Thursday, August 20, 2015

What are some quotes said from Mary Warren in the play The Crucible?

Mary Warren, servant to John and Elizabeth Proctor, is
described when she first enters in Act I as a "subservient, naive, lonely girl."
Throughout the play her words and actions support the idea that she is a lonely girl who
just wants to be seen as important, but isn't willing to get in trouble for
it.


In Act I she says:


Abby,
we've got to tell.  Witchery's a hanging' error, a hangin' like they done in Boston two
year ago! We must tell the truth Abby! You'll only be whipped for the dancin' and the
other things!


Here we see that Mary Warren wanted to be a
part of the group in the woods.  While she was present during the activities she did not
participate in them.  Now that their punishment is looming, she is quick to point out
Abby's actions and to beg her to confess.


In Act II we see
a new Mary Warren.  She has been working in the court and the position has gone to her
head.  For the first time, she stands up to Mr. Proctor when he sends her to bed.  For
the first time in her life, she feels powerful.  Of course, and soon as Proctor stands
up to her, weak Mary returns and she goes off to bed.


I'll
not be ordered to bed no more, Mr. Proctor! I am eighteen and a woman, however
single!


In Act III, Proctor drags Mary Warren to the court
to recant her testimony.  His wife has been charged and he is no longer willing to stand
by and wait for the court to realize the girls are lying.  At first, she reads her
deposition as told and tells the court that she lied, but when Abigail and the other
girls turn on her she crumbles.  This makes her turn on
Proctor.


I will not hang with you! I love God. I love
God.


He came to be by night and every day to sign, to sign,
to sign-

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