You are a broken minister. e, naked! She thinks to take my place, John, Proctor: She cannot think it! Weve Proctor: Now look you - Elizabeth: I see what I see, John. (He turns abruptly to go out. Mary Warren: She sent her spirit out. Francis: My wife is the very brick and mortar of the church, Mr.. Hale - indicating Giles - and Martha Corey, there cannot be a woman closer yet to God than Martha. Proctor: Aye. Hale: Aye. This man is killing his neighbors for their land! Delicately, trying to point out a paragraph: If youll notice, sir - theyve known the women many years and never saw no sign they had dealings with the Devil. Herrick, dont chain her! There was four. Crucible Full Text - Act 1.pdf - Google Sheets We are what we always were in Salem, but now the little crazy children are jangling the keys of the kingdom, and common vengeance writes the law! The Crucible Act 3 Questions - Video & Lesson Transcript - Study.com I saw Goody Howe with the Devil! Elizabeth: Then why do you anger with me when I bid you break it? You are certainly aware of our procedure here, Mr. Hale. Elizabeth: Pray God. Francis, with a mocking, half-hearted laugh: For murder, shes charged! Proctor: Go home now, Giles, Well speak on it tomorrow. Mary Warren: Murder! And you will surely know it. Herrick, panting: In Gods name, John, I cannot help myself. Danforth: And how do you imagine to help her cause with such contemptuous riot? 76 The Crucible Proctor: to Hale: What say you now? In Act 2 of Arthur Miller's play The Crucible, the trial of those accused of witchcraft by Abigail and the girls was in full swing, with the number of the accused growing by the hour. Act Two 81 turning to the open door: Peace. Massachusetts is a beauty in the spring! Abomination? She speak of Abigail, and I thought she were a saint, to hear her. Hale, pleading: Nurse, though our hearts break, we cannot flinch; these are new times, sir. . Giles: That bloody mongrel Walcott charge her. But I said 1 never see no sign you ever sent your spirit out to hurt no one, and seeing I do live so closely with you, they dismissed it. Cheever, pointing at Elizabeth: Youve heard that, sir! 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! Proctor: Court! The door opens, and his Negro slave enters. Danforth: She will not? Proctor, in horror, muttering in disgust at her: Go to bed. Select a range of text in the text box "Select from [text 1] to [text 2]", e.g., "Select from have to voice access" Delete all the text in a text box "Delete all" Apply bold, underline, or italic formatting for the selected text or the last dictated text "Bold that," "Underline that," "Italicize that" Thou shalt not bear false witness. The Crucible By Arthur Miller ACT I: Scene 1 SETTING: A bedroom in Reverend Samuel Parris' house, Salem, Massachusetts, in the Spring of the year, 1692. 1t is Mr. Hale. She speak of Abigail, and I thought she were a saint, to hear her. Through the partitioning wall at the right we hear a prosecutors voice, Judge Hathornes, asking a question; then a womans voice, Martha Coreys, replying. Proctor, with difficulty: I - I have no witness and cannot prove it, except my word be taken. He must. There is a plain bench at the left, and another at the right. Fax: This is the disclaimer text. More info. It is my wife you be condemning now. Pause. I forgot! PRoctoR: Herrick! Proctor, laughing bitterly: Oh, Elizabeth, your justice would freeze beer! This is She halts. Why, this, this - Proctor, reaching for the poppet: Whats there? Mary Warren: They had Doctor Griggs examine her, and shes full to the brim. She told it to me in a room alone - I have no proof for it. 1960, and the text for In Russia (1969), In the Country (1977), and Chinese Encounters (1979), three I tell you straight, Mister - I have seen marvels in this court. Elizabeth: Let you go to Ezekiel Cheever - he knows you well. 85 Judge Hathorne enters. An illustration of a person's head and chest. Pause. I thought, sir, to put some questions as to the Christian character of this house, if youll permit me. PRoctoR: Giles! Proctors anger is rising; he cannot speak. The Crucible Act One Summary and Analysis | GradeSaver Enter Giles Corey from left. 140, Protecting Speech from Government Interference Act; 2) H.R. Marshal Herrick returns, and takes his post at the door. Page 2 of 36. But God I surely love. Proctor: What work you do! Giles, pointing at his deposition: The proof is there! Hell lay in jail if I give his name! Act Two 59 they confess. Proctor, with solemn warning: You will not judge me more, Elizabeth. Heavy beams jut out, boards of random widths make up the walls. Ripped out of the world! Sarah Good will only sit in jail some time - recall-ing - and heres a wonder for you; think on this. So my Martha, she says to him, Walcott, if you havent the wit to feed a pig properly, youll not live to own many, she says. I had to sit long hours in a chair, and passed the time with sewing. Parris: All innocent and Christian people are happy for the courts in Salem! Giles: This is a hearing; you cannot clap me for contempt of a hearing. To Danforth directly: And I think you will want to know, from each and every one of them, what discontents them with you! 96 The Crucible Giles: Thats strange, he give me nine pound damages. She believes that Tituba knows how to speak to the dead, and she wished to learn who murdered her seven children during their infancy. She is enraptured, as though in a pearly light. To Elizabeth: Fetch Mary here. Tituba, suddenly bursting out: Oh, how many times he bid me .kill you, Mr. Parris! Mary Warren: Shell kill me for sayin that! Proctor: I know that, sir. PaRRis,'sweating: These people should be summoned. Hale: And you, woman? Proctor: Sit you down. Giles: John! Elizabeth: Why, then, it is not as you told me. To Hale: I find here a poppet Goody Proctor