The Crucible Quotes

The Crucible, written by Arthur Miller in 1953, takes place in Salem Massachusetts in 1692 during the salem witch trials. The play begins in the home of Samuel Parris, whose daughter is lying on the bed appearing very sick. Abigail Williams, Betty’s friend, tries to convince Parris of their innocence but Parris saw them and his slave dancing in the woods. When Parris confronts Tituba about what he saw she immediately admits her fault but places the blame on other characters in the play commencing the theme of mass hysteria. My literary graphic is based on the character Thomas Danforth, the judge who oversees the witch trials. The theme in The Crucible that I believe best describes Danforth’s role in the witch trials is lies and defeat. In my literary graphic I have a blue silhouette of Danforth on a red background.

You pretend to be seperate, to have your own code, something that makes up for the horrors. But they are part of you. They will never go away” (Loki, Marvel’s The Avengers). I thought that this quote represented Thomas Danforth’s role in the town very well. If a person was accused of being a witch they either had to rat out their friends of being witches or be hung themselves. In the quote it says “You lie and kill in the service of liars and killers”, when someone was accused of being a witch but they refused to out any other people of being witches or just admit that they were a witch, they would be given an unfair trial and be hung. All these people were accused of being witches by their friends who had been too cowardly to stand up for themselves. The quote also states, “You pretend to be seperate, to have your own code, something that makes up for the horrors”. I believe that this part of the quote represents the trials. Thomas Danforth gave each person a trial but they were unfair and when he finally understood what was happening he continued sentencing people to