Notes for The Crucible Part 2

Abigail Proctor Abigail Proctor think of you softly from time to time. But I will cut off my hand before I’ll ever reach for you again. Wipe it out of mind. We never touched, Abby. Page 29 I know how you clutched my back behind your house and sweated like a stallion whenever I come near! Or did I dream that? Its she put me out, you cannot pretend it were you. I saw your face when she put me out, and you loved me then and you do now! Page 29 [now softening]: and you must, you are so wintry man. I know you, John. I knew you. [she is weeping] I cannot sleep for dreamin; I cannot dream but I wake and walk about the house as though id find you -Syntax -Imagery -Imperative language. -Individual human behaviour but he will not continue to show any type of affection towards her, for the sake of his redemption and his wife. Jealousy Corruption Individuality -Annoyance Love -Simile -Exclamatory Language -Rhetorical Question -Hypophora -personal language -Collective and individual Human Behaviour -Human emotions Abigail is stating that during the time that John and Abigail met he was deeply attracted to her. Hysteria Jealousy Corruption Individuality -Love -Annoyance -Aggressiveness -Stage directions -Tone -Personal language -Repetition -Human motivations and behaviours The utilization of repetitions through the promulgation of the stage directions conveys how the stage directions explicate her personal language. Therefore, Abigail is a femme fatale. This use of language techniques -Reputation -Love Determinatio n -Corruption -relationships -deceit -disillusionment -individuality -Humans emotions comin’ through some door [she clutches him desperately] Page 29 Abigail [with a bitter anger] oh I marvel how such a strong man may let such a sickly wife bePage 29 -Stage Directions -aggressive tone -Descriptive language Human Behavior conveys her lascivious character. In addition, through the utilization of stage directions we can see that she is using her feminine qualities and emotions to sway Proctor to come back to her. We can deduce that that she is creating a façade that allows proctor to sympathize with her. By clutching him it creates a sense of physical and emotional connection between the two. Abigail knows that men are think and are driven. by sexual chemistry. Thus, by Abigail touching proctor he feels a sense of affection towards her. Abigail is extremely -Love angry of the fact that, -Jealousy John Proctor would -Anger rather choose his wife over her, and attempts to label his wife by describing her as, “sickly”. -Relationship -Desire -deceit -disillusionment -individuality Abigail Parris Putnam You loved me, john proctor, and whatever sin it is, you loved me yet! [ he turns abruptly to go out. She rushes to him] john, pity me, pity me! Page 30 Act 1, Parris:[trembling] Rebecca, Rebecca, go to her, we’re lost. Suddenly she cannot bear to hear the lord’s- Page 31 -Exclamatory Language -Tone -Stage Direction Repetition (pity me ) Human behaviour and emotion At first, she was trying to lure him by touching and feeling, but now she is trying to lure him via guilt and empathy. -Love -Jealousy -Anger -Relationships -Desire -Resisting temptations -Stage Direction -Repetition -imperative language -tone -Human behavior and emotions -anger -fear -hysteria -guilt -resisting temptations -despair -selfishness -aggressiveness -disillusionment Putnam: I never heard you so worried on this society, Mr. Proctor. I do not think I saw you at sabbath meeting since snow flew. Page 33 -Exclamatory Language -Pondering tone -Human behavior and emotion -Collective and individual Human Behavior Betty is acting hysterically and attempts to fly from the window. Rebecca Nurse is a wise old woman who’s later accused of witchcraft as well. The claim is that Betty cannot stand to hear words from the Bible. The stage directions show how Parris is feeling, he is scared for betty and also afraid that the claim of witchcraft will become fact Putnam is suspicious with Proctors intentions, by stating that he never seems to involve himself in the towns problems and tends to keep to -Truth and Deceit -Reputation -Distrust -Doubt -Suspicious -individual experiences Proctor to Parris Proctor: Then let you come out and call them wrong. Did you consult the wardens before you called the minister to look for devils? Page 33 Rhetorical Question -Tone Human behaviour and emotion Parris A wide opinion’s running in the parish that the devil may be among us, and I would satisfy them that they are wrong. Page 33 -Assertive