Blog Post #10 - Change

Blog Post #10

I thoroughly enjoyed reading through Act IV of The Crucible. It was very entertaining and made me want to continue reading. There were a couple sections of the text that I found significant; one more than the other, but both interesting in my opinion. The first excerpt is on page 96, when the people of the court are speaking of the poppets that may or may not have been in the Proctor’s home.

Parris: Why could there not have been poppets hid where no one ever saw them?
Proctor: There might also be a dragon with five legs in my house, but no one has ever seen it.
Parris: We are here, Your Honor, precisely to discover what no one has ever seen.

When I was reading, this section struck me as interesting. Everyone is arguing about the witchcraft objects, poppets; a small, tangible object that is considered during the trial. But, the line that Parris says, about how everyone is there to discover what no one has ever seen, stuck out to me. He’s speaking about the whole witchcraft idea, and is relating a small idea to the grand scheme of everything. It may be miniscule, but I found it interesting.

The next passage is at the end of Act IV, on page 110, when Mary Warren, exposes Proctor to the court and tells that he is, in fact, in contact with the devil. While I was reading, this came as a huge shock. In my head, I was visualizing the court room in my head, and when I read this, I could totally envision it. This information really changes the play, and really makes me want to finish this piece of literature.