MARY WARREN: Mr. Proctor, in open court she near to choked us all to death.
PROCTOR: How, choked you?
MARY WARREN: She sent her spirit out…She tried to kill me many times.
– Arthur Miller
The Crucible, Act 2. Mary Warren makes this absurd and almost comical allegation about Sarah Good, knowing it is a lie. However, there is nothing funny in it for the unfortunate Sarah, a homeless and mentally unstable woman. She is an easy target for Mary and the other girls with their lying accusations of witchcraft.