The Crucible Quotes

He believed he was beingness persecuted wherever he went, despite his outstrip efforts to lure battalion and God to his side miller about Parris and how he doesnt run low to the residential bea only if fails to religion pg13 To the European world the whole province was a barbaric frontier populate by a sect of fanatics Belonging to a place milling machine recites this about capital of Oregon 13 Their creed forbade bothaffair resembling a theatre or vain enjoyment. Miller says what be to a corporation/group shag lead batch to bugger off/do 14 A holiday from c all on blind drunkt only that they must concentrate even more upon prayer Miller tells us about what theocratic society required 14 This predilection for minding other peoples business was time-honoured among the people of capital of Oregon Miller explains what it meant when people belonged to a wearnership 14 The edge of the wilderness was close byand it was full of mystery for them. Miller states that b elonging to such a wild place may be reason for the witch hunts 14 the Salem folk believed that the virgin wood was the fiends terminal preserve, his home base and the citadel of his final stand.This again shows that Miller believes that the location played a role in their beliefs. Highlights also their strong beliefs in religion and how theocracy ruled their society. 15 their church appoint it necessary to deny any other sect its freedom Miller highlights that you both belonged with their church or didnt belong at all. 15 the people of Salem developed a theocracy, a integrate of state and ghostlike power whose function was to keep the community together Miller informs us, in the introduction, that Salem was theocratic and their intentions in it 16 the people of Salem pauperismed to prevent any kind of disunity that might v auspicated it to destruction by material or ideological enemies This is, as Miller points out, the purpose of their theocratic society, except also giv es reasons for what happened when people didnt belong. 16 when one rises above the individual villainy displayed, one cannister only pity them all, just as we shall be pitied one day This is a relieve oneself link up that Miller shews between the witch hunts of Salem and the communist witch hunts in mid century the States 16 a sense of confusion cleaves about him play directions that paint Parris as someone who doesnt belong, from the very beginning 17 trouble in this house usually destroys on her sand Stage directions of act one tell us that Tituba, a slave from Barbados, does non belong in this community because she is different. 17 Go directly home and speak nothing of unnatural causes Parris says this to Susanna, highlighting his fear of being censured of not protecting their community, thitherby not belonging to the community. 18 Uncle, the rumour of witchery is all about I think you best go d make and deny it yourself Abigail pleads with Parris to make amends.This al so shows that she has wide power, or at least thinks she does. Parris, terrified of not being accepted in his relatively freshly community decides against it. 18 And what shall I say to them? That my daughter and my niece I discovered dancing like gentile in the forest? Parris highlights his fear of not being accepted and also the fact that his own family are shunning accepted protocol, thereby not belonging. 19 But if you trafficked with spirits in the forest I must k presently it, for surely my enemies leave, and they provide ruin be with it. Parris is once again broken about neer being accepted. 9 There is a faction that is sworn to drive me from my soapbox Parris is clear that he feels an outlander in his own community. The community he should effectively be enquiry of ingesting as it is theocratic and he is a reverend. 19 I saw Tituba waving her accouterments over the fire when I came on you. Why was she doing that? Parris questions the power Tituba has to c see e the girls because she isnt trusted and is an outsider. 19 She were swaying like a dumb beast over that fire Parris exclaims that not only is Tituba an outsider, she is also now compared to being an animal. 20 She always sings her Barbados songs, and we dance. Abigail catches on quickly and realises that Tituba can easily be blamed for any indiscretions because she is already considered an outsider. Also shows that Abigail is human beingsipulative and that she is the leader of the peer group of girls. 20 I pray you feel the weight of truth upon you, for now my ministrys at stake, my ministry and perhaps your cousins life. Parris appeals to religion, the only thing he belongs to truly, and then fears not only for his daughters life but also him losing tone in the community. 20 I gestate fought here three long years to bend these obstinate people to me, and now, just now when some substantially respect is rising for me in the parish, you compromise my character. Parris is cl ear that the only thing that truly concerns him is reputation, invoke and being in charge. Not even his daughters life seems important. 20 I would not be her slaveI allow not disconsolate my face for any of them The juxtapositioning of colour here highlights that Tituba is an outsider in this community. 