English exam Flashcards
In “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” who was being preached to?
unconverted men
a figure of speech that directly compares 2 unlike things without using “like” or “as”
metaphor
one that draws the comparison out and compares the two things at length and in many ways
extended metaphor
an object, animal, or idea is given human characteristics
personification
truth I exaggerated for emphasis
hyperbole
the use of vivid descriptions/details to create an image in the reader’s mind
imagery
taps into a fear of losing one’s safety/security
appeal to fear
relies on one’s sense of ethics and morality
appeal to guilt
draws on a sympathy/ compassion for others
appeal to pity
“there is a faction that is sworn to drive me from my pulpit!”
Parris to Abigail
concerned about what rumors of witchcraft will do to his reputation because the town already doesn’t like him
“Oh, Abigail, what proper payment for my charity! Now I am undone!”
Parris to Abigail
He took her in after the Proctors kicked her out of their house and he’s worried what her dancing in the forest, Betty being sick, and rumors of Witchcraft will do to his reputation
“You drank a charm to kill John Proctor’s wife”
Betty Parris to Abigail
Abigail had an affair with Proctor and wants to get rid of Elizabeth bc she still wants him
she didn’t tell this part to Parris when telling how they danced in the forest
“Let either of you breathe 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. And you know I can do it; I saw Indians smash my dear parents’ heads on the pillow next to mine, and I have seen some reddish work done at night, and I can make you wish you had never seen the sun go down!”
Abigail to her friends
she’s threatening her friends that she’ll kill them if they ever tell anyone what really happened in the forest
she saw her parents killed in front of her as a kid so her friends know that she will kill them
“I look for John Proctor that took me from my sleep and put knowledge in my heart! I never knew what pretense Salem was, I never knew the lying lessons I was taught by all these Christian women and their covenanted men! And now you bid me tear the light out of my eyes? I will not, I cannot! You loved me, John Proctor, and whatever sin it is, you love me yet!”
Abigail to Proctor
Abigail still thinks he’s in love with her from their affair
she still wants him
he’s telling her to stay away from his wife and she gets mad
“I may think of you softly from time to time. But I’ll cut off my hand before I ever reach for you again.”
Proctor to Abigail
he may still think of her, but he regrets his decisions and the affair and will never go back to her
“A child’s spirit is like a child, you can never catch it by running after it; you must stand still, and, for love, it will soon itself come back.”
Rebecca Nurse to Parris
talking about Betty and how she’s pretending to be sick and that Parris will just have to wait until she gets bored of pretending
“No, don’t hang Tituba!”
Tituba to Rev. Parris and Putnam
they threaten to hang Tituba after the girls claim she mad them conjure spirits and dance with the devil in the forest but she won’t confess to the claims
“I want the light of God, I want the sweet love of Jesus! I danced for the Devil; I saw him, I wrote in his book; I go back to Jesus; I kiss His hand. I saw Sarah Good with the Devil! I saw Goody Osborne with the Devil! I saw Bridget Bishop with the Devil!”
Abigail and the girls to John Hale
they start screaming this after Tituba confesses to their claims and they start screaming other women’s names out who are easy targets to accuse
“Oh, Elizabeth, your justice would freeze beer.”
Proctor to Elizabeth
John claims Elizabeth is still cold towards him because of his affair and she can’t see past it
still cold towards the marriage too
“I made a gift for you, Goody Proctor. I had to sit long hours in a chair, and passed the time with sewing.”
Mary Warren to Elizabeth Proctor
Mary Warren sewed Elizabeth a poppet while she sat through the long testimony’s in the court
“Adultery, John.”
Elizabeth to John Proctor
Hale asked John to recite the 10 commandments to prove they aren’t unfaithful, but he forgets adultery, so Elizabeth has to tell him
“My wife is the brick and mortar of the church.”
Francis Nurse to Hale
trying to prove his wife has been falsely accused because she’s a very righteous woman and a stout Christian
“Do that which is good, and no harm will come to thee.”
Proctor to Mary Warren
trying to get her to tell the truth of what’s been happening in court because he wants to save his wife and wants her to tell the court it’s all been pretense.
“We burn a hot fire here; it melts down all concealment.”
Danforth to Proctor
he’s telling Proctor that he will known if Mary Warren is actually telling the truth and that Abigail has been lying this whole time
“She thinks to dance with me on my wife’s grave! And well she might, for I thought of her softly. God help me, I lusted, and there is a promise in such sweat. But it is a whore’s vengeance, and you must see it.”
Proctor to Danforth
he’s confessing about his affair and saying Abigail is making it all up to get back at Elizabeth
“You are pulling down heaven and raising up a whore”
Proctor to Danforth
Proctor is frustrated that Danforth believes Abigail over him when she is running around lying about all of the witchcraft
“A fire, a fire is burning! I hear the boot of Lucifer, I see his filthy face! And it is my face, and yours, Danforth! For them that quail to bring men out of ignorance, as I have quailed, and as you quail now when you know in all our black hearts that this be fraud- God damns our kind especially, and we will burn, we will burn together!”
John Proctor to Danforth
he’s mad after being accused and basically saying that evil is spreading in Salem because of all the lying and false accusations
