Quotes

The Crucible - Key Quotes by Theme

Individual vs. Society

"Because it is my name! Because I cannot have another in my life! Because I lie and sign myself to lies! Because I am not worth the dust on the feet of them that hang! How may I live without my name? I have given you my soul; leave me my name!"

Mass Hysteria

"I saw Sarah Good with the Devil! I saw Goody Osburn with the Devil! I saw Bridget Bishop with the Devil!"

Power and Authority

"But God made my face; you cannot want to tear my face. Envy is a deadly sin, Mary."

Justice and Truth - Act 4

"I cannot mount the gibbet like a saint. It is a fraud. I am not that man. My honesty is broke, Elizabeth; I am no good man. Nothing's spoiled by giving them this lie that were not rotten long before."

Reputation -

"A person is either with this court or he must be counted against it, there be no road between."

Fear and Paranoia

"There is prodigious fear in seeking loose spirits. I fear it, I fear it. Let us rather blame ourselves..."