Good Quotes For The Crucible

Alma Mhae Aguzar
October 2, 2013
Period: 5
The Crucible The theme that I chose for this play is, evil triumphs over good. To further this theme, I also added three sub-themes that ties in with my main theme. Which are accusations, greed, and hysteria. Accusations
Conflict: [Wo]man vs. Society
Quote 1: Tituba says, "Mister Reverend, I do believe somebody else be witchin' these children" Then he responds, "Who?" She says, "I don't know, sir, but the Devil got him numerous witches." (188)
Significance of event: At this moment, Tituba confessed herself to be enslaved by the devil. At first she denied, which she was telling the truth. But because she was reminded of the death penalty, she owned up to being a witch and dealing with the
devil. The part when she says "I don't know, sir, but the Devil got him numerous witches", proves she is lying, so she starts accusing innocent women in order to save herself.
Setting (time/place): Rev. Parris' House, upstairs, in Betty's bedroom
Characterization: Tituba has become frightened over the fact that she can die at any moment if she did not confess right away. The fact that she will be hanged, forced her to confess, yet accused all these innocent women. For example, Goody Osburn and Sarah Good.
Conflict: [Wo]man vs. self
Quote 2: Abigail says "" ()
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Greed
Conflict: Man vs. Society
Quote 4: Giles says this about Thomas Putnam "I have heard from an honest man who heard Putnam say it! The day his daughter cried out on Jacobs, he said she’d given him a fair gift of land." Also, Putnam says this about Giles Corey, "The man is killing his neighbors for his land."
Significance of event: Mr Putnam is a man with a wealthy background, though he took advantage of the witch trials to increase his wealth and to buy off other peoples lands.
He doesn't care about his friends nor his community. Instead, owning more land is considered more important to him than them. This shows he is greedy without any hesitation. He's so low, that he uses his daughter Ruth to prosecute Old man Jacobs, rather than himself. And in the movie, I couldn't help but feel sorry for this dude.
Setting (time/place): Court room, ACT III
Characterization: remorseless, stoked and happy because he's getting his land
Conflict: Man vs. man
Quote 5: Betty says to Abigail, "You drank blood, Abby! You didn't tell him that! You did, you did! You drank a charm to kill John Proctor's wife! You drank a charm to kill Goody Proctor!"
Significance of event: It all started from Abigail and her greed to win over John Proctor's heart once again.
Setting (time/place): Rev. Parris' House, upstairs, in Betty's bedroom
Characterization: Betty is feeling lost because she just woke up from her "spell." saying she wants her mama and pretending like she's flying outside her window. Abigail is furious at the moment meaning she denied ever doing that. Making her seem more violent since she did slap Betty across the face.
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Hysteria
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These three different themes are what makes up my main theme, which is that evil triumphs over good. Even till the end of the play, death has still part taked over the innocent ones. The accusations, the greed, and the fear that one has started has left. But the ones who remained had to pay the price of death penalties. That alone proves that not one moment has been justified throughout the play and that evil finds itself around doing dirty work while the ones who want the truth to shine,has to sacrifice their families, friends, dignity, and pride. Then eventually dies in a unfair way.