20 the Devils touching is heavier than sick. Its death, yknow, its death drivin into them, forked and hoofed. Mrs Putnam prays on peoples fears of the devil 21 doubting Thomas, I pray you, leap not to witchcraft. I know that you you least of all, Thomas, would ever privation so disastrous a charge laid upon me. Parris, petrified that the Putnams, people with great work, leave ruin him. 22 They entrust howl me out of Salem for such corruption in my house. Again, Parris is dysphoric about being an outsider and losing face. 22 Thomas Putnam felt that his own name and the honour of his family had been smirched by the village, and he meant to right matters in time he could. Miller interjects in the drama and states that even Putnam worried about being an outsider 23 So it is not surprising to find that many accusations against people are in the handwriting of Thomas Putnam Putnam, as Miller explains, decided to fight out first rather than have any suspicions land on him, against his name. 23 Tituba knows how to speak to the dead, Mr Parris. Mrs Putnam, also along with Abigail, knows to put blame on the one current outsider Tituba. 23 Oh Abigail, what proper payment for my charity Now I am undone. Parris, not worried solely about his daughters life/death but that his reputation is done. 24 They exit topple me with this Again, Parris is worried about being finally cast out of the society/community 24 I have no answer for that crowd. Use of exclusive language that separates Parris from the rest of the community 24 Let you strike out against the Devil, and the village pass on bless you for it Theyre thirsty for your word, Mister Putnam, using his i nfluence, pleads with Parris to say something to the community. He is also astute plenteous to realise he should pray on Parris fear of exclusion. 4/25 Ill lead them in a psalm, but let you say nothing of witchcraft yet. I will not discuss it. Parris as soul of the theocratic society. 25 Listen, now if they be questioning us, tell them we danced I told him as much already. Abigail is now leading the peer group art the shots. 25 Whatll we do? The village is out The whole countrys talkin witchcraft Theyll be callin us witches, Abby bloody shame Warren shows that she is frightened of the consequences of going outside of the communitys main traditions/culture and that she is toilsome to go against Abigail, unsuccessfully 25 Abby weve got to tellwitcherys a hangin erroryoull only be whipped for dancin bloody shame Warren tries to use high modal language to make a stand against the head of the peer group, again highlighting her fear. 26 Oh, youre a great one for lookin arent you Mary Warren? What a great peeping courage you have Conflict between Abigail and Mary Warren pose her down and trying to cast her out of her peer group. Makes Mary Warren want to please her/win her over again, to cheque with them. Its safer that way. 26 BETTY You drank blood, Abby You didnt tell him that ABIGAIL Betty, you never say that again You will never BETTY you drank a charm to protrude Goody watch over. The conflict in the peer group 26 Now look you. All of you. We danced. And Tituba conjured Ruth Putnams dead sisters. And that is all. And mark this. Let either of you take place a word, or the edge of a word, about the other things, and I will come to you in the black of some terrible night and I will bring a pointy reckoning that will shudder you. The main threat that Abigail uses to stay in charge of the peer group and have people fear being an outsider. 26 I can make you deprivation you had never seen the sun go down Again, Abigail threatens to achieve her purp ose, and have people fear going against her. 27 He acquire not have been a partisan of any faction in the townhe was the kind of man powerful of body, even-tempered and not easily led Miller introduces Proctor as someone who was able-bodied to stay outside of the peer group and community and had the strength to remain true to his own convictions. 27 Abby, I never give you apprehend to wait for me. Proctor softly tells Abigail that their relationship is done and that he hasnt wanted any more. 8 Or did I dream that? Its she put me out, you cannot take a leak it were you. I saw your face when she put me out, and you loved me then and you do now Abigail pleads with Proctor demo what is driving her actions. Also highlights that Proctor has foregone outside of his marriage. 29 I have hardly stepped clear up my farm this seven-month. Proctor makes it clear he is physically outside of his community and as a declaration can also be removed otherwise. 29 She is blackening my name i n the village She is sex act lies about me She is a cold, snivelling woman, and you bend to her Abigails tension/conflict with Goody Proctor. Worried about her name and reputation in the community. 30 Francis had originally rented the land, and one theory has it that, as he gradually compensable for it and raised his social status, there were those who resented his rise. Miller highlights that land ownership meant a lot for the community at the time 31 I am sick of meetings cannot the man turn his head without he have a meeting? Proctor is discontent with the community and the way they must belong 33 This will dress out us all to arguin again in the society, and we thought to have peace this year. Rebecca, the voice of reason, tries to propitiate the community to make them all belong. 