The Crucible - Quotation Analysis

Who said this? - “My name is good in the village! I will not have it said my name is soiled! Goody Proctor is a gossiping liar!”

• Abigail Williams

• John Proctor

• Tituba

• Rev. Parris

“I think she’ll wake when she tires of it. A child’s spirit is like a child, you can never catch it by running after it; you must stand still, and, for love, it will soon itself come back.”

Rebecca Nurse says this in Act I. What is happening at this point in the story?

• Rebecca Nurse is explaining Betty's illness. Unlike everyone else, she doesn't assume that witchcraft is the explanation.

• Rebecca Nurse is explaining Abigail's behavior. She doesn't think Abigail's dancing in the woods is the cause of her lying.

• Rebecca Nurse is explaining Tituba's behavior. She thinks that Tituba is acting childish.

Who said this? - “I want to open myself! I want the light of God!"

• Abigail Williams

• Tituba

• Betty Parris

• John Proctor

Who said this? - “Some dream I had must have mistaken you for God that day. But you’re not, you’re not, and let you remember it! Let you look sometimes for the goodness in me, and judge me not.”

• John Proctor

• Abigail Williams

• Rev. Hale

• Rev. Parris

“I am amazed you do not see what weighty work we do.” Mary Warren says this in Act II. What is happening at this point in the story?

• Mary Warren returns to the Proctors after spending the day in court. The Proctors are glad that she is working with the courts and this is her response.

• Mary Warren returns to the Proctors after spending the day in court. The Proctors tell her not to return to court and this is her response.

• Mary Warren returns to the Proctors after spending the day in court. She sees Abigail at the Proctor's house and confronts her.

Who said this? - “It does sir, it does; it tells me that a minister may pray to God without he have golden candlesticks upon the altar.”

• John Proctor

• Rev. Hale

• Elizabeth Proctor

• Rev. Parris

Who says this? - “I have until this moment not the slightest reason to suspect that the children may be deceiving me. Do you understand my meaning?”

• Danforth

• Rev. Hale

• Rev. Parris

• John Proctor

“Do that which is good, and no harm shall come to thee.” John Proctor says this to Mary Warren in Act III. What is happening at this point in the story?

• Mary Warren is about to give her deposition. John Proctor is encouraging her by saying that if she does the right thing, nothing bad will happen.

• Mary Warren is about to run away with Abigail. John Proctor says this to her in an attempt to make Mary stay in Salem.

• Mary Warren is about to give her deposition. John Proctor wants Mary to lie to the court and is using this quote to encourage her to do so.

Who said this? - “I denounce these proceedings, I quit this court!”

• Rev. Hale

• Danforth

• Hathorne

• Rev. Parris

Who said this? - “Thirty-one pound is gone. I am penniless." He covers his face and sobs.

• Rev. Hale

• Thomas Putnam

• Rev. Parris

• John Proctor