The Crucible Quotes

When using a quote in your essay, it needs to be integrated.

If I wanted to use this quote:

“When one rises above the individual villainy displayed, one can pity them all, just as we

shall be pitied someday. It is still impossible for man to organize his social life without

repressions, and the balance has yet to be struck between order and freedom.” Act I, page 7

I would integrate it like this:

Ex: As the trials dig deeper into the individual’s daily life, Miller exemplifies precisely

how “the balance has yet to be struck between order and freedom” in pursuing justice

(7).

Directions: Make integrated quotations for the first 3 quotes according to MLA guidelines.

Below are some significant quotes to the story of The Crucible. Write a sentence that integrates part of it into a sentence. Use MLA formatting.

1. “I look for John Proctor that took me from my sleep and put knowledge in my heart! I never

knew what pretense Salem was, I never knew the lying lessons I was taught by all these

Christian women and their covenanted men! And now you bid me tear the light out of my

eyes?” Act I, page 24

2. “But wilted, and, like a Christian, I confessed. Confessed! Some dream I had must have

mistaken you for God that day. But you’re not, and let you remember it!” Act II, page 55

3. “I tell you straight, Mister—I have seen marvels in this court. I have seen people choked before my eyes by spirits; I have seen them struck by pins and slashed by daggers. I have until this moment not the slightest reason to suspect that the children may be deceiving me. Do you

understand my meaning?” Act III, page 91

4. “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!” Act IV, page

5. “ Postponement now speaks a floundering on my part; reprieve or pardon must cast doubt upon the guilt of them that died till now.” Act IV, page

6. “Suspicion kissed you when I did; I never knew how I should say my love. It were a cold

house I kept!” Act IV, page

7. “I have confessed myself! Is there no good penitence but it be public? God does not need his

name nailed upon the church! God sees my name; God knows how black my sins are! It is

enough!” Act IV, page