Look back at the quotations you have collected from The Crucible and
choose a quotation that you think is particularly meaningful or
significant. In your post, explain the quote and explain why you think
it is so important or interesting. Also, try to incorporate the quote
(and maybe other quotes) into your post by using the techniques we
talked about in class for weaving quotations into your writing. The due
date will be Friday, October 10th. Thanks, Mr. Telles.
I liked the quote, "Vengeance is walking Salem...now the little crazy children are jangling the keys of the kingdom and common vengeance writes the laws" (Proctor) I like it because it reflects the voice of reason in the play. The Crucible sends a message about such mass moral panic and hysteria and shows the extremes it can go to. Everyone in the village is blaming others for various reasons, and not listening to reason. Suspicion over neighbors that people knew and trusted for years was rife in the community. People who had upright reputations and were known to be kind like Rebecca Nurse ultimately were tried and hanged. Rebecca Nurse was known to be a sweet lady, but was charged of the murder of innocent babies. Others were blamed too who were known to be kind morally upright people that everyone trusted. Their accusations are contradictory to what these people have shown themselves to be. Proctor's quote is the voice of reason in all of the panic, saying that those girls did it to get out of trouble and hurt others and the whole case is ridiculous. I like how he blatantly spells out to the judges that the whole thing is utterly ridiculous. It shocked the judges a lot, I think. He also confronts the judges by saying, "A fire, a fire is burning! I hear the boot of Lucifer, I see his filthy face! And it is my face, and yours Danforth! For them that quail to bring men out of ignorance, as I have quailed, and as you quail now when you know in all your black hearts that this be fraud--God damns our kind especially, and we will burn, we will burn together!" (Proctor to Danforth). This quote helps that other one in that Proctor is saying that the only devil in Salem is how people are treating each other.He says that this whole investigation is just a fraud and that God condemns all of them for treating their neighbors like that. He thinks that in the end, God will punish everyone for ruining everyone else's lives. I like the quotes where Proctor has the courage to stand up to everyone and go with his own conscience.
ReplyDeleteI found many quotes from The Crucible that I thought were particularly meaningful and significant to the story. But the one I found most important was “I want to open myself! I want the light of God; I want the sweet love of Jesus! I danced for the Devil; I saw him, I wrote in his book; I go back to Jesus; I kiss His hand. I saw Sarah Good with the Devil! I saw Goody Osburn with the Devil! I saw Bridget Bishop with the Devil!” This quote was said by Abigail at the end of Act 1, after Tituba had confessed to witchcraft. Abigail spent the whole first act worrying about being blamed for having cast charms in the forest with her friends, so once Tituba confessed Abigail realized that was her way out therefor she took the offer. Since she confesses to associating with the devil, she is free of guilt. After that, she accuses others of being witches so she is not focused on. She does this to clear herself of sin, which she is successful in doing so. I feel as though this quote is setting the play. It is the start, before the witch trials are in progress. That is why I find this quote so important and interesting.
ReplyDeleteA quote that I found really important was on page 46 in Act one of The Crucible by Arthur Miller. This quote happened when Tituba was being accused of witchcraft, Reverend Hale says, “You confessed yourself to witchcraft, and that speaks a wish to come to Heavens side. And he will bless you Tituba.” This quote is very important because Hale tricks Tituba into thinking she confessed even though she did not. Hale has a way of convincing people they did something that they really didn’t do, and it seems as if Hale knows that no one is practicing witchcraft, but goes along with it so he doesn’t have to admit he was wrong. Another reason why Hale could be tricking innocent villagers into thinking they did something wrong would be because Hale is so good at tricking others into believing witchcraft that he is even tricking himself into thinking witchcraft is being practiced by the village members too. If Hale knows witchcraft is not really happening in Salem then he knows his mistake of putting many peoples lives in danger for know reason, so Hale is helping them, without admitting his false accusations. He does this by convincing the villagers that they confessed to witchcraft which means they wish to come to heavens side and will be blessed by God so they don’t have to be harshly punished.
ReplyDeleteA quote from The Crucible that I thought was important was " I know how you clutched my back behind your house... you loved me then and you do now" (Abigail). I like that quotation because it shows how jealous Abigail was of Elizabeth. Abigail and John Proctors affair was what created all the problems for the characters in The Crucible. Paris discovered girls practicing witchcraft in the woods. The girls might not of been in the woods if it wasn't for Abigail. "You did, you did! You drank a charm to kill John Proctor's wife!" ( Betty). The whole play is Abigail sabotaging Elizabeth and John's marriage. When her charms didn't work Abigail framed Elizabeth for preforming voodoo. It also shows how easily people were convicted of witchcraft in The Crucible. If Abigail hadn't had an affair she might not have a reason for being in the woods or falsely accusing anyone of witchcraft. That is why the quote about the affair is so significant to The Crucible.
