The Crucible Act 1 Quotes Flashcards
[Narrowing his eyes] “Tries to fly.”
Hale - Act 1
“We cannot look to superstition in this.The Devil is precise; the marks of his presence are as definite as stone…”
Hale - Act 1
“REVEREND PARRIS is discovered kneeling beside the bed, evidently in prayer”
Reverend Parris - Act 1
‘[Full of breath, shiny-eyed] It is a marvel. It is surely a stroke of hell upon you.’
Ann Putnam - Act 1
Don’t you understand it, sir? There is a murdering witch among us, bound to keep herself in the dark”
Putnam to Parris - Act 1
“In America any man who is not reactionary in his views is open to the charge of alliance with the Red hell.”
Commentary - Act 1
“There be no blush about my name”
Abigail to Parris - Act 1
“There is a party in this church. I am not blind; there is a faction and a party”
Parris - Act 1
[now she is all worry and apprehension and propriety]
Abigail - Act 1
“The virgin forest was the Devil’s last preserve”
Act 1
“Your name in town– it is entirely white, is it not?”
Parris to Abigail - Act 1
“I have a sense for heat, John and yours has drawn me to my window and I have seen you looking up, burning in your loneliness”
Abigail - Act 1
“Sweated like a stallion, whenever I come near!
Abigail to John Proctor - Act 1
“A small upper bedroom in the home”
“narrow window”
“a bed…a chest, a chair, and a small table”
Parris’ House - Act 1
“Your grandfather had a habit of wiling land that never belong to him”
Proctor to Putnam - Act 1