fear, hysteria and fanaticism quotes Flashcards
act 1 quotes
parris
” There be no unnatural causes here .. speak nothing of unnatural causes”
act 1 quotes
putnam
“she cannot ear to hear the Lord’’s name … that’s surely a sign of witchcraft alfoat”
also relates to puritanism
act 1 quote
abigail
“i dance for the Devil! I wrote in his book … i go back to Jesus!”
“i saw Sarah Good with the Devil! I saw goody Osborne with the Devil!”
false accusations and confession
act 1quote
hale
“You have confessed yourself to witchcraft, and that speaks a wish to come to heaven’s side. And we will bless you”
Act 2 quotes
mary warren
“I feel a misty coolness climbing up my back … and i feel a clamp on my neck and i cannot breath air … and all at once i remember everything shes done to me!”
act 2 quote
hale
“the devil is alive in Salem - we dare not quail follow wherever the accusing finger points!”
act 2 quote
proctor
“vengeance is walking Salem. We are what we always were … but now the little crazy children are jangling the keys of the kingdom, and common vengeance writes the law!”
act 2 quotes
cheever
“Without word nor warning, she falls to the floor … and two inches into the flesh of her belly … draw out a needle”
act 3 quote
parris
“I have seen too mnay proofs in court- the Devil is alive in Salem and we dare not quail to follow wherever the accusing finger points!”
act 3 quote
hale
“We cannot blink it no more. There is prodigious fear of this court in this counrty”
act 3 quote
hathorne to mary warren
“when people accused of witchery confronted you, you fainted, saying their spirits came out of their bodies and choked you”
act 3 quotes
stage directions
Abigail pointing with fear … towards the ceiling, the girls do the same, and now Hathorne, Herick, Hale, Cheever, Danforth and Putnam do the same
act 3 quotes
abigail
“Oh Mary! this is black art changing your shape … i cannot shut my mouth, it’s God’s work i do”
act 3 quote
proctor
“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 your black hearts that this be fraud—God damns our kind especially, and we will burn, we will burn together!”
