Hawthorne's argument in act 3 is that Mary Warren is lying when she claimed that she pretended to faint. He asked her for a repeat fainting performance. Hawthorne's belief is that if she had successfully pretend her fainting before, she can do it again. But she was not able to do it.
The answer is: [D]: ____________________________________________________________ "<span>a symbol or theme that appears in stories from many different cultures" . _____________________________________________________________</span>