33 We vote by name in this society, not by acreage. Proctor, another voice of reason, says this about how they should belong in the community 33 I never hear you worried so on this society, Mr P roctor. I do not think I saw you at Sabbath meeting since snow flew. Putnam accuses Proctor of being an outsider because he doesnt participate in the unearthly aspect of their theocratic society. 33 There are many others who stay away from church these eld because you hardly ever mention God any more. Proctor claims that there is no purpose in church since Parris arrived. He makes it unhappy and all about hell 34 I regard that six-spot pound a year as part of my salary. I am paid little enough without I spend six pound on firewood. Parris is materialistic doesnt want to do anything unless it benefits him financially 34 I do not fathom it, why am I persecuted here? I cannot offer one proposition but there be howling riot of argument. I have often wondered if the Devil be in it somewhere I cannot understand you people otherwise. Parris using restate psycheal pronoun to show that he feels persecuted in the society 34 I do not wish to be put out like the cat whenever some majori ty feels the whim. Parris uses simile to prove how he feels a complete outsider and the power of the community when someone does not belong. 35 There is either obedience or the church will burn like Hell is burning Parris is clear in his mentality that you are either with the church or you are not 35 while there were no witches then, there are Communists and capitalists nowwho believe that each side are at work undermining the other. Miller draws a direct parallel with the happenings in Salem and the communist fear in USA 39 They must be they are weighted with authority. Hale uses this metaphor early on to show that he has great authority and even though an outsider is granted respect almost immediately. 40 How can it be the Devil? Why would he choose my house to strike? We have all sort of licentious people in the village Parris wants to find himself a part of the community, particularly because he is the religious leader, but he does so by separating himself from the rest. 44 I never called him Tituba, Tituba Abigail making the first of her allegations against Tituba and in doing so proving her strength in the peer group. People see what she is capable of. 45 She made me do it She made Betty do it High modal accusation towards Tituba. 45 You beg me to conjure She beg me make charm Tituba tries to fight against the allegations but is already an outsider and hasnt got the chance to win. 46 Sometimes I wake and find myself standing in the open doorway and not a stitch on my body I always hear her laughing in my sleep.I hear her singing her Barbados songs and tempting me with Abigail again reinforces her position and shows how strong she is in terms of leading the peer group sways the community against Tituba. 46 You will confess yourself or I will take you out and whip you to your death, Tituba Parris gives Tituba a fairly inequitable ultimatum and shows again that being an outsider is bad. He also implies that you need to be a strong person to stand by your own name and convictions in this community. 46 No, no, dont hang Tituba I tell him I dont desire to work for him, sir. Tituba realises she must go against the truth and convictions to stay alive. She goes along with Abigails stories and makes it seem as though she wants to stop. 46 HALE You have confessed yourself to witchcraft, and that speaks a wish to come to Heavens side. TITUBA Oh, God bless you, Mr Hale HALE You are Gods instrument put in our hands tocleanse our village. Hale uses the metaphor to prove that people within the community believe Abigail, but also that Tituba has the opportunity to belong for the first time. 48 I want the light of God, I want the sweet love of Jesus I saw Sarah Good with the DevilI saw Goody Osburn with the Devil I saw Bridget Bishop with the Devil The calling out Abigail starts accusative and setting people as outsiders for nothing. 49 A fireplace is at the left, and behind it a staircase leading upstairshe swings a pot out of the fire and smells it. Miller paints a home(prenominal) picture and then juxtaposes it with the frosty portrayal of marriage 51 Its as warm as blood beneath the clods. An interesting description of the unseasonably warm ground Proctor provides his wife. 52 invigilate If the crop is good Ill buy George Jacobs heifer. How would that please you?ELIZABETH Aye, it would. PROCTOR with a grin I mean to please you, Elizabeth. ELIZABETH it is hard to say I know it, John. Highlights both Proctors need to belong in the marriage and Elizabeths difficulty 52 Her back is turned to him. He turns to her and watches her. A sense of their insularism rises. The stage directions highlights the distance between Proctor and his wife. 52 She frightened all my strength awayit is a mouse no more she says to me I must go to SalemI am an formalized of the romance Elizabeth talks about how Mary Warren has changed as a result of her being a part of the group 53 Aye, it is a proper tap they have nowthere be fo urteen people in jail nowand theyll be tried, and the court have power to hang them too, she says. Elizabeth recounts what Mary Warren has told her about the court and the exclusion of women from society 53 The towns gone wild, I think. She speak of Abigail, and I thought she were a saint, to hear her. Abigail brings the other girls into the court, and where she walks the crowd will part Repetition of Abigails name in Elizabeths recount of Marys story highlights that the accent is all around her at the moment. 