Good vs evil Flashcards
Who speaks the line about John Proctor in Act 1?
Abigail: 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!
Techniques: Foreshadowing, biblical reference, metaphor, consonance
What does Hale say about Rebecca Nurse in Act 2?
Hale: if Rebecca Nurse be tainted, then nothing’s left to stop the whole green world from burning
Techniques: Hyperbole, metaphor
What metaphor does Hale use in Act 2 regarding the Devil?
Hale: Until an hour before the Devil fell, God thought him beautiful in Heaven.
Techniques: Metaphor, biblical allusion, allegory, contrast
What does Proctor say about Mr. Parris in Act 2?
Proctor: I like it not that Mr. Parris should lay his hand upon my baby. I see no light of God in that man. I’ll not conceal it.
Techniques: Characterisation, dramatic irony, metaphor
What does Hale suggest about the world’s madness in Act 2?
Hale: Only this consider: the world goes mad, and it profits nothing you should lay the cause to the vengeance of a little girl.
Techniques: Juxtaposition, connotation
What exclamation does Proctor make in Act 3?
Proctor: You are pulling down Heaven and raising up a whore!
Techniques: Juxtaposition, metaphor, metonym, exclamation
What does Hale declare about taking a life in Act 3?
Hale: I am a minister of the Lord, and I dare not take a life without there be a proof so immaculate no slightest qualm of conscience may doubt it.
Techniques: Characterisation, ambiguity
What does Hale say about goodness in John Proctor in Act 4?
Hale: I do think I see some shred of goodness in John Proctor. Not enough to weave a banner with, but white enough to keep it from such dogs. Give them no tear! Tears pleasure them! Show honor now, show a stony heart and sink them with it!
Techniques: Metaphor, symbolism, metonym, connotations, dehumanisation
What does Elizabeth say about Proctor’s goodness in Act 4?
Elizabeth: He have his goodness now. God forbid I take it from him!
Techniques: Motif, dramatic irony, exclamation
