Part 2: Act 5, Scene 8 Summary

The next morning, Prior descends to bed, where he wakes up and disturbs Belize, who has been sleeping in a chair. Emily comes in and says that his fever has broken.

Prior tells them he has had a wonderful dream, in which they all appeared. He thanks Hannah (the actress playing Hannah also plays the Rabbi Chemelwitz; Emily is played by the actress playing the angel). Hannah has also had a strange dream.

Louis enters. Prior sees his bruises, and Louis reminds him that he asked to see physical scars. The others go out of the room. On the way, Belize hands Prior the bag of special medication from Roy's cabinet. Louis tells Prior that he wants to come back to him.

Part 2: Act 5, Scene 8 Analysis

The fever represents a kind of physical storm, a manifestation of the trial...