Act 1 Flashcards
“In America any man who is not reactionary in his views is open to the charge of alliance with the Red hell.”
Act 1: Commentary
Reverend Parris is discovered kneeling beside the bed, evidently in prayer
Act 1: Parris
[Narrowing his eyes] “Tries to fly.”
Act 1: Hale
“A small upper bedroom in the home”
“the room gives off an air of clean spareness”
“a narrow window”
Act 1: Parris’ house
We cannot look to superstition in this.The Devil is precise; the marks of his presence are as definite as stone…”
Act 1: Hale
“[Full of breath, shiny-eyed] It is a marvel. It is surely a stroke of hell upon you.”
Act 1: Ann Putnam
“Don’t you understand it, sir? There is a murdering witch among us, bound to keep herself in the dark”
Act 1: Putnam to Parris
[now she is all worry and apprehension and propriety]
Act 1: Abigail
“Your name in town - it is entirely white, is it not?
Act 1: Parris to Abigail
“There be no blush about my name”
Act 1: Abigail to Parris
“The virgin forest was the Devil’s last preserve”
Act 1: Commentary
“There is a party in this church. I am not blind; there is a faction and a party”
Act 1: Parris
“Your grandfather had a habit of wiling land that never belong to him”
Act 1: Proctor to Putnam
“I have a sense for heat, John and yours has drawn me to my window and I have seen you looking up, burning in your loneliness”
Act 1: Abigail to Proctor
“Sweated like a stallion, whenever I come near!”
Act 1: Abigail to John Proctor
