The Crucible Quotes Flashcards
(41 cards)
Society
“Salem had been established for hardly forty years”
Society
“barbaric frontier”
Society
“sect of fanatics”
Society
“justice of the court”
Society (Giles)
“If Jacobs hangs for a witch he forfeit up his property-that’s law!”
Society (Hale)
“there are orphans wandering from house to house; abandoned cattle bellow on the highroads, the stink of rotting crops hangs everywhere”
Society
“farms…were left to ruin”
Blame, victimisation, responsibility
“perverse manifestation of the panic”
Blame, victimisation, responsibility
“Long-held hatreds of neighbours could now be openly expressed, and vengeance taken”
Blame, victimisation, responsibility (Parris)
“leap not to witchcraft”
Blame, victimisation, responsibility (Abigail)
“she makes me laugh at prayer!”
Blame, victimisation, responsibility (Mrs Putnam about Goody Osburn
“My babies always shrivelled in her hands!”
Structure
“strangest and most awful chapters in human history”
Judgement/ conscience (Elizabeth)
“There be no higher judge in heaven than Proctor is”
Individuals (Proctor)
“so many of these women have lived so long with such upright reputation”
Individuals (Proctor)
“overthrow this court”
Human behaviour (Mary Warren)
“Abbey, we’ve got to tell”
Human behaviour (Giles)
“This man is killing his neighbours for their land!”
Human behaviour (Proctor)
“She only thought to save my name!”
Faith
“strict and sombre way of life”
Faith
“in unity still lay the best promise of safety”
Faith
“autocratic and very devote leadership”
Faith
“dedicated folk”
“communal society”
Faith
“These people had no ritual for the washing away of sins”
