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Closely read and annotate the following scone from Act 2 of "The Crucible," Focus on understanding the irony and its purpose in the play.
PROCTOR (counting his fingers); Thou shalt not steal. Thou short net cover thy neighbors goods, nor make unto thee any graven image. Thou shalt not take the Nome of the Lord in vain thou shalt have no other gods before me, with some hesitation) Thou shalt rerromber the Sabbath Dory and keep it holy. (Pause. Then.) Thou shall honor thy father and mother, (He is stuck. He counts back on his fingers, knowing one is missing Thou shall not make unto thee any graven image.
HALE: You have said that twice, sir,
PROCTOR (lost): Aye. (He is flailing for it.)
ELIZABETH (delicately): Adultery. John.
PROCTOR (as though a secret arrow had pained his heat): Aye. I trying to grin it away to Hole) You see, sir, between the two of us we do know them all. [Hole only looks at Proctor, deep in his attempt to define this man. Proctor grows more uneasy]. I think in be a small fault.
HALE: Theology, sir, is a fortress; no crack in a fortress may be accounted small, (He rises; he seems worried now. He paces a little, in deep thought.)
Is this verbal, situational. or aromatic irony? Explain.
Is this verbal, situational. or dramatic irony? Explain. __________________________
What is Miller's purpose in including the irony in this scene? Explain thoroughly, using textual evidence from the close reading sections above. ______________________
