The Crucible
"You are pulling Heaven down and raising up a whore!"(Pg. 50).This quote shows how someone's private motives for something, can have consequences on other people's lives. In The Crucible by Arthur Miller many people use their vengeance against their friends to get what they want. Abigail William's, Reverend Paris, and Mr. Putnam do this by lying to the court and casting their nabor's to death. "Don't lie, she comes to me while I sleep; she's always making me dream corruption's!" (Pg. 44). This quote shows how Abigail William's tries to place her blame on someone else for a sin she committed. Abigail William gets caught dancing naked in the forest and to stop herself from getting into trouble she blames it on Tituba. Abigail said Tituba send her soul upon her and tried to get her to sign the devils "Black Book." Abigail also blamed many other people for being witches including Elizabeth Proctor, the wife of
him self. Mr. Putnam made his daughter cry witch on Giles wife so then Giles his motives. Earlier in the play the Reverend Paris told the Reverend Hale Giles Corey. Since Giles own so much land and is was next to Mr. Putnams, that he saw his girls dancing naked in the forest. This reverend did not want lied to make it look like he was doing a good job raising the child. The "Why, we are surely gone wild this year. What anarchy is this? That Giles wife and Giles lead an uprising vs. the court and was stoned. But because Giles never confessed his kids were able to take his land. The private "I can only say sir, that I have never found any off them naked..." (Pg. Abigail William's wanted something, she plays with other people's lives to 105). This quote shows how the reverend of the town even tells lies to protect
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