The Crucible Quotes - Characters in Conflict/Rejection Flashcards
“Abby, you’ll put it out of mind. I’ll not be comin’ for you more.”
after affair - aw kicked out by EP - months later tries to start things up again
“put it out of mind” - how JP copes w his sins - ignores it/repression
aw - opposite - wants JP back and will go to any length to do so
“I may think of you softly from time to time. But I will cut off my hand before I ever reach for you again.”
drastic measures to try and cut ties with AW and the problems she has caused him
begins conflict that dominates play - through JP’s rejection
AW revenge drives her - acts as a catalyst
“oh the noose, the noose is up! … She wants me dead.”
AW not featured in act 2 - still heavily influential - rejection leads her to the actions of this act
AW - trying to get EP accused of witchcraft and hanged
use of poppet + MW
AW - hurting the man he loves without realising - so fixated on get rid of Elizabeth
“[out of it all come Proctor’s roaring voice] how do you call Heaven! Whore! Whore!”
from the start - JP knew trials - AW revenge for ending the affair - didn’t reveal before - ruin his reputation
“she thinks to dance with me on my wife’s grave! And well she might, for I thought of her softly. God help me, I lusted”
confesses to affair - concern for justice and right outstrips his concern for reputation
act 3 - could have gone one of two ways
1. AW confesses that she lied (what readers thought would happen)
2. JP accused of witchcraft (not what was expected)
act 3 - turning point and beyond this - hard to picture a “happy ending” for either AW or JP
“[and crumples it, and he is weeping in fury]… for now, I do think I see some shred of goodness in John Proctor”
feeling of guilt - JP refuses to give a false confession - finally feels good about himself
paid/made up for his sins (affair w/AW)
incorporates theme of integrity - JP fulfils his role as our flawed hero
“Hang them high over the town! Who weeps for these, weeps for corruption!”
JP’s actions from act 1 unintentionally creates a massive divide in the town of Salem none of which could have be predicted
