Quote:
"Our opposites are always robed in sexual sin, and it is from this unconscious conviction that demonology gains both its attractive sensuality and its capacity to infuriate and frighten."
Pg. 34
Comment:
(E) This quote from the book seems very wise. To me, I think it explains that non-Christians, or the "opposites"are not pure but the Christians (most of the citizens of the town) are pure. This has something to do with the witchcraft because the Christians don't participate in witchcraft. It also says that this is where demons come in because the unpureness is attractive to them; but when the demon or demonic entity enters the situation, it's not a pretty site to see. Everything will most likely be destroyed by the "demonology", or the demon.
Sunday, December 16, 2012
Sunday, December 2, 2012
The Crucible: Entry 40
Quote:
"She heard you singin' and suddenly she's up and screamin'."
"The psalm! The psalm! She cannot bear to hear the Lord's name!"
"That is a notorious sign of witchcraft…"
"My mother told me that! When they cannot bear to hear the name of--- "
"… She suddenly cannot bear to hear the Lord's---"
Pg. 23
Comment:
(E) This part of the book confirms that Betty is actually hexed because of the witchcraft. It is explained that hearing the Lord's name will make her scream and cover her ears. The way this started was because someone in the room was singing a psalm. Hexed victims can't stand to hear the Lord's name.
"She heard you singin' and suddenly she's up and screamin'."
"The psalm! The psalm! She cannot bear to hear the Lord's name!"
"That is a notorious sign of witchcraft…"
"My mother told me that! When they cannot bear to hear the name of--- "
"… She suddenly cannot bear to hear the Lord's---"
Pg. 23
Comment:
(E) This part of the book confirms that Betty is actually hexed because of the witchcraft. It is explained that hearing the Lord's name will make her scream and cover her ears. The way this started was because someone in the room was singing a psalm. Hexed victims can't stand to hear the Lord's name.
Saturday, December 1, 2012
The Crucible: Entry 39
Quote:
"John--- I am waitin' for you every night."
"Abby, I never give you hope to wait for me...Abby, you'll put it out of mind. I'll not be comin' for you more."
"You're surely sportin' with me."
"You know me better."
Pg. 21
Comment:
(E) This part of the book reveals why Abby wanted to participate in the witchcraft to kill Goody Proctor, John Proctor's wife. Abby and John Proctor had an affair. Now Abby us thinking he'll mess around with her again. Abby seems very hurt that he doesn't want her anymore. I'd be hurt also if I was in that situation, but then again she shouldn't gotten involved with a grown, married man. John Proctor just seems heartless, like he can't understand why she still wants him. His feelings are gone.
"John--- I am waitin' for you every night."
"Abby, I never give you hope to wait for me...Abby, you'll put it out of mind. I'll not be comin' for you more."
"You're surely sportin' with me."
"You know me better."
Pg. 21
Comment:
(E) This part of the book reveals why Abby wanted to participate in the witchcraft to kill Goody Proctor, John Proctor's wife. Abby and John Proctor had an affair. Now Abby us thinking he'll mess around with her again. Abby seems very hurt that he doesn't want her anymore. I'd be hurt also if I was in that situation, but then again she shouldn't gotten involved with a grown, married man. John Proctor just seems heartless, like he can't understand why she still wants him. His feelings are gone.
Sunday, November 25, 2012
The Crucible: Entry 38
Quote:
"Betty?...It's Abigail. My, you seem improving. I talked to your papa and I told him everything..."
"I want my mama!"
"...Your mama's dead and buried."
"You drank blood, Abby! You didn't tell him what!...You drank a charm to kill John Proctor's wife! You drank a charm to oil Goody Proctor!"
Pg. 18
Comment:
(E) This part of the book explains how Betty might've gotten hexed. It could've been because she was in the midst of the witchcraft. It seems as if Betty was in the wrong place at the wrong time, because it seems like all of it was Abby's idea. She might've wanted John Proctor all to herself. This is crazy and selfish, but he could've had an affair with her. This would make the book more scandalous.
"Betty?...It's Abigail. My, you seem improving. I talked to your papa and I told him everything..."
"I want my mama!"
"...Your mama's dead and buried."
"You drank blood, Abby! You didn't tell him what!...You drank a charm to kill John Proctor's wife! You drank a charm to oil Goody Proctor!"
Pg. 18
Comment:
(E) This part of the book explains how Betty might've gotten hexed. It could've been because she was in the midst of the witchcraft. It seems as if Betty was in the wrong place at the wrong time, because it seems like all of it was Abby's idea. She might've wanted John Proctor all to herself. This is crazy and selfish, but he could've had an affair with her. This would make the book more scandalous.
