| “You are pulling down heaven and raising up a *****” | John Proctor – To the court |
| “The Devil is precise; the marks of his presence are definite as stone…” | Rev. Hale – To The Putnam’s – To show that they should not look to superstition for signs of the devil. |
| “She is blackening my name in the village.” | Abigail – To Reverend Parris (Talking about Elizabeth) |
| “No uncorrupted man may fear this court.” | Danforth – To Giles but then arrests him. |
| “I saved her life today.” | Mary Warren – To John and Elizabeth Proctor (about Elizabeth) |
| “More weight.” | Giles Cory – to those who were piling stones on him as he were dying. He did not answer “aye” or “nay” to the charges so he would nor forfeit his land. |
| “I want to open myself! . . . I want the light of God.” | Abigail – To Hale. She saw Tituba get out of trouble by doing this. |
| “I’ll tell you what’s walking Salem—vengeance is walking Salem.” | John Proctor |
| “Man, remember, until an hour before the devil fell, God thought him beautiful in heaven.” | Rev. Hale – To John Proctor to explain that Rebecca may be witched. |
| “God is dead.” | John Proctor – To the court. This quote is misinterpreted by the court and they believe it is blasphemous. |
| “I go to God for you sir.” | Rebecca Nurse – To Reverend Parris when he invited Hale to Salem. |
| “I’ve had no breakfast.” | Rebecca Nurse – When she is about to die. |
| “You’re the devil’s man.” | Mary Warren – To the crowd. She says this about John Proctor. |
| “I have eleven children, and am twenty-six times a grandma.” | Rebecca Nurse – |
| “I will come to you in the black of some terrible night and I will bring a pointy reckoning that will shudder you.” | Abigail Williams – To the girls as a threat. |
| “There’s your first marvel, that I can. You have made your magic now, for now I do think I see some shred of goodness in John Proctor.” | John Proctor – John says this to Hale as he knows he is doing the righteous thing when he tears up the paper. |
| “You beg me to conjure.” | Tituba – To Abigail |
| “You drank blood Abby, did you tell him that?” | Betty – To Abigail |
| “Suspicion kissed you when I did; I never knew how I should say my love.” | Elizabeth – To John |
| “I knew it. Good Osborn were mid-wife to me three times.” | Ann Putnam |
| There be no unnatural causes here. Tell him I have sent for Rev. Hale of Beverly.” | Reverend Parris |
| “Your name in the town- it is entirely white, is it not?” | Reverend Parris – To Abigail |
| “Because it is my name! Because I cannot have another in my life.” | John Proctor – John as he refuses to let Danforth have the confession with his signature. |
| “He have his goodness now. God forbid I take it from him.” | Elizabeth Proctor – To Hale. She knows John is doing the honorable thing. |
| “She thinks to dance with me on my wife’s grave!” | John Proctor – To Danforth – About Abigail |
The Crucible Quotes
March 2, 2020