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ReplyDeleteThe quote that I believe is the most significant in the novel, "The Crucible" written by Arthur Miller, is when on page 119, John Procter yells out "I say-I say-God is dead!". I think this is a crucial point in the overall plot. At this moment, Procter has relentlessly tried to convince the court that his wife Elizabeth is innocent, and that Abagail is fibbing about Mary Warren controlling her, and the other children who participated in the witchcraft rituals. The court does not believe him, and sides with the innocent little girls. This quote really brings out the desperation in John proctors voice. He just gives up. He comes to the realization that there is no point in fighting anymore. Mass hysteria has truly befallen over Salem. Abagail and the girls try to look as if Mary Warren is somehow possessing the girls. On page 117, Abagail lies by saying,"The wings! Her wings are spreading! Mary, please, don't, don't-!". She is describing the impossible case, in which Mary warren is playing tricks on them with her alleged "powers". This, along with many other events including the rituals, the lies, and deception, all led to the ultimate consequence of many innocent individuals being hung, including Mr. John Procter. John sits in a cell in Salem just before he will die, but after he has pronounced the death of God, and his false accusations of scheming with lucifer. While in Jail, he refuses to name the men and woman involved with this scandal. On page 141, He professes that he had not witnessed any of the suspects in the act of witchcraft, and he also goes on to say," I speak my own sins. I cannot judge another. I have no tongue for it." John Procter has been consumed by the Hysteria, but will not watch while others are punished for crimes that they did not commit.
He sacrifices his life to save the rest. The quote, "God is dead", is the moment in the book where the tides change. It is when,
I think, everything starts to become a little more sane. It is the begenning of the end of the witch trials.
Many quotes from the play “The Crucible” by Arthur Miller sparked my interest and were meaningful and significant. The quote that most sparked my interest was at the very end of Act I on page 48. Abigail says, “I want to open myself! I want the light of God, I want the sweet love of Jesus! I danced for the Devil; I saw him; I wrote in his book; I go back to Jesus; I kiss His hand. I saw Sarah Good with the Devil! I saw Goody Osburn with the Devil! I saw Bridget Bishop with the Devil!” In this quote, Abigail feels pressure by everyone pointing fingers and she does not want to be in trouble. She’s admitting to her wrongdoing with witchcraft but is covering it up by saying that she still wants to be good. This quote is significant because we are seeing that Abigail is admitting to being involved in the witchcraft and seeing the devil for the first time. We also see that because she is placed under pressure and does not want to be blamed, she plays the game of pointing fingers as well. When she starts pointing fingers and saying that she’s seen people with the devil, it causes an uprising to occur between the people which brings more of them to admit that they’ve seen the devil and people along with the devil. I believe that this quote is a strong one in the play and gives the audience an outlook on Abigail’s personality in several ways. All in all, there are several incredible and significant quotes in “The Crucible” and I believe the quote from the end of Act I is one.
ReplyDeleteThroughout the Crucible there are many mysterious, important, and interesting quotes. There are many tensions in the book between characters, for example how John Proctor does not go to church very often because he greatly dislikes Reverend Parris (so much that he did not have his last child baptized). During the book Reverend Hale is at Proctor’s house (testing him on how much faith he has) interviewing him as well as others in the town to see how bad the witchcraft in the town really is. However, during the interview Proctor was asked to say the ten commandments and fails to do so. Proctor ends up forgetting Adultery which is significant because of Proctor’s affair with Abigail. During this, to make it worse, Elizabeth sighs as she says “Adultery, John.” Because of the affair Proctor had, this particular amendment should have been the one he knows better than all the others. At this time in history that was a very bad mistake for Proctor (and others who could have done that) because Hale has seen that he lacks to know his amendments and is not very faithful to the church, which starts to cause tension, putting Proctor “under the light” for possible witchcraft.
ReplyDeleteThe quote on page 59 when Mary Warren said "I saved her life today!" To John Proctor of Elizabeth, was one of the many I found to stand out while I read The Crucible. Most importantly, this quote proves that Mary truly does things and says things for her own benefit, despite of what will happen to others, and sometimes even despite of the background information she will be questioned on. After she said this, she had distracted the dramatic situation that was occurring between her and the Proctors, upon a different one. She was trying to change subject, although when they questioned more information on the situation, she claimed she couldn't give more. It was unusual since she normally spills more of the court happenings and specifics to the proctor household, and tends to act as their reporter.
ReplyDeleteThis was said just before the turning point of the story, when Elizabeth Proctor was fully accused of witchcraft and taken in to trial to be part of what was considered a deeper investigation of the situation. Mary Warren definitely had a part in that happening, and she sneaked her way around it and made herself seem to be innocent, although the way the story goes tells you that she can't be at all.