Tone -Diction -Imperative language -Syntax -Human Behaviours and Motivations. -Igniting new ideas. John Proctor Proctor: I have trouble enough without I come five mile to hear him preach only hellfire and bloody damnation. Take it to heart Mr. Parris. There are many others who stay away from church these days because you hardly ever mention god anymore. -Biblical allusion -Idiom - Bitter tone. - Irony - Contrast -Anomalies and paradoxical behavior and motivation. himself for the most part. Proctor is telling Parris to tell the people that the Devil is not among them, since Parris said he believes so. But Parris himself is unsure whether the devil is amongst them or not, so he is hesitant. Proctor doesn’t believe in the superstitions that people have about the devil surrounding them and is confident in what he believes, despite not having the opinion of the majority. Proctor doesn’t come to church anymore as Mr. Parris would always talk about going to hell, rather than praising god. -Guilt -Appearance vs Reality -Determination -Threat -Doubt -Resilience against the widespread belief -Hysteria -alienation -determination -rebellion -courage -honesty -Appearance vs Reality -Reputation -Bitterness -Resentment -Hate -Animosity -Contempt John Proctor Parris Page 33/34 Proctor: can you speak one minute without we land in hell again? I am sick of hell! Parris: it is not for you to say what it is good for you to hear! Arthur Miller Proctor: I may speak my heart, I think! Page 35 Overture: page 37/38 When we see the steady and methodical inculcation into humanity of the idea of man’s worthlessness-until redeemed- the necessity of the devil may become evident as a weapon, a weapon designed and used time and time again in every age to whip men into a surrender to a -Rhetorical Question -Hypophora -Exclamatory Language -Emotive Language -Medium Modality -Individual collective -human experiences -Story telling -Challenge assumptions -Ignite new ideas -Human behaviour and motivation Proctor dislikes the way Parris preaches. He finds his style very pessimistic and negative and he finds no motivation to attend church because of it. -Good vs Evil -Appearance vs Reality -Frustration -Anger -Hate -Disapproval -Rebelling -Distrust -Overture (dramatic technique) -Simile -Imagery -Biblical Allusion -Individual collective -human experiences -Story telling -Challenge assumptions -Ignite new ideas -Human behaviour and motivation We use religion to condemn others, persecute others and to accuse them of many things. -Appearance vs Reality -Reputation -Retribution -Powerlessness -Oppression -Injustice Abigail Tituba Abigail particular church or church state. Abigail: she made me do it! She made betty do it! Tituba: [shocked and angry]: Abby! … Tituba: [frightened by the coming process] mister reverend, I do believe somebody else be witchin’ these children. Abigail: I want to open myself. [they return to her, startled. She is enraptured, as though in a pearly light] “I want the light of God; I want the sweet love of Jesus! I danced for the devil; I saw him; I wrote in his book; I go back to Jesus; I kissed his hand. I saw Goody Osborn with the devil! I saw Bridget bishop with the devil!” -Exclamatory language -Shocked and angry tone -Human emotions -Listing -Human -Biblical Allusion behaviour and -Short motivation sentences -Dramatic irony -Stage Direction -Syntax -Exclamatory Language Tituba begins accusing a number of women of witchcraft. This is a result of fearing that she will be hanged. This leads to Abigail to do the same thing -Reputation -Retribution -Good vs evil -Hysteria -Powerlessness -Injustice -Hate -Anger -Betrayal Abigail is taking this opportunity to save herself from the punishment of witchcraft by accusing many other people in the town. She acts as if she has been affected by the devil and controlled by the witches in which they named. The use of accumulative listing through the semicolons provides emphasis to the accusations. It creates a pause which amplifies -lies and deceit -reputation -good vs evil -supernatural -religion -Corruption -Selfishness [as she is speaking, betty is rising from the bed, a fever in her eyes she picks up the chant]. Page 49 Elizabeth Mary Warren Elizabeth: I do not judge you. The magistrate sits in your heart that judges you. I never thought you but a good man, john[with a smile]- only somewhat bewildered. page 55 Mary warren: I made a gift for you today, goody proctor. I had to sit long hours in a chair, and passed the time with sewing Elizabeth: [perplexed, looking at the doll]: