The Crucible Quotation Analysis Study Guide Directions: For each act, key quotations are listed in the order in which they appear. In the second column, identify who said the quote and how and why it is significant (not just a summary of the quote). What does it tell us about the character who said the line? What does it suggest about the character the line is spoken to? How does it illustrate a theme? Act One Quotation Analysis: What does the quote reveal about a character, a theme, or play’s plot? Include who said the quote. name is good in the village! I will “My not have it said my name is soiled! Goody Proctor is a gossiping liar!” know that you you least of all, “I – Thomas, would ever wish so disastrous a charge laid upon me.” you understand it, sir? There is “Don’t a murdering witch among us, bound to keep herself in the dark. Let your enemies make of it what they will, you cannot blink it more.” never knew what pretense Salem “I was, I never knew the lying lessons I was taught by all these Christian women and their covenanted men!” think she’ll wake when she tires of “I 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.” cannot command Mr. Parris. We “You vote by name in this society, not by acreage.” are wheels within wheels in “There this village, and fires within fires.” mean it solemnly, Rebecca; I like not “I the smell of this ‘authority’.” Good? Did you ever see Sarah “Sarah Good with him? Or Osburn? want to open myself! “I Act Two Quotation Analysis: What does the quote reveal about a character, a theme, or play’s plot? Include who said the quote. dream I had must have “Some mistaken you for God that dat. But you’re not, you’re not, and let you remember it! Let you look sometimes
The Crucible Quotation Analysis Study Guide Directions: For each act, key quotations are listed in the order in which they appear. In the second column, identify who said the quote and how and why it is significant (not just a summary of the quote). What does it tell us about the character who said the line? What does it suggest about the character the line is spoken to? How does it illustrate a theme? Act One Quotation Analysis: What does the quote reveal about a character, a theme, or play’s plot? Include who said the quote. “My name is good in the village! I will not have it said my name is soiled! Goody Proctor is a gossiping liar!” “I know that you – you least of all, Thomas, would ever wish so disastrous a charge laid upon me.” “Don’t you understand it, sir? There is a murdering witch among us, bound to keep herself in the dark. Let your enemies make of it what they will, you cannot blink it more.” “I never knew what pretense Salem was, I never knew the lying lessons I was taught by all these Christian women and their covenanted men!” “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.” “You cannot command Mr. Parris. We vote by name in this society, not by acreage.” “There are wheels within wheels in this village, and fires within fires.” “I mean it solemnly, Rebecca; I like not the smell of this ‘authority’.” “Sarah Good? Did you ever see Sarah Good with him? Or Osburn? “I want to open myself! Act Two Quotation Analysis: What does the quote reveal about a character, a theme, or play’s plot? Include who said the quote. “Some dream I had must have mistaken you for God that dat. But you’re not, you’re not, and let you remember it! Let you look sometimes
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