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ABIGAIL: Uncle? She is rocking on her kness, sobbing in terror. Parris, studies her, then nods, half convinced: Abigail, I have Sought here three long years to bend these stiff-necked people to me, and now, just now when some good respect is rising for me in the parish, you compromise my very character. Why, Goody Putnam, come in. Parris, quickly: Will you look at my daughter, sir? It were a grand sneeze; another like it will shake her wits together, Im sure. It was forged for a necessary purpose and accomplished that pur-pose. He rushes to the bed, crying, Betty, Betty! Mrs. Putnam enters, feverish with curiosity, and with her Thomas Putnam and Mercy lewis. Four? Abigail: Gah! We danced. Mrs. Putnam: Why, thats strange. Let either of you breathe a word, or the edge of a word, about the other things, and I will come to you in the black of some terrible night and I will bring a pointy reckoning that will shudder you. The Crucible full text. Will you come, Giles? Proctor: I may have looked up. PuTNAM: He had no right to sell it. Their fathers had, of course, been persecuted in England. Putnam: He confessed it now! An e-copy of the play while you wait for yours to arrive. My contract provides I be supplied with all my firewood. Text: The Crucible, Act 4, by Arthur MillerName: Period: Hale has returned and is trying to get the condemned to confess so that It 's ironic because the two men disagreed about the accusations but are now on the same side . English Deutsch Franais Espaol Portugus Italiano Romn Nederlands Latina Dansk Svenska Norsk Magyar Bahasa Indonesia Trke Suomi Latvian Lithuanian esk Unknown Parris: I should say the better half of Salem village - PuTNAM: And more than that! Ours is a divided empire in which certain ideas and emotions and actions are of God, and their opposites are of Lucifer. At the back a door opens on the landing of the stairway to the ground floor. The edge of the wilderness was close by. Parris: No, no, these are farmers. I cannot offer one propo-sition but there be a howling riot of argument. Abominations are done in the forest - Abigail: It were sport, uncle! As for Rebecca herself, the general opinion of her character was so high that to explain how anyone dared cry her out for a witch - and more, how adults could bring them-selves to lay hands on her - we must look to the fields and boundaries of that time. 40 The Crucible Parris, with trepidation - and resentment: I hope you do not mean we go to Satan here! The towns mumbling witchcraft. Betty! The Crucible full text. Betty, on the bed, whimpers. No one can really know what their lives were like. You must have no fear to tell us who they are, do you understand? I have seen you since she put me out; I have seen you nights. Parris, surprised: Why, thank you, Giles! Giles - he cannot be crossed: John Proctor, I have only last month collected four pound damages for you publicly sayin I burned the roof off your house, and I - I am not some preaching farmer with a book under my arm; I am a graduate of Harvard College. They had thought to pick off the wealth of the new country and then return rich to Eng-land. His vindictive nature was demonstrated long before the witch-craft began. The Devil, as Reverend Hale said, is a wily one, and, until an hour before he fell, even God thought him beautiful in Heaven. A childs 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, Proctor: Aye, thats the truth of it, Rebecca. Evidently the time came in New England when the repressions of order were heavier than seemed warranted by the dangers against which the order was organized. TiTUBA: I have no power on this child, sir. She does not stir in his hands. Parris: I regard that six pound as part of my salary. In meeting, he felt insulted if someone rose to shut the door without first asking his permission. You didnt tell him that! 10 The Crucible youd best go down and deny it yourself. Leads Hale to the bed. Mr. Parris, I beg your pardon. He was a crank and a nuisance, but She suddenly cannot bear to hear the Lords - Giles Corey, eighty-three, enters. Parris: Where is my wood? Abigail lowers her eyes. The Crucible Full Text - msberti.weebly.com Act One 7 developed from a paradox. TiTUBA: I believe so, yes, sir. Parris, shocked: Your Ruth is sick? Stop that wailing! PuTNAM, as though for further details: They say youve sent for Reverend Hale of Beverly? They were a band of individualists, and a much more ingratiating group than the Massachusetts men. The others watch breathlessly. What are you doing to her? Proctor: You know me better. Rebecca, sitting: I think shell wake in time. I hope youll leave some of it in Salem. Parris, swayed: Ill lead them in a psalm, but let you say nothing of witchcraft yet. