Crucible - by character

Crucible - by character

1. Abigail

2. Parris

3. Elizabeth

   • Act 2
     • [blushing with pleasure]
     • [he gets up, goes to her, kisses her. She receives it]
     • [quietly, fearing to anger him by prodding]
     • [she has suddenly lost all faith in him]
     • [with great fear] "I will fear nothing"
     • Elizabeth is hurt
     • Wants things to get better
     • unexpectedly strong in face of anger
     • does the right thing even if it's hard
     • "I think I must go with them"
     • Realises that she has no choice, just has to wait it out
     • Tries to be strong for John and children, doesn't want to be weak
   • Act 3
     • [She stands alone, her eyes looking for Proctor]
     • [In agony] "my husband - is a goodly man, sir"
     • Tries to protect John at all cost
   • Act 4
     • "It come to nought that I should forgive you, if you'll not forgive yourself"
     • "Be sure of this, for I know it now; whatever you will do, it is a good man does it"
     • "I counted myself so plain, so poorly made, no honest love could come to me! Suspicion kissed you when I did; I never knew how I should say my love. It were a cold house I kept
     • "I never knew such goodness in the world"
     • "He have his goodness now, God forbid I take it from him!"
     • "I have sins of my own to count"
     • She believes John is a good person
     • She has forgiven John - he just has to forgive himself
     • Blames herself for the affair

4. Proctor

   • Act 1
     • {He is a sinner, a sinner no only against the moral fashion of the time, but against his own vision of decent conduct}
     • John known that what he's done is wrong -could this mean he is a good pereson
     • introductory paragraph
     • "I may speak my heart, I think!"
     • isn't going to sit back
     • "Take it to hear, Mr Parris"
   • ACt 2
     • "I mean to please you Elizabeth"
     • Cares about Elizabeth - wants to make it better
     • "That goodness will not die for me"
     • Knows Elizabeth is much better than he will ever be
     • "Is the accuser always holy now? Were they born this morning as clean as God's fingers?...we are what we always were in Salem, but no the little crazy children are jangling the keys of the kingdom"
     • Questioning witch hysteria
     • Important people listening to the wrong people
     • "we are only what we always were, but naked now...God's icy wind, will blow!"
     • now people of Salem have a chance to unleash vengeance
     • everything will start to go wrong in Salem
   • Act 3
     • "I have made a bell of my honour! I have rung the doom of my good name"
     • "For them that quail to bring men out of ignorance, as I have quailed, and as you quail now when you know in all your black hearts that this be fraud - God damns our kind especially, and we will burn
     • not afraid to speak what he means
     • Imagery of fire and Hell
   • Act 4
     • [numbed - a thread to weave into his agony]
     • another thing going badly for him
     • numbed - feels nothing but agony
     • "nothing's spoiled by giving them this lie that were not rotten long before"
     • "They think to go like saints, i like not to spoil their names"
     • Thinks he isn't good enough to die with pure, innocent people, because he has sinned with Abigail
     • "For now I do think I see some shred of goodness in John Proctor. Not enough to weave a banner with, but white enough to keep it from such dogs"
     • Realising/finding hope/goodness in himself
     • feels like he doesn't deserve to die like a martyr
     • has to live on - help Elizabeth/family
     • "I would have your forgiveness, Elizabeth"
     • If Elizabeth forgives him, he can forgive himself

5. Hale

6. Putnams

7. Tituba

8. Rebecca Nurse