Crucible Flashcards
Threat to power
“Ten thousand” -hyperbole
“ocean of salt tears” - metaphor
“black of some terrible” - high modality
Threat to reputation
“blackening my name”- high modality
[cry of whole soul] - Stage direc
“you will confess” - invective
Threat to religion
“Obedience or the church will burn like hell is burning”- similie
“Theology is a fortress’- metaphor
“crowd parts like the red sea”- similie
Morality
[hysterical with lack of justice] - stage directions
“if they must hang for denying it?” - rheo Q
“dare not quail to follow where the accusing finger points” - metonym
Accusations
[with great relief] - stage direc
“I saw goody osborne! i saw sarah good!” - repeated exclamations
Hysteria
[as though infected.. screams with them] - stage direc