The Crucible Acts 1 and 2

“It is a mouse no more. I forbid her go, and she raises up her chin like the daughter of a prince and says to me, “I must go to Salem, Goody Proctor; I am an official of the court!” (50)

Metaphor — “mouse”

Imagery — “raises up her chin”

Contrast — “mouse” to “daughter of a prince”

Simile — “like the daughter of a prince”

Dramatic Irony — “I am official of the court”

Declarative tone — “must”, “am”

“…She speak of Abigail, and I thought she were a saint, to hear her. Abigail brings the other girls into the court, and where she walks the crowd will part like the sea for Israel…” (50)

Metaphor — “saint”

Allusion — “[Moses parts] the sea for Israel”

Simile — “like the sea for Israel”

Imagery — “the crowd will part”

Dramatic Irony — “saint” yet Abigail is evil

Hyperbole — “the crowd will part like the sea for Israel”

“Spare me! You forget nothing and forgive nothing. Learn charity, woman. I have gone tiptoe in this house all seven month since she is gone. I have not moved from there to there without I think to please you, and still an everlasting funeral marches around your heart. I cannot speak but I am doubted, every moment judged for lies, as though I come into a court when I come into this house!” (52)

Metaphor — “an everlasting funeral marches around your heart”

Hyperbole — “you forget nothing and forgive nothing”, “every moment judged for lies”, “I have one tip toe in this house all seven month”, “I have not moved from there to there”, “I cannot speak but I am doubted”,

Simile — “as though I come into a court when I come into this house”

Imagery — “I have gone tiptoe”, “I have not moved”,

Exasperated tone — “Spare me!”

Dramatic Irony — “learn charity, woman” yet he is the one who needs to learn to accept Elizabeth’s hurt feelings

Pathos — guilt

“Man, remember, until an hour before the Devil fell, God thought him beautiful in Heaven” (68)

Allusion — Devil fell from heaven but he was one of God’s best disciples

Logos — logical reason/example/concrete proof

Ethos — Reverend Hale establishes his authority/credibility as a prominent religious figure in Salem, flexing his knowledge

“If she is innocent! Why do you never wonder if Parris be innocent, or Abigail? Is the accuser always holy now? Were the born this morning as clean as God’s fingers? I’ll tell you what’s walking Salem — vengeance is walking Salem. We are what we always were in Salem, but now the little crazy children are jangling the keys of the kingdom, and common vengeance writes the law! This warrant’s vengeance! I’ll not give my wife to vengeance!” (73)

Rhetorical Questions — “Why do you never wonder if Parris be innocent, or Abigail? Is the accuser always holy now? Were they born this morning as clean as God’s fingers?”

Simile — “as clean as God’s fingers”

Personification: “vengeance is walking Salem”, “common vengeance writes the law”

Repetition: “vengeance”

Allusion: “as clean as God’s fingers”, “keys of the kingdom”,

Metaphor: “the little crazy children are jangling the keys of the kingdom”, “This warrant’s vengeance”

Alliteration — “we are what we always were”

Accusatory tone — “is the accuser always holy now? I’ll tell you what’s walking Salem!”, “!”, “!” “!”

Pathos — anger, passion, “I’ll not give my wife to vengeance”

Logos — logical reasoning of how accusers are manipulating the situation for their own advantage

“Pontius Pilate! God will not let you wash your hands of this!” (73)

Analogy/Allusion — Pontius Pilate was a Roman governor who was tasked with overlooking the trials of Jesus and he was heavily manipulated by others. Later he felt immense guilt and washed his hands publicly to try and absolve himself

Ethos — this is being addressed to Hale who is so focused on being religiously pure so this hits him right where it hurts; its a direct analogy/allusion that Hale can relate to and truly understand Proctor’s point through

Pathos — wants Hale to feel guilty, blood is on HIS hands

“Make your peace with it! Now Hell and Heaven grapple on our backs, and all our old pretense is ripped away— make your peace! […] It is a providence, and no great change; we are only what we always were, but naked now […] Aye, naked! And the wind, God’s icy wind, will blow! (76).

Personification: “Now Hell and heaven grapple on our backs”,

Paradox: “It is a providence, and no great change; we are only what we always were, but naked now!”:

Repetition: “Make your peace”, “naked”, “wind”

Metaphor: “our old pretense is ripped away”, “God’s icy wind”

Imagery: “God’s icy wind, will blow!”

Pathos: guilt