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ). And then she close her book and walks out of the house, and suddenly - mark this - I could pray again! To Parris: I hope you are not decided to go in search of loose spirits, Mr. Parris. Mrs. Putnam goes out. MRs. Putnam: Her soul, her soul seems flown away. English Deutsch Franais Espaol Portugus Italiano Romn Nederlands Latina Dansk Svenska Norsk Magyar Bahasa Indonesia Trke Suomi Latvian Lithuanian esk Unknown Slight pause. What signified that remark? Hale: Why can she not wake? Do you understand that? Rebecca, with great pain, turns her face away. 1. Abigail: I will, uncle. Oh! He pleads: Abigail, if you know something that may help the doctor, for Gods sake tell it to me. This squabble grew to the proportions of a battle in the woods be-tween partisans of both sides, and it is said to have lasted for two days. We cannot look to superstition in this. Hale, holding up his hands: No, no. Now, Betty, dear, will you sit up? Mr. Thomas Putnam. The Church, sharp-eyed as it must be when gods long dead are brought to life, condemned these orgies as witchcraft and interpreted them, rightly, as a resurgence of the Dionysiac forces it had crushed long before. She does not stir. The American con-tinent stretched endlessly west, and it was full of mystery for them. Putnam comes in closer, ready-handed. ABIGAIL, with alarm, as she cautiously approaches Betty: What ails you, Betty? About the Author: Playwright Arthur Miller (1915 ) was born in New York. Proctor, his smile widening: Ah, youre wicked yet, arent y! I never thought you had so much iron in you. Elizabeth goes upstairs. There be no blush about my name. Cheever, turning the poppet over in his hands: Why, they say it may signify that she-He has lifted the poppet's skirt, and his eyes widen in astonished fear. Parris: Out of here! Why I Wrote The Crucible. 6 The Crucible and they had to be to survive the life they had chosen or been born into in this country. We cannot look to superstition in this. He goes to the bed, looks down at Betty. It must come out - my enemies will bring it out. Better minds than Hales were - and still are - convinced that there is a society of spirits beyond our ken. Parris, to Abigail: Then you were conjuring spirits last night. Now let me instruct you. Abigail, innocently: A dress? Oxford University. MRs. Putnam: Reverend Parris, I have laid seven babies un-baptized in the earth. Abigail: She tried, but I refused. Crucible & McCarthyism PowerPoint: File Size: 1319 kb: File Type: . The roof rafters are exposed, and the wood colors are raw and unmellowed. The+Crucible+Full+Text+(1).pdf - Themes Across Time Parris: Do you know this gentleman? An illustration of two cells of a film strip. The proof of their belief's value to them may be taken from the opposite character of the first Jamestown settlement, farther south, in Virginia. We cannot leap to witchcraft. Parris turns now, with new fear, and goes to Betty, looks down at her, and then, gazing off: Oh, Abigail, what proper payment for my charity! She dissolves into sobs. Parris: No, no, it were secret - MRs. Putnam, unable to wait: Mr. Parriss slave has knowledge of conjurin, sir. Putnam, pointing at the whimpering Betty: That is a notorious sign of witchcraft afoot, Goody Nurse, a prodigious sign! Answer Mr. Hale! You think it Gods work you should never lose a child, nor grand-child either, and I bury all but one? University University of South Australia; Course English Education 1 (EDUC 4035) . Proctor, respected and even feared in Salem, has Abigail: She makes me drink blood! The crucible full text 7. Parris: Will you leave me now, Thomas? doc: Download File. Then, re-solved: Now tell me true, Abigail. It is a clue. Abigail stares in fright at Betty. Giles: Ive changed my opinion of this man, John. Parris: Now, look you, Goody Putnam, she never - Enter Thomas Putnam, a well-to-do, hard-handed landowner, near fifty. The fate of each character is exactly that of his historical model, and there is no one in the drama who did not play a similar - and in some cases exactly the same - role in history. Act One 31 Proctor: Against you? 138 The Barry, collapsing on the bed: Mama, Mama! EN. A political policy is equated with moral right, and opposition to it with diabolical malevolence. I know you. The meeting house was nearby, and from this point outward - toward the bay or inland - there were a few small-windowed, dark houses snuggling against the raw Massa- chusetts winter. Youre old, Giles, and youre not hearin so well as you did. 4.0 (2) $5.00. Proctor: Abby, I may think of you softly from time to time. Abigail, turns at once and goes to Betty, and now, with fear in her voice: Betty? GILEs - he cannot be crossed: John Proctor, I have only last month collected four pound damages for you publicly sayin I burned the roof off your house, and I - And yet it has troubled me that you are now seven month out of their house, and in all this time no other family has ever called for your service. He goes directly to the bed. In Proctors presence a fool felt his foolishness instantly - and a Proctor is always marked for calumny therefore. With final emphasis: Put it out of mind, Abby. Good morning, Mr. Proctor. Mercy comes over. Let you strike out against the Devil, and the village will bless you for it! It is surely a stroke of hell upon you. Parris, in a fury: What, are we Quakers? I will not discuss it. Hmmm. A word about Thomas Putnam. The child remains limp in his hands. Act One 23 Proctor: Abby, thats a wild thing to say - Abigail: A wild thing may say wild things. They believed, in short, that they held in their steady hands the candle that would light the world. Mrs. Putnam, full of breath, shiny-eyed: It is a marvel. Parris, at the bed, keeps lightly slapping Bettys face, while she moans and tries to get up. Abigail, what sort of dancing were you doing with her in the forest? I do not think I saw you at Sabbath meeting since snow flew. Proctor:, He may turn his head, but not to Hell! She were swaying like a dumb beast over that fire! The words going up to Jesus are heard in the psalm and Betty claps her ears suddenly and whines loudly. If a cow was missed, the first thought was to look for her around Coreys house; a fire blazing up at night brought sus-picion of arson to his door. Putnam: You are not undone! Giles: It suggests to the mind what the trouble be among us all these years.