In The Crucible, Act 1, Part 4, the conflict between the characters begins not with witchcraft but with property disputes.
Which passages from the text support this analysis?
Select all that apply.
A. PUTNAM: A moment, Mr. Proctor. What lumber is that you’re draggin’, if I may ask you?
PROCTOR: My lumber. From out my forest by the riverside.
PUTNAM: Why, we are surely gone wild this year. What anarchy is this? That tract is in my bounds, it’s in my bounds, Mr. Proctor.
B. PUTNAM: There be children dyin’ in the village, Mister!
PROCTOR: I seen none dyin’. This society will not be a bag to swing around your head, Mr. Putnam. (to Parris) Did you call a meeting before you—?
PUTNAM: I am sick of meetings; cannot the man turn his head without he have a meeting?
C. PROCTOR: Your grandfather had a habit of willing land that never belonged to him, if I may say it plain.
GILES: That’s God’s truth; he nearly willed away my north pasture but he knew I’d break his fingers before he’d set his name to it.
D. PARRIS: A wide opinion’s running in the parish that the Devil may be among us, and I would satisfy them that they are wrong.
PROCTOR: Then let you come out and call them wrong. Did you consult the wardens before you called this minister to look for devils?
PARRIS: He is not coming to look for devils!
The Crucible, Act 1, Part 4