Summarize Acts One and Two of The Crucible.

In Act One, Betty
Parris, the daughter of the minister, has taken ill, and Reverend Parris doesn't know why. He is
especially concerned, however, because -- last night -- he found his niece and daughter and a
number of other local girls dancing in the woods, one naked, while his Barbadian slave chanted
and swayed over the fire. News has already gotten out about his daughter's illness because
another girl in town, Ruth Putnam, has taken ill too. Her parents arrive and confess that they
charged Ruth to go to Tituba, the slave, and try to conjure the spirits of the seven dead Putnam
babies in an effort to find out what (or who) killed them. The Putnams suspect it was witchcraft
and fear for Ruth's life now that she is ill. When the girls are left alone, Betty says that
Abigail also drank blood and used a...