The crucible quotations

Mary is now going against Proctor as she knows she will be punished if she does not do so, trapping Proctor into now being accused by telling the court Proctor is working with the devil (Act 3)

Mary is now going against Proctor as she knows she will be punished if she does not do so, trapping Proctor into now being accused by telling the court Proctor is working with the devil (Act 3)

“You’re the Devil’s man!”

Mary telling Proctor and the court that she will not stand with Proctor anymore, and is now been saved by God (Act 3)

“I’ll not hang with you! I love God, I love God.”

John Proctor explaining that he does not want to break the law in order to live (act 4)

"It is a fraud. I am not that man."

John Proctor deciding to confess (act 4)

"I want my life ... I will have my life."

Danforth questioning John Proctor, and John Proctor confessing (act 4)

"Did you see the Devil? - I did."

Danforth not fully believing John Proctor's confession (act 4)

"Proctor, you mistake me. I am not empowered to trade your life for a lie."

John Proctor beginning to see confessing as being the wrong option (act 4)

"I have three children - how may I teach them to walk like men in the world, when I sold my friends?"

John Proctor ripping up his confession note to prove he will no longer confess (act 4)

"[Proctor tears the paper and crumples it]"

Mr Hale trying to persuade John Proctor to keep confessing so that he will stay alive (act 4)

"Man you will hang! You cannot!"

John Proctor finalising his decision and explaining why to Danforth (act 4)

"Because I lie and sign myself to lies."

Danforth ordering John Proctor and the others to be hanged (act 4)

"Hang them high over the town!"

John Proctor calling out Abigail as she is lying and putting other’s at risk of loosing their freedom (act 3)

“How do you call heaven! Whore! Whore!”

Proctor is angry at Danforth for believing Abigail and is now shouting at him (act 3)

“You are pulling heaven down and raising up a whore!”

Proctor making it clear with Abigail that his relationship with Abigail is over (Act 1)

“No, no, Abby. That’s done with.”

Proctor explaining to Abigail that he is faithful to his wife and will never do anything with Abigail again (Act 1)

“I will cut off my hand before I’ll ever reach for you again.”

Proctor is now completely denying the fact that him and Abigail had a relationship (Act 1)

“We never touched, Abby.”

Proctor showing his anger to Elizabeth and getting angry at her and giving her insults (Act 2)

“Oh Elizabeth. Your justice would freeze beer.”

Proctor insulting Elizabeth and struggling to keep his anger hidden (Act 2)

“It’s winter in here yet”

Mary Warren getting angry at Abigail for what she did in the woods (Act 1)

“You drank a charm to kill John Proctor's wife!”

John getting bad at Elizabeth for not forgiving him for having a fling with Abigail (Act 2)

“You forget nothin’ and forgive nothin”

Elizabeth knowing why Abigail is accusing people of witchcraft, and she knows Abigail will accuse her next (Act 2)

“She wants me dead. I knew all week it would come to this!”

Cheever explaining why Elizabeth is being accused of speaking with the devil before taking her away to court (Act 2)

“Why, Abigail Williams charge her.”

Hale in the Proctor home knowing that John and Elizabeth are innocent and Abigail is falsely accusing them (Act 4)

“It is a lie! They are innocent!”

Elizabeth being told that John is going to be hanged if he does not confess to the court it (Act 4)

“Goody Proctor, your husband is marked to hang this morning.”

Mary Warren has gone against Proctor and gone back to Abigail as she knows Abigail will be believed by the court and she does not want to be punished and is now making Proctor out as a bad man (Act 3)

“Don’t touch me -- don’t touch me!”

Abigail manipulating MAry and Betty to not tell Paris the truth in what they were doing so she doesn’t get punished (Act 1)

“And that is all.”

Conflict between Abigail and John Proctor - Abigail still being in love with John and does all this in order to get him back (Act 1)

“[Since PROCTOR’s entrance, ABIGAIL has stood as though on tiptoe, absorbing his presence, wide-eyed]”