crucible homework page 113-127

Quote 1: "You will confess yourself or you will hang!" He turns her roughly to face him. "Do you know who I am? I say you will hang if you do not open with me?" -Danforth (page 117)

Explanation: Danforth's quote is a threat toward Mary Warren. He gives her two options: either lie about herself or die. This is just another incident where we see that through people's desire to protect themselves they force other people to admit to false accusations that lead a long chain of lies that ends up hurting honest people. And as we see later, Mary Warren breaks under pressure; she starts spouting lies and shifts the blame upon John Proctor who has been truthful throughout the book.

Quote 2: laughs insanely, then: "A fire, a fire is burning! I hear the boot of Lucifer, I see his filthy face! And it is my face, and yours, Danforth! For them that quail to bring men out of ignorance, as I have quailed, and as you quail now when you know in all your black hearts that this be fraud- God damns our kind especially, and we will burn, we will burn together!" -Proctor (page 120)

Explanation: Proctor in one of his final comments mocks everything that has happened in the court by saying that he saw Lucifer and that Lucifer bore the face of men like Danforth and himself, men who quailed in the face of danger. And here we see that though Proctor is a flawed man, as he openly admits, "I see his filthy face! And it is my face" (Miller 120), he is willing to still oppose Danforth and fight for what is right. This can be seen when he compares Danforth to Lucifer saying that Lucifer bears Danforth's face. And to top that off stating that Danforth and him are alike so if he is to burn in hell so will Danforth.

Questions:
1. How does Proctors actions in the court compare to others in the story, and how does the affects of his actions compare to others?

2. Seeing how Danforth acts against Proctor and Corey, do you think that there may be an uprising against his verdicts from the people led by Hale?