The given line belongs to Arthur Miller's play, "The Crucible". Betty Parris, the character referred to in the line, is in a state of hysteria. She is unable to bear the mention of the Lord's name because she is possessed by evil spirits, as she and her friends were caught dancing in the woods with Tituba, a slave, who was practicing voodoo. The play is set in Salem, Massachusetts, in 1692, during the witch trials. Betty's condition is one of the many manifestations of the paranoia and mass hysteria that gripped the town during this time.