why, thank you, it’s a fair poppet. Page 56 Stage Directions -Facial Expressions Human behaviour and emotions -Stage directions -Short sentences Storytelling Human behaviour and emotions the tension. Abigail’s use of exclamatory language and short firm sentences makes her accusations and the devil'sJ effect on them to be real and genuine Elizabeth attempts to show John Proctor, her husband, that she is in full support of him. She labels him as a “good man” and also her facial expressions suggest her compassion and love towards him Mary sat in the court and made a poppet for Elizabeth, which at first seems innocent but later in the act, it is used as evidence of witchery, which causes Elizabeth to be imprisoned -Truth and Deceit Guilt -Sarcasm -Appearance vs Reality -Truth and Deceit -Jealousy Mary Warren Marry warren: [ backing from him but keeping her erect posture, striving, striving for her way]: the devils loose in Salem, Mr Proctor; we must discover where he is hiding! Page 58/59 Stage directions Exclamatory language Collective pronoun (we) -Human behaviours and emotions Mary Warren is terrified of John Proctor, her master, but she stands her ground and tells him that he must commit to the court and accuse the girls of lies and deceit. He had refused before because he still had slight feelings for Abigail, but now he is being swayed by Mary. -Appearance vs Reality -Truth and Deceit -Good vs Evil -Resilience -Determination -Oppression Fear of the unknown John Proctor Proctor: [with a grin]: I mean to please you, Elizabeth. -Stage directions -Syntax -Comma -Seductive tone -Irony -Human emotions -Paradoxical behavior and motivations -Guilt -Jealousy -Love -Internal conflict. -Relationships -Desperate to please -Lust Elizabeth [it is hard to say]: I know it, John. -Stage directions -Human emotions In Salem, there is no atonement for their sins Proctor continues to try and please Elizabeth after his commitment of adultery with Abigail. However, he is a tragic hero whereby his flaw is his lust for Abigail. Through the use of stage directions, we can see that it is hard for -Internal conflict -Love -Sorrow Act 2 Overview Proctor [He gets up, goes to her, kisses her. She receives it. With a certain disappointment, he returns to the table.] -Stage Direction -Short Sentences Human emotions Human experiences Inconsistency Proctor It’s winter in here yet. On Sunday let you come with me, and we’ll walk the farm together; I never see such a load of flowers on the earth. [With good feeling he goes and looks up at the sky through the open doorway]. Lilacs have a purple smell. Lilac is the smell of nightfall, I think. Massachusetts is a beauty in the spring! -Repetition -Exclamatory language -Stage Directions -Visual Imagery -Metaphor -Human emotions -Human qualities Individual and collective - Human qualities Elizabeth to talk to John because she has not Proctor cheated on Elizabeth. Elizabeth is an emotional female and is holding a grudge and is still upset with proctor as shown by the stage directions. “With a certain disappointment” promulgates how Elizabeth feels after Proctor’s affair with Abigail. Proctor is trying to repent for his sin to Elizabeth by expressing his true feelings as he wants Elizabeth to forget his mistake and to make her love him once again. Judgement Guilt Sadness Reputation Good vs Evil Redemption Guilt Proctor I think you’re sad again. Are you? Interrogative question Emotive language Human emotions Inconsistencie s Elizabeth [she doesn’t want friction, and yet she must]: You come so late I thought you’d gone to Salem this afternoon. Why’d you let her? You heard me forbid her go to Salem any morel Stage directions Suspicious tone Superstition Human behaviour and emotions Inconsistency Syntax (rhetoric launguage ) Exclamatory launguage Frustrated tone Human behaviour. And emotions [holding back a full condemnation of her]: It is a fault, it is a fault, Elizabeth you’re the mistress Stage directions Syntax Short sentences Repetition -Human behavior and emotion Proctor Proctor Proctor asks his wife Elizabeth if she is sad again, within the context of Proctor cheating on her with Abigail. The use of interrogative question indicates his uncertainty on her satisfaction as he had attempted to redeem himself from that act, and aims to ultimately please and satisfy his wife, through redeeming Elizabeth is still suspicious about Proctor and Abigail being in a relationship. Reputation Redemption Guilt Love Frustration Reputation Love Judgement Frustration Distrust In the following quote, proctor