Mary’s quote here also has a lot to do with one of the most extreme liars and troublemakers of the book, who is Abigail, the one who seems to always be in the midst of everything, and always having to do with something bad. Mary seems to be a character who is also in the very middle of everything. She is the Proctor’s servant, and therefore is on their side and knows of some of their most fragile secrets (John’s affair with Abigail), although also is part of the group of girls from the beginning of the play who performed witchcraft in the woods. All of the characters in the story are working for their own benefits, but usually on one side of the particular situation, and mainly consisting of being either for or against the witchcraft “rumors”. Mary tries to balance herself with being involved in the group of insane liars like Abigail, and also her household, although they seem to collide a lot. Everything that she does has to be considering the group of girls, but also with the Proctor household. What Mary says is short but seems to really speak volumes, and made a difference in Mary's confrontation and the overall situation of the voodoo doll issue, and what was almost Mary's accusation ended up turning into.
There were various very significant and crucial quotes in the play, which made choosing just one very difficult. However, I agree with Danielle and Lila; the one significant quote that stood out the most to me from The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, was on page 48, at the very end of Act 1. It was when Abigail announced to the crowd of people, "I want to open myself! I want the light of God, I want the sweet love of Jesus! I danced for the Devil; I saw him; I wrote in his book; I go back to Jesus; I kiss His hand. I saw Sarah Good with the Devil! I saw Goody Osburn with the Devil! I saw Bridget Bishop with the Devil!" (Act 1, page 48). Abigail wasn't telling the truth when this erupted from her. She simply realized the attention that Tituba was receiving and wanted some for herself. She had heard John Hale express how "God would bless" Tituba for her confession of her wrongdoings, and that inspired her to spew her "confession". This domino'ed to Betty, who also announced other innocent people to throw them under the bus. I think this part at the end of Act 1 really shows one of the main themes of the play, which is pointing your finger and never taking the blame yourself and accepting the consequence for what you've done. Pointing their fingers and naming other "witches" relieves the girls of the guilt and anxiety that they have for the upcoming trial that they know awaits. It makes the girls feel better, which is why they keep saying more and more names, every name helps take the burden off of their chest and points the finger at other people instead of them. This was a really important quote from the play because it was not only a major theme but also a turning point.
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ReplyDeleteA significant quote from the crucible was from John proctor at the end of act three. As proctor is being arrested he exclaims,” You are pulling heaven down and raising up a whore” ( Miller 120). This is a great quote because it embodies the readers frustration while reading the book. Like John Proctor, I am astonished that the court actually takes Abigail seriously. Especially a jealous, life-controlling tenneager. Although the rest of the town is blind to the affair, it’s common sense not to believe everything a teenager says. Exaggeration is built into every teens core since the beginning of time. Also, pulling heaven down is the equivalent of justice and goodness. So I interpreted this quote as trading off the principles of justice for the opinions of a whore. This quote is also important because of the situation it took place in. In the scene, Danforth is unwilling to accept that all of the testimonies have been false. Obviously, he is not guilty enough to consider a legal document valid. He can’t sacrifice just a sliver of his pride for the lives of innocent people. Danforth is the real witch here.
ReplyDelete“God is dead” ~John Proctor
ReplyDeleteThis quote is important because when Proctor says it, he has given up trying to do the right thing because he also believes god has given up or abandoned Salem and allowed horrible things to happen to good people. Meanwhile evil people are being “raised up” and benefitting from the injustice placed upon victims of the girls’ false accusations. It appears that God has stepped aside and that Satan has won over the corrupt people of Salem. These people, even though they claim to be morally pure, are in fact hypocrites.
After saying “God is dead,” Proctor adds that “a fire is burning” and this quote is also very important because it alludes to the idea of what a crucible symbolizes. Mary’s morality had just been put to the test and unlike a crucible, she couldn’t take the “heat”, meaning the pressure from the other girls.
This passage in the play which includes the quotes, “God is dead” and “A fire is burning” represents the main ideas and theme of the story. Proctor doesn’t necessarily mean it literally when he says that God is dead. He means that the hypocrites of Salem have killed the godliness in the community and that only those select few who have strong moral principles will be able to withstand the pressure.
On page twenty of the Crucible a very powerful quote is presented to the reader, which gives us an eerie look into Abigail’s past. After many of the girls who also danced in the woods begin to question her and her motives, Abigail says, "I will bring a pointy reckoning that will shudder you. And you know I can do it; I saw Indians smash my dear parents' heads on the pillow next to mine, and I have seen some reddish work done at night, and I can make you wish you had never seen the sun go down!" (Miller 20). This clearly used as a threat to keep the girls from talking, shows us what might make Abigail behave the way she does. Clearly witnessing such an event like this would traumatize anyone, and especially a child. Therefore, this one event from Abigail’s past could have distorted her mental perception as well as instilled in her that being brutal physically and emotionally is an effective way to get what you want. If Abigail had not gone through this as a child perhaps she would be much kinder and considerate. Also, losing her only family may have pushed her to become hostile due to the unfairness of her situation. This would cause Abigail to not value others lives and emotions, allowing her behave the way she does throughout the play. These inner conflicts within Abigail determine her behavior, thus effecting all of Salem with their negativity.
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