The Crucible Quotes Flashcards
“Villanous path”
Authorial Intrusion, Foreshadowing
“His negro slave”
Stage direction, Tituba characterisation
“Trouble in this house … lands on her back”
Stage direction, societal hierarchy, foreshadow
“I discovered dancing like heathen”
Dialogue, Parris, heathen = devil
“farmer” “middle thirties”
Authorial Intrusion, Proctor Characterisation
“I am waitin’ for you every night”
Dialogue, Abigail lusting for Proctor
“Abby I … think of you softly”
Dialogue, Proctor lingering lust, nickname shows past relationship
“She makes me drink blood”
Dialogue, moving accusation from Abigail to Tituba
“Goody”
Idiomatic language
“she has suddenly lost all faith in him”
Dialogue, Proctors affair haunts their marriage
“Like a Christian I confessed”
Dialogue, Proctor to adultery
“Chocked us all to death” “Sent her spirit out” “Tried to kill me”
Dialogue, spectral evidence against Sarah Good
“Secret Arrow”
Stage direction, cupids arrow symbolism for adultery
“Adultuary John”
Dialogue, irony, Elizabeth saying the commandment he forgot
“turning the poppet over in his hands”
Stage direction, Symbolises the poppet turning from an innocent gift into a wepon
“Poppet a needles stuck … such proof of hell”
Dialogue, cheever
“God will not let you wash your hands of this”
Dialogue, biblical allusion to Roman emperor who washed his hands after Jesus was crucified, Proctor to Hale
“Long meeting table” “doors leading into meeting house”
Authorial Intrusion, Mis-on-scene, we know its a courthouse
“Doors” symbol of freedom
“Abundant evidence”
Dialogue, there is no evidence so they want a confession from Martha Corey
“Thomas Putnam is reaching out for land”
Dialogue, Giles, accusing the motivation of land lust
“this man is killing his neighbors for land”
Dialogue, Giles accuses Putnam
“God help me I lusted”
Dialogue, climax, Proctor attends court and confesses to affair
“died … Christian” “stand mute” “would not answer”
Dialogue, lexical field, motivations of Giles, chose his fate to save his land
“heaving sob” “pouring out her heart”
Stage direction, extended metaphor of ocean that threatens elizabeth composure
