The Crucible (theatre): Difference between revisions

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* [[Based on a True Story]]

* [[Big "Shut Up!"]]: Judge Danforth.

* [[Betty and Veronica]]: Prior to the start of the play John (Archie) was married to Elizabeth (Betty) while having an affair with Abigail (Veronica)

* [[Break the Cutie]]: Hale starts out full of exuberance and intellectual glee at the situation, which has faded significantly by Act Two, and is shattered completely by {{spoiler|Proctor's death}}.

{{quote| "Let you not mistake your duty as I mistook my own. I came into this village like a bridegroom to his beloved, bearing gifts of high religion; the very crowns of holy law I brought, and what I touched with my bright confidence, it died; and where I turned the eye of my great faith, blood flowed up."}}

{{quote|"Let you not mistake your duty as I mistook my own. I came into this village like a bridegroom to his beloved, bearing gifts of high religion; the very crowns of holy law I brought, and what I touched with my bright confidence, it died; and where I turned the eye of my great faith, blood flowed up."}}

* [[Burn the Witch]]: Averted -- the suspected witches are hanged. This was accurate, and the witches were indeed hanged at the Salem witch trials.

* [[Chewbacca Defense]]: When a feeble, elderly man incapable of walking without sticks is accused of climbing into a girl's room and performing witchcraft, he states that would be impossible to do in his health. The court then states he could have very well sent his ''spirit'' into the room using witch powers. The old man has no idea how to respond to that, which they claim proves his guilt.

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* [[Our Acts Are Different]]: There are fours acts in the play, and [[Intermission]] is taken in between acts two and three. However, there is also a short scene, sometimes cut, between Proctor and Abigail that takes place in between acts two and three. When included, it is frequently placed right after the intermission.

* [[Screw This, I'm Outta Here]]: Hale after Proctor's "God is dead" line

{{quote| '''Hale''': I denounce these proceedings, I quit this court! ''*leaves and slams the door behind him*''}}

{{quote|'''Hale''': I denounce these proceedings, I quit this court! ''*leaves and slams the door behind him*''}}

* [[Smug Snake]]: Which characters fit this trope depends a lot on the actors and director, but it's hard to imagine Samuel Parris as anything except this.

* [[The Sociopath]]: Abigail again.