Common Module, Crucible Flashcards
“I want the light of God, I want the sweet love of Jesus!…
… I danced for the Devil… I saw Sarah Good with the Devil! I saw Goody Osborn with the Devil! I saw Bridget Bishop with the Devil!”: Act 1, Abigail Williams.
Themes: Hysteria, Fear, Fanaticism, Intolerance
Techniques: Reputation of “I saw” and Motif of accusations seen throughout the text.
“You are God’s instrument, put…
…in our hands to discover the Devil’s agents among us. You are selected Tituba, you are chosen to cleanse our village.”: Act 1, Hale.
Themes: Intolerance, Dangerous Religion, Fear, Manipulation
Techniques: Religious diction, irony
“You will confess yourself…
…, or I will take you out and whip you to death, Tituba”: Act 1, Parris
Themes: Fear, Ignorance, Dangers of Religion
Techniques: High Modality, Harsh Diction, Dialogue, Tone
“There is blood upon my…
…head! Can you not see the blood upon my head!!”: Act 3, Hale.
Themes: Hysteria, Fear, Religion, Anomalous behaviour, Dramatic Irony
Techniques: Use of three exclamation marks, metaphor of “blood”, Christian symbolism
“We burn a hot fire here…
…; it burns down all concealment”: Act 3, Danforth
Themes: Mass Hysteria, Dangers of Religion, Fear, Irony, Fanatiscm
Techniques: Symbolism, metaphor, Allusion, Connotative language
“You must understand, sir, that a person…
…is either with the court, or must be counted against it”: Act 3, Danforth
Themes: Dangers of Religion, Intolerance, Paradoxical behaviour, Symbolism
Techniques: Mild Modality, Pressuring tone
“While speaking God’s law…
…, I will not crack its voice with whimpering.”: Act 4, Danforth
Themes: Religious Control, Irony, Intolerance, Ignorance, Power & Authority
Techniques: High Modality, convincing tone and diction,
“Because it is my…
… name! Because I cannot have another in my lifetime” Act 4, John Proctor.
Themes: Hysteria, Individuality, Love
Techniques: Repetition of “I”, High Modality,
“I have three children—how…
… may I teach them to walk like men in the world, and I sold my friends?: Act 4, John Proctor
Themes: Guilt, Pride, Moral Dilemma, Love
Techniques: Rhetorical question, imagery, Tone, Juxtaposition