is frustrated at Elizabeth for allowing marry warren to go to Salem. Proctor did not want to get involved in the Salem tragedy. Proctor reinforces his thought about Elizabeth for allowing Mary Warren to go to Salem, as this is highlighted -Hysteria Authority Truth and deceit Appearance vs reality Reputation Deceit Distrust suspicion here, not Mary Warren. Second person pronoun Repetition -Collective and individual behavior Inconsistency Elizabeth It is a mouse no more. I forbid her go, and she raises up her chin like the daughter of a prince and lays to me, “I must go to Salem, Goody Proctor; I am an official of the court!” Metaphor Simile Exclamatory Language Human behavior and motivations Inconsistence s Elizabeth The Deputy -Simile Governor promise -Metaphor hangin’ if they’ll not -Tone of hatred confess, John. The town’s gone wild, I think. 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 -Human behaviour and motivation when he repeats, ”a fault, it is a fault”. He then reminds Elizabeth that there is no excuse for letting Mary Warren to leave to Salem, as Elizabeth is the ”mistress” and therefore has more authority over Mary. Elizabeth is frustrated with Marry Warren shift in behavior. Although she is her servant and should be obeying her orders, Marry begins to act as if she has control over the situation and acts as if she is in a position of higher power. Elizabeth is trying to convince her husband John Proctor to believe that Abigail is nothing but evil by expressing her hatred for her. She describes how the witchery works; all you need to do is fake being affected and the person will be accused for witchcraft. Good vs evil Appearance vs Reality Truth and Deceit Distrust Deceit Frustration Suspicion -Appearance vs Reality -Good vs Evil -Condemnation -Envy -Hate -Jealousy Proctor will part like the sea for Israel. And folks are brought before them, and if they scream and howl and fall to the floor - the person’s clapped in the jail for bewitchin’ them. [wide-eyed]: Oh, it is a black mischief. -descriptive language -tone -syntax -truncated sentence -human behaviours and motivations. -human emotions Elizabeth I think you must go to Salem, John. [He turns to her.] I think so. You must tell them it is a fraud. Stage direction Syntax (short sentences Repetition Human behavior and motivation Human emotion Elizabeth Let you go to Ezekiel Cheever - he knows you well. And tell him what Interrogative question Formal language Human Behaviours Proctor is referring to the whole situation as a ‘black mischief’ because he understands that people who are accused of witchcraft are not involved with witches but are forced to confess even if they didn’t associate with witches. Elizabeth is telling Proctor to go to Salem to inform the court that Abigail is a fraud and is spreading rumors and lies around the village. -Disharmony -Appearance vs Reality -Hysteria -fear -shock -adversity -weakness Truth vs deceit Appearance vs reality Good vs evil Judgement Guilt redemption Confusion Weakness Distrust Deceit corruption Through the use of Interrogative questioning, as Elizabeth, attempts to Judgement Truth vs Deceit Confusion she said to you last week in her uncle’s house. She said it had naught to do with witchcraft, did she not? Prcotor [angering]: I know I cannot keep it. I say I will think on it! -Stage Directions -exclamatory language -truncated sentence -Angered tone -human behaviours and motivations. -human emotions Proctor, Elizabeth Proctor: I am only wondering how I may prove what she told me Personal pronoun, Human behaviors and Motivations Elizabeth: If the girl’s a saint now, I think it is not easy to prove she’s fraud, and the town gone so silly. She told it to me in a room alone - I have no proof for it. make sense of the incident of the girls in the woods, by adressing and asking Proctor if this has anything to do with witchcraft Proctor is addressing the issue regarding meeting Abigail so that he can ask her to stop this madness. He is thinking hard because he feels guilty for his past mistake and does not want to meet Abigail Procor is inquiring and addressing the fraudulence of Abigail ‘s testimony against the people of Salem by Labelling them as those who had affiliated with the devil. Proctor as an ex-lover of Abigail knows the truth and is discussing with his wife whether he should testify against her in court and bring about her lies. Hysteria Guilt Redemption Rage Anger Terror Groef Sadness Truth vs deceit, Appearance vs Reality, Redemption Corruption Deceit Distrust Justice Injustice