Quotes

Power

  1. “Shut it! Now shut it!” Abigail

  2. “You come five mile to see a silly girl fly? I know you better.” Abigail

  3. “I have something better than hope, I think!” Abigail

  4. “Child-” Proctor

  5. “Where is my wood? My contract provides I be supplied with all my firewood.” Parris

  6. “I am a graduate of Harvard College.” Parris

  7. “You will confess yourself or I will take you out and whip you to your death, Tituba!” Parris

  8. “I’ll not stand whipping any more!” Mary Warren

  9. “You’ll leave her out of sight and out of mind, Mister.” Proctor

  10. “And do you know that near to four hundred are in the jails from Marblehead to Lynn, and upon my signature?” Danforth

  11. “You will confess yourself or you will hang!” Danforth

  12. “Why must it be written?” Proctor

Theme or issue

Self-preservation

Conflict

  1. “I cannot blink what I saw, Abigail, for my enemies will not blink it.” Parris

  2. “Goody Proctor is a gossiping liar!” Abigail

  3. “Abby, you’ll put it out of mind. I’ll not be comin’ for you more.” Proctor

  4. “Why, then I must find it and join it.” Proctor

  5. “Woman. I’ll not have your suspicion any more.” Proctor

  6. “I see no light of God in that man.” Proctor

  7. “Beware this man, Your Excellency, this man is mischief.” Parris

  8. “He’s come to overthrow this court, Your Honor!” Parris

  9. “(Proctor turns an icy stare at him)” Proctor

  10. “It needs a cold wife to prompt lechery.” Elizabeth

  11. “(Proctor tears the paper and crumples it)” Proctor

Turning Point

Manipulation

Tension

  1. “Goody Proctor is a gossiping liar!” Abigail

  2. “Are you well today?” Proctor

  3. “It’s well seasoned.” Proctor

  4. “Aye, it would” Elizabeth

  5. “You were alone with her?” Elizabeth

  6. “Aye, indeed, we must.” Elizabeth

  7. “I am accused?” Elizabeth

  8. “Will you drink cider, Mr. Hale?” Proctor

Hysteria

Reputation

  1. “Go directly home and speak nothing of unnatural causes” Parris

  2. “I have fought here three long years to bend these stiff necked people to me” Parris

  3. “Goody Proctor is a gossiping liar!” Abigail

  4. “In my house? In my house, Thomas? They will topple me with this” Parris

  5. “She is blackening my name in the village! She is telling lies about me!” Abigail

  6. There is a party in this church. I am not blind; there is a faction and a party.” Parris

  7. “I know this man all my life. It is a good man, sir.” Herrick

  8. “Excellency, since I come to Salem this man is blackening my name.” Parris

  9. “A man will not cast away his good name.” Proctor

  10. “No, no. I have signed it. You have seen me. It is done! You have no need for this.” Proctor

  11. “No, it is not the same! What others say and what I sign to is not the same!” Proctor