knew no commandments, and they had her in a flat lie!
PROCTOR: And so condemned her?
MARY WARREN, now a little strained, seeing his stubborn doubt: Why, they must when she condemned herself.
PROCTOR: But the proof, the proof!
MARY WARREN, with greater impatience with him: I told you the proof. It’s hard proof, hard as rock, the judges said.
PROCTOR, pauses an instant, then: You will not go to court again, Mary Warren.
MARY WARREN: I must tell you, sir, I will be gone every day now. I am amazed you do not see what weighty work we do.
PROCTOR: What work you do! It’s strange work for a Christian girl to hang old women!
MARY WARREN: But, Mr. Proctor, they will not hang them if they confess.
Based on this excerpt, which choice best describes how the author uses the character of Mary Warren to advance the plot?
MARY WARREN: . . . Judge Hathome say, “Recite for us your commandments!” (leaning avidly toward them) and of all the ten [Sarah Good] could not say a single one. She never knew no commandments, and they had her in a flat lie!
PROCTOR: And so condemned her?
MARY WARREN, now a little strained, seeing his stubborn doubt: Why, they must when she condemned herself.
PROCTOR: But the proof, the proof!
MARY WARREN, with greater impatience with him: I told you the proof. It’s hard proof, hard as rock, the judges said.
PROCTOR, pauses an instant, then: You will not go to court again, Mary Warren.
MARY WARREN: I must tell you, sir, I will be gone every day now. I am amazed you do not see what weighty work we do.
PROCTOR: What work you do! It’s strange work for a Christian girl to hang old women!
MARY WARREN: But, Mr. Proctor, they will not hang them if they confess.
Based on this excerpt, which choice best describes how the author uses the character of Mary Warren to advance the plot?