why it is meaningful that were hardly thirty people at John Proctor's excommunication. Draw conclusions as to what this tells the audience.

John Proctor's excommunication had barely thirty witnesses. In a community as large as Salem, an excommunication would have been a huge event..... everyone would have attended. From the text, however, we can infer that the people of Salem are unhappy with what is happening in their community. Too many people are being arrested, accusations are plentiful, and good people are being sentenced to death. The community, once frightened, now questions the actions of the court..... and when someone like John Proctor is excommunicated..... a well respected man, who is considered honorable among his peers, everyone has to be thinking.... who's next.

"It cannot be forgot, sir, that when I summoned the congregation for John Proctor's excommunication there were hardly thirty people come to hear it. That speak a discontent, I think."