Friday, November 23, 2012
The Crucible: Entry 37
Quote:
"Have you tried beatin' her?...Here, let me have her."
"No, he'll be comin' up. Listen, now; if they be questioning us, tell them we danced--- I told him as much already...He knows Tituba conjured Ruth's sisters to come out of the grave...He saw you naked."
"Oh Jesus!"
"...The village is out!...the whole country's talkin' witchcraft! They'll be callin' us witches, Abby!"
Pg. 17
Comment:
(E) This part of the book is when it's revealed why Betty is unresponsive in her bed. She might've been hexed. I also discovered that their African servant and a few other girls have something to do with it. (P) Maybe Tituba, Mercy, Betty, Abigail (Abby), and Mary Warren will be charged as witches and hanged. Also, maybe it was all Tituba's fault.
"Have you tried beatin' her?...Here, let me have her."
"No, he'll be comin' up. Listen, now; if they be questioning us, tell them we danced--- I told him as much already...He knows Tituba conjured Ruth's sisters to come out of the grave...He saw you naked."
"Oh Jesus!"
"...The village is out!...the whole country's talkin' witchcraft! They'll be callin' us witches, Abby!"
Pg. 17
Comment:
(E) This part of the book is when it's revealed why Betty is unresponsive in her bed. She might've been hexed. I also discovered that their African servant and a few other girls have something to do with it. (P) Maybe Tituba, Mercy, Betty, Abigail (Abby), and Mary Warren will be charged as witches and hanged. Also, maybe it was all Tituba's fault.
Saturday, November 17, 2012
The Crucible: Entry 36
Quote:
"Your Ruth is sick?"
"I'd not call it sick; the Devil's touch is heavier than sick. It's death, y'know, it's death drivin' into them, forked and hoofed."
"...they only thought that were a witch, and I am certain there be no element of witchcraft here."
Pg. 13
Comment:
(E) This part of the book is when Reverend Parris has some visitors. They ask about his ailed daughter and they talk to him, mainly, about witchcraft. His visitors think that his daughter, Betty, is unresponsive because of witchcraft. This dialogue describes how death and witchcraft play into this scene. The second quote dialogue is from one of the visitors, who suggests that witchcraft is Betty's reason for not responding. The third quoted dialogue is from Reverend Parris; he is skeptical about the witchcraft. Sadly, he is most likely wrong about his idea.
"Your Ruth is sick?"
"I'd not call it sick; the Devil's touch is heavier than sick. It's death, y'know, it's death drivin' into them, forked and hoofed."
"...they only thought that were a witch, and I am certain there be no element of witchcraft here."
Pg. 13
Comment:
(E) This part of the book is when Reverend Parris has some visitors. They ask about his ailed daughter and they talk to him, mainly, about witchcraft. His visitors think that his daughter, Betty, is unresponsive because of witchcraft. This dialogue describes how death and witchcraft play into this scene. The second quote dialogue is from one of the visitors, who suggests that witchcraft is Betty's reason for not responding. The third quoted dialogue is from Reverend Parris; he is skeptical about the witchcraft. Sadly, he is most likely wrong about his idea.
Friday, November 16, 2012
The Crucible: Entry 35
Quote:
"...Martha Corey had come into his bedroom at night, and that, while his wife was sleeping at his side, Martha laid herself down on his chest and "nearly suffocated him." Of course it was her spirit only, but his satisfaction at confessing himself was no lighter than if it had been Martha herself."
Pg. 7
Comment:
(E) This part is also still in the introduction. This passage shows how a woman named Martha Corey kind of almost killed Reverend Parris. When I first read this, it kind of shocking, because this woman was in his room while his wife was in there. But I read more of it, and realized that it was actually a ghost; which is really interesting. Also, this man must have disrespected or done something wrong to her for her to come back as a spirit and try to kill him in such a subtle way.
"...Martha Corey had come into his bedroom at night, and that, while his wife was sleeping at his side, Martha laid herself down on his chest and "nearly suffocated him." Of course it was her spirit only, but his satisfaction at confessing himself was no lighter than if it had been Martha herself."
Pg. 7
Comment:
(E) This part is also still in the introduction. This passage shows how a woman named Martha Corey kind of almost killed Reverend Parris. When I first read this, it kind of shocking, because this woman was in his room while his wife was in there. But I read more of it, and realized that it was actually a ghost; which is really interesting. Also, this man must have disrespected or done something wrong to her for her to come back as a spirit and try to kill him in such a subtle way.
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