| The parlor’s packed with people. | allusion |
| I heard screeching & gibberish coming from her mouth. | onomotapeia |
| Reverend Hale conceives of himself much as a young doctor on his first call. | simile |
| You sweated like stallion when ever I come near | simile |
| I pray you feel the weight of truth upon you, for now my ministry’s at stake | personification |
| It’s death drivin’ into them, forked & hoofed. | personification |
| The whole country’s talkin’ witchcraft. | Hyperbole |
| I had to show my frostbitten hands like some London beggar. | simile |
| This society will not be a bag to swing around your heart. | metaphor |
| I do not wish to be put out like a cat whenever some majority feels the whim. | simile |
| The marks of his presence are definite as stone. | simile |
| You are God’s instrument out in our hands to discover the Devil’s agent. | personification |
| I have not moved from there to here without I think to please you, and still an everlasting funeral marches about your heart. | metaphor |
| Theology, sir, is a fortress; no crack in a fortress may be accounted small. | metaphor |
| I will fall like an ocean on the court. | simile |
| The farm is continent when you go foot by foot droppin’ seeds in it. | hyperbole or metaphor |
| Man, remember, until an hour before the Devil fell, thought him beautiful in Heaven. | Allusion |
| Pontius Pilate! God will not let you wash your hands of this! | Allusion |
| Proctor stands there, gulping air. Horses and a wagon creaking are heard. | onomotapeia |
| There might also be a dragon with five legs in my house, but no one has ever seen it. | hyperbole |
| If Rebecca Nurse be tainted, then nothing’s left to stop the whole green world from burning. | hyperbole |
| She raises up her chin like the daughter of a prince | simile |
| Abigail brings the other girls into the court, and where she walks the crowd will part like the sea for Israel. | allusion |
The crucible: Figurative language act 1 & 2
March 2, 2020