By Arthur Miller
In response to old humans and actual occasions, Arthur Miller's play makes use of the harmful energy of socially sanctioned violence unleashed by way of the rumors of witchcraft as a strong parable approximately McCarthyism.
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You have discovered witchcraftPUTNAM: In my house? In my house, Thomas? They will topple me with this! They will make of it a- PARRIS: THE CRUCIBLE 16 Enter Mercy Lewis, the Putnams' servant, a fat, sly, mercilessgirl of eighteen. MERCY: Your pardons. I only thought to see how Betty is. PUTNAM: Why aren't you home? Who's with Ruth? MERCY: Her grandma come. She's improved a little, I thinkshe give a powerful sneeze before. MRS. PUTNAM: Ah, there's a sign of life! MERCY: I'd fear no more, Goody Putnam, It were a grand sneeze; another like it will shake her wits together, I'm sure.
We did dance, uncle, and when you leaped out of the bush so suddenly, Betty was frightened and then she fainted. And there's the whole of it. ABIGAIL: PARRIS: Child. Sit you down. quavering, as she sits: I would never hurt Betty. I love her dearly. ABIGAIL, 10 THE CRUCIBLE PARRIS: Now look you, child, your punishment will come in its time. But if you trafficked with spirits in the forest I must know it now, for surely my enemies will, and they will ruin me with it. ABIGAIL: But we never conjured spirits.
ABIGAIL, PROCTOR, gently pressing her from him, with great sympathy but firmly: ChildABIGAIL, with a flash of anger: How do you call me child! PROCTOR: Abby, I may think of you softly from time to time. But I will cut off my hand before I'll ever reach for you again. Wipe it out of mind. We never touched, Abby. ABIGAIL: Aye, but we did. PROCTOR: Aye, but we did not. with a bitter anger: Oh, I marvel how such a strong . man may let such a sickly wife be- ABIGAIL, PROCTOR, Elizabeth! angered-at himself as well: You'll speak nothin' of She is blackening my name in the village!