Is there a specific quote or scene in The Crucible that illustrates the impact of conformity on the village?I am trying to write about how the...

Abigail, although quite the villian in the play, does have
some pretty thought-provoking things to say about conformity in the village, and how it
leads people to hypocrisy and blindness.  In the opening act, when she is speaking to
John, she rages,

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"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!"

In this quote, she is
saying that in the village, all of the people preach righteousness, but hold wickedness
in their hearts.  That stifling of unaccepted thoughts and behaviors actually fuels the
accusations, and people let out long-held temptations and feelings against other
people.

One last quote from Abby comes in a scene that
isn't always included in the play, so I don't know if you have it in your version.  It
falls under Act Two, Scene Two, when it is added.  She meets John in the woods and
states,

"I
used to weep for my sins when the wind lifted up my skirts; and blushed for shame
because some old Rebecca called me loose...I saw them all--walking like saints to
church...God gave me strength to call them
liars."

She again rails
against the mindless righteousness of the women, and sets herself up as knowing more,
knowing her own mind.  Abby, who goes against the rules of society by being with John,
IS a very self-aware character; unfortunately, she is driven to attain what she wants at
any costs.  But at least she knows herself and what she does
want.