keeps. TiTUBA, in a fury: He say Mr. Parris must be kill! Sign In. I only ask you - Proctor: Woman, am I so base? Mary Warren, with greater impatience with him: I told you the proof. He is different now - drawn a little, and there is a quality of deference, even of guilt, about his manner now. Act Two 71 only now come from the jail, and theyll not even let us in to see them. Hale, to Parris, trying to contain himself: Is every defense an attack upon the court? And smokin a pipe all these years, and no husband either! Well come early, eh? Danforth: I judge nothing. Elizabeth: Oh, youre done then. I never thought you but a good man, John - with a smile - only somewhat bewildered. Ill tell you whats walking Salem - vengeance is walking Salem. Very deferentially: If I may say it, sir, I know this man all my life. Danforth is shocked, but studying Francis. I only say my commandments; I hope I may say my commandments, says she! Elizabeth, quietly, fearing to anger him by prodding: God for-bid you keep that from the court, John. 83 Danforth, wide-eyed: Indeed. Four judges and the Kings deputy sat to dinner with us but an hour ago. Mary Warren: I wish to go to bed! In Jonathans trap? PRoctoR: Get ygone with them! Governor Judge Minister Bailiff 3 of 25 Before the play begins, what did Parris catch his daughter and other girls doing? Proctor is half braced, half pushed into the room by two deputies and Herrick. Share. This is a sharp time, now, a pre-cise time - we live no longer in the dusky afternoon when evil mixed itself with good and befuddled the world. I should have roared you down when first you told me your suspicion. Shell ruin you with it, I know she will. Hale, nods, then: I hope youre not off to bed yet. The Crucible Act 2 | Summary, Characters & Timeline - Study.com Elizabeth, to Hale: I cannot think the Devil may own a womans soul, Mr. Hale, when she keeps an upright way, as I have. A candle still burns near the bed, which is at the right. I think so. Act Two 67 Proctor, counting on his angers: Thou shalt not steal. Im - I am an official of the court, they say, and I - She has been edging toward onstage. It has not been included in most prodluctions subsequent to the revival at New Yorks Martinique Theatre in 1958 and was dropped by Sir Laurence Olivier in his London production in 1965. it is included here as an appendix on page 148. As the curtain rises we see Parris on his knees, beside a bed. There be a certain danger in calling such a name - I am no Goody Good that sleeps in ditches, nor Osburn, drunk and half-witted. Hale: Theology, sir, is a fortress; no crack in a fortress may be accounted small. ACT THREE The vestry room of the Salem meeting house, now serving as the anteroom of the General Court. Cheever, embarrassed, glancing toward the mantel where sits Mary Warrens poppet: I spy a poppet, Goody Proctor. There be fourteen women arrested? He counts back on his fingers, knowing one is missing. (The words "Jehovah" are heard in the psalmthe song outsideBetty claps her ear suddenly, and whines loudly . Ysee, he buy a pig of my wife four or five year ago, and the pig died soon after. With good feeling he goes and looks up at the sky through the open doorway. Elizabeth: No, she walked into the house this afternoon; I found her sittin in the corner like she come to visit. When he sees Putnam, Giles ease goes; he is hard. Danforth, straight into his eyes: Have you ever seen the Devil? 78 The Crucible Proctor: I will fall like an ocean on that court! Proctor, setting down his gun: No, no. Elizabeth: Oh, John, bring me soon! Parris: She speaks! With some hesitation: Thou shalt remember the Sabbath Day and keep it holy. Proctor: Aye, God tells us that. To Danforth, who impresses him and to whom he smiles through his strain: My name is Corey, sir, Giles Corey. Giles: My proof is there! Proctor: Are you well today? I must call that rare. Mary Warren: But, Mr. Proctor, they will not hang them it Giles: I am never put-upon; I know my rights, sir, and I will have them. Youll not call me daft! Then: Thou shalt honor thy father and mother. He turns. I cannot speak but I am Democracy Theocracy Monarchy Kleptocracy 2 of 25 What is Parris's position in Salem? Elizabeth, amazed at her strangeness: Aye, indeed we must. Cheever, wide-eyed, trembling: The girl, the Williams girl, Abi-gail Williams, sir. Proctor, seeing Mary War-ren, draws her by the arm to Hale. Danforth - it is the reflection on himself he resents: I am sure of it, Marshal. He starts for the door as Mary Warren enters. The Crucible full text Pages 1-50 - Flip PDF Download | FlipHTML5 Their wives are also accused - Danforth, with a sudden briskness of manner: I judge you not, sir. As she is speaking, Betty is rising from the bed, a fever in her eyes, and picks up the chant. Elizabeth: I - I cannot believe it. 64 The Crucible from house to house - I come now from Rebecca Nurses house and - Elizabeth, shocked: Rebeccas charged! The girls, sir, the girls are frauds. To Herrick: Clear this room. To Proctor: I only hope youll not be so sarcastical no more. PRocvoa: No, nor this one either till tonight. And tell him what she said to you last week in her uncles house. Herrick: Aye, sir'. Parris: Such a Christian that will not come to church but once in a month! I think it must be broken, sir. I ask you, Mr. Corey - Proctor, breaking in: Your Honor - he has the story in confi-dence, sir, and he - Parris: The Devil lives on such confidences! Pause. Dan-forth is respectfully silent. It hurt my heart to strip her, poor rabbit. Danforth: You are a foolish old man. Proctor looks at her, but she cannot speak. Summary of S.2217 - 118th Congress (2023-2024): A bill to amend part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to provide full Federal funding of such part. She is watching him from the table as he stands there absorbing the night.