Lit. Device #1
"'Theology is a fortress."'
Metaphor
"'Foul is fair"'
Paradox
"Green beans are the absolutely most disgusting thing I have ever ate."
Abhorrent
Hale: '"Excellency -'"
Danforth: '"I will have nothing from you, Mr. Hale!"'
Focus on Danforth's tone
Dismissive
"'Man, remember, until an hour before the devil fell, God thought him beautiful in heaven."'
-not expletive
Allusion
"'Get ‘em out of jalopy. Stock it to ‘em'"
Colloquial
"Do not speak. Do not get out of your seat. Do not ask me questions. Just be quiet."
Austere
Hale: “‘I denounce these proceedings, I quit this court!’”
Resigned
"a penny saved is a penny earned"
Aphorism
"'I will fall like an ocean on that court"'
Simile
"I don't want to take this quiz. What if I can't remember the words? What if I fail? I should have studied more!"
Angst
Proctor: "'Abby, I may think of you softly from time to time. But I will cut off my hand before I’ll ever reach for you again.'"
Ambivalent
“[Hale] feels himself allied with the best minds—kings, philosophers, scientist, and ecclesiasts of the churches"
-Not asyndeton
Enumeratio
"Listen to the motor. Listen to the wheels. Listen with your ears."
Anaphora
"Proctor, with a cry... 'How may I live without my name? I have given you my soul; leave me my name!"'
Anguish
“It was no great distance, in those days, from the prison-door to the market-place.”
Expletive
"Why do you come, yellow bird?
2 answers
Apostrophe and Rhetorical Question
"I just love to read. I could read all day. I wish my only job was reading. I love books!"
Ardent