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The Crucible Quotes Flashcards

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Society

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“Salem had been established for hardly forty years”

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Society

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“barbaric frontier”

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3
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Society

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“sect of fanatics”

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4
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Society

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“justice of the court”

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Society (Giles)

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“If Jacobs hangs for a witch he forfeit up his property-that’s law!”

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Society (Hale)

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“there are orphans wandering from house to house; abandoned cattle bellow on the highroads, the stink of rotting crops hangs everywhere”

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Society

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“farms…were left to ruin”

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Blame, victimisation, responsibility

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“perverse manifestation of the panic”

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Blame, victimisation, responsibility

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“Long-held hatreds of neighbours could now be openly expressed, and vengeance taken”

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Blame, victimisation, responsibility (Parris)

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“leap not to witchcraft”

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Blame, victimisation, responsibility (Abigail)

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“she makes me laugh at prayer!”

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Blame, victimisation, responsibility (Mrs Putnam about Goody Osburn

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“My babies always shrivelled in her hands!”

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13
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Structure

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“strangest and most awful chapters in human history”

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Judgement/ conscience (Elizabeth)

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“There be no higher judge in heaven than Proctor is”

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Individuals (Proctor)

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“so many of these women have lived so long with such upright reputation”

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16
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Individuals (Proctor)

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“overthrow this court”

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Human behaviour (Mary Warren)

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“Abbey, we’ve got to tell”

18
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Human behaviour (Giles)

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“This man is killing his neighbours for their land!”

19
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Human behaviour (Proctor)

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“She only thought to save my name!”

20
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Faith

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“strict and sombre way of life”

21
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Faith

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“in unity still lay the best promise of safety”

22
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Faith

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“autocratic and very devote leadership”

23
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Faith

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“dedicated folk”

“communal society”

24
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Faith

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“These people had no ritual for the washing away of sins”

25
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Faith (Parris)

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“There is either obedience or the church will burn like Hell is burning!”

26
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Faith (Hale)

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“We cannot look to superstition in this”

27
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Faith (Danforth)

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“The pure in heart need no lawyers”

28
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Faith (Hale)

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“There is a prodigious fear of this court in the country”

29
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Faith (Danforth)

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“You will confess yourself or you will hang!”

30
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Faith (Hale)

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“cleave to no faith when faith brings blood. It is a mistaken law that leads you to sacrifice. Life, woman, life is God’s most precious gift; no principle, however glorious, may justify the taking of it”

31
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Faith

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“the power of theocracy in Massachusetts was broken”

32
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Corrupt leaders (Parris)

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“They will howl me out of Salem for such corruption in my house.”

33
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Corrupt leaders (Proctor)

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“you hardly ever mention God any more.”

34
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Corrupt leaders (Proctor)

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“I see no light of God in that man”

35
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Corrupt leaders (Parris)

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“they fear to keep in Salem any more.”

36
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Corrupt leaders (Danforth)

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“twelve are already hanged for the same crime. It is not just.”

37
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Corrupt leaders (Danforth)

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“Postponement now speaks a floundering on my part”

38
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Corrupt leaders (Danforth)

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“It is a weighty name; it will strike the village that Proctor confess”

39
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Corrupt leaders (Proctor)

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“God does not need my name nailed upon the church! God sees my name; God knows how black my sins are!”

40
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Corrupt leaders (Proctor)

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“You will not use me!”

41
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Corrupt leaders (Proctor)

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“Because it is my name! Because I cannot have another in my life!”

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