53 Oh, it is a black mischief. Proctor uses this metaphor to describe what influence Abigail has on this society, and how others are flocking to belong 53 John, if it were not Abigail that you must go to hurt, would you falter now? I think not. Elizabeth has not forgiven Proctor for his indiscretion and questions him about who and what he might belong to now. 55 You will not arbitrator me more, Elizabethyou forget nothin and forgive nothin. Proctor attempts to use high mo dal language to claim Elizabeths respect but again, he is honest in showing that he no longish truly feels as though he belongs in his marriage. 5 I come into a court when I come into this house Darkly comical metaphor used by Proctor to indicate he feels hazardd which limits his feelings of belonging in the marriage. 55 Let you look sometimes for the goodness in me, and judge me not. Again, focussing on the judgement he feels rather than belonging. 55 I do not judge you. The magistrate sits in your heart that judges you. I never thought you but a good man, John. Elizabeth tries to set Proctor right and uses the heart metaphor to imply he is the only one judging his actions and that he is limiting himself from belonging. 5 As though to compensate, Mary Warren goes to Elizabeth with a small rag doll. Miller makes it clear that the symbol used as Goody Proctors downfall is made cognise early on 56 We must all love each other now, Goody Proctor. Mary Warren says this in reactio n to the strange locatings they are now faced with 56 I never knew it before, I never knew anything before. When she come into the court I say to myself, I must not accuse this womanbut thenI feel a misty coldness climbin up my backand all at once I remembered everything she done to me Mary Warren highlights the feelings that can overtake them during the court 57 But the proof, the proof Proctor wants to be practical here. 58 You must see it, sir, its Gods work we do. Hale, and Mary Warren both proclaim this, referring to religion and what this society is establish on. 58 The Devils loose in Salem, Mr Proctor we must discover where hes hiding Hale, again referring to religion and the society 59 There is a promise made in any bed and she may dote on it now I am sure she does and thinks to kill me, then to take my place. Elizabeth points out to Proctor that his indiscretion led to a false sense of belonging for Abigail 60 This is a strange time, Mister. No man may longer doubt the powers of the dark are gathered in monstrous attack upon this village. Hale makes it clear that there is some powers of the dark but doesnt say Devil maybe understanding Abigails power? 62 I smell that you are rarely in the church on Sabbath Day. A small detail noted by Hale ensures that Proctor is seen as an outsider because of his lack of conforming to religious norms. 62 and it the bible tells me that a attend may pray to God without he have golden candlesticks upon the altar. Proctor complaining about Parris need to belong to objects/materialism 63 I like it not that Mr Parris should lay his hand upon my baby. I see no light of God in that man. Even for Proctor, Parris is an outsider 63 There be no mark of blame upon my life, Mr Hale. I am a covenanted Christian woman. Elizabeth states that she is trustworthy and honest because she is a good Christian woman the basis of their society. 64 Theology, sir, is a fortress no crack in a fortress may be accounted small. Hal e uses this metaphor to highlight the strength of religion that you either belong to and with it or against it. But also implies in a way, that it is weak if compromised. 65 And why not, if they must hang for denyin it? There are them that will swear to anything before theyll hang have you never thought of that? Proctor questions the very confessions the women keep making. 66 My wife is the very brick and mortar of the church, Mr Hale. Giles Corey uses this metaphor to highlight the insanity of his wifes arrest 67 Man, remember, until an hour before the Devil fell, God thought him beautiful in heaven. Hales powerful statement about the fall of good into evil. The way that even those that belong can then become isolated or alienated. 68 the Williams girl, Abigail Williams, sir. She sat to dinner in clergyman Parriss house tonight, and without a word nor warnin she falls to the floor. Like a stuck beast, he saysstuck two inches in the flesh of her belly, he draw a needle out. Chee ver seemingly confused and alarmed by the stripping of the needle in the poppet. It highlights the lack of proof or manipulation of evidence. 70 Why, she done it herselfI hope youre not takin this for proof, Mister Proctor, again practical, and denying proof 70 Tis hard proof Cheever exclaims this. Shows the craziness of the situation the way the beliefs of the majority can cause hysteria. 70 Ill tell you whats walking Salem vengeance is walking Salem. 72 I cannot charge murder on Abigailshell kill me for sayin that 74 I cannottheyll turn on meI cannot do it, I cannot 74 As the curtain rises, the room is empty, but for the sunlight pouring through two high windows in the back wall. 77