1.12 The Crucible Quotes

Does Putnam simply wants to killed the witches and save the children? No, there is something bigger he is after.

To add on to the last point, not only did Danforth not let people defend themselves, he also used misleading questions with little or no evidence. For example, In act III Danforth asks Giles Corey, “Do you take it upon yourself to determine what this court shall believe and what shall set

I gaze up at the golden moon. It is rare to see a night like this. Perhaps I should continue moving. It would be foolish for me to stop here.

Explanation 2: Danforth allows himself to be so easily persuaded and tricked by Abigail and the other children. He lets his guard down when listening to Abigail because he believes her to be trustworthy: “Danforth, weakening: ‘Child, I do not mistrust you-’ ” (Miller 108). Part of this trust comes from Abigail having tricked the town into believing that she has been saved and it is her duty to point out the Devil’s people, but as a judge, it is Danforth’s duty to be impartial in the

In Arthur Millers play, The Crucible, Reverend Parris is to blame for the witch trials in Salem. The witch trials took place in Salem, Massachusetts from 1962 to 1963. During the trials, people were accused and blamed for partaking in witchcraft and worshipping the devil. In some cases, neighbors turned on neighbors and family members turned on themselves. Reverend Parris is to blame for the witch trials that took place because of his egotistical attitude, his selfish ways, and lying to his peers.

Stone, after stone, after stone. As I watch my mothers corpse being torn apart from head to toe by stones I feel nothing, I cant feel anything, thats how this game works. Its a sick, sadistic game, but its tradition.

In this scene, we see many elements of typical “brujeria”. The doll making, the hair, the song Ultima sang and the remedy she made. In most instances, making a doll to look like a specific person and wish to do harm to it believing it will make whomever the doll resembles feel pain is known as witchcraft. We see Ultima make three dolls to resemble the three witches who cursed Lucas however the only harm she wishes to do them is that which they tried to do to Lucas, “then Ultima spoke to the three women. ‘You have done evil,’ she sang, ‘but good is stronger than evil, and what you sought to do will undo you. . .’

”I do not, sir but I never saw any of them naked.” (Miller. 97) Said Parris during court, In the story Putnam does see the girls naked but he claims he didn’t for his own sake. This is the first act of greed in the story so far.

On the other hand, Parris tries to use rules from the church to show how Proctor is not really a Christian. Parris says,“Such a Christian that will not come to church but once in a month” (Miller 84). Because Proctor is being accused for not being a true Christian, Parris mentions that he is a Christian that does not even go to church, telling him that he does not follow the rules of the church and could cost him his life, and could eventually lead to accusations of being a witch. Both Elizabeth and Parris portray ways in which they have knowledge about the church, but have different ideas and thoughts towards the Bible, which could cost them their lives. In addition, taking advantage of people using fear is a factor to the contribution of

9. What happened between Abigail and John Proctor prior to the opening of the play?

In “The Crucible” by Arthur Miller, vengeance is an important theme throughout the play because many characters used witchcraft as a way to get revenge. None of Mrs.Putnam’s babies lived they all died during birth, Mrs.Putnam thought she had done something bad that God is punishing her so when Rebecca is charged of Witchcraft she feeds the fire and blames rebecca for her children's death,Francis says “For murder, she’s charged! Quoting: “ For the marvelous and supernatural murder of Goody Putnam’s babies” pg71. Mr.Putnam also uses vengeance in the story by making his daughter cry witchery upon his neighbors to steal their land, Giles says “ If Jacobs hangs for a witch he forfeit up his property-thats law! And there is none but Putnam with

The Puritan experiment administered in New England was a failure. the explanation for this was that the individuals merely lost faith. The contradictions within the religion and also the general feeling of betrayal caused the individuals to reject the ideals that were once control as sacred and ideal. The puritan faith was based on many tenants that, for a most half, contradict one another. Man's fate was said to be pre determined and salvation was out of his control, however at identical time, man was expected to measure a close to perfect life-style for no truly even reason. The Puritans additionally lived during a theocracy since man was fallible, yet, God's will was understood by the preacher man who was a person and was as weak and vulnerable

The first thing I notice is that I am in a blinding white box. I’m not the only one here. There are others, but no one moves at all. I can’t remember how I got here, but I’m certain I know why. It baffles me that they call us criminals because homosexuality is said to be a sin in the holy book, yet the torture and violence they exert on us is accepted and applauded.

Dim light comes up on a the jail cell. Three women are sitting around the cell. Martha Corey is sitting on the floor, leaning against the wall looking down trodden. Rebecca nurse is sitting on the bed resting her back against the wall looking peaceful. While Elizabeth Proctor is standing, leaning against the wall looking out the window with almost no expression on her face.

Mrs. Putnam speaks to Reverend Parris about her only living child having the same complications as Betty, saying, “Her soul is taken, surely” (Miller 13). This displays that Mrs. Putnam is in need of an excuse for her situation. This necessity for an excuse proves that she is also still in denial of losing those children. This also shows she is most responsible for people being charged with witchcraft because she keeps forcing the idea. Mrs. Putnam is still speaking to the reverend.