John Proctor's quote from Act II

During Act II, Proctor makes a very important point as his wife is being taken off into prison. He quotes “We are what we always were in Salem, but now the little crazy children are jangling the keys of the kingdom, and common vengeance writes the law!” What sense do I think that this material pertains to the play? In my opinion Proctor is speaking out to all of the accused of Salem. He is trying to make Hale understand that everyone has been and will be the same since this hysteria has hit their town. On the otherhand Hale and other common town figures including Judge Danforth think that anyone could be to blame during this hysteria. ". . . common vengeance writes the law!" basically portrays to the girls overall power in this situation. Ever since the girls gained the right to blame certain people as being witches power was put into their hands to do many other tedious and ruthless tasks that involved the common law and many innocent people's life. In the end, many people suffered and were either hanged, burned at stake, crushed to death, or jailed because of these girls and their power and the detail that lies within Proctor's quote holds the truth to this.