Vocabulary
Vindictive
She was afraid of getting caught trying to put a hex on John Proctor's wife. She was motivated to keep her participation a secret to avoid harsh punishment.
Crime
Rebecca Nurse and others believe this would cause finger-pointing and rumors, creating bad relationships within the community.
Inviting Reverend Hale to town to search for witches.
Theocracy
Goody
another term for Mrs.
Tituba
Feared being blamed for doing the devil's work. She also feared punishment for such accusations.
Puritans believed this group was most likely to become witches.
women
What issues arise among the villagers of Salem? Do they get along with each other?
There is a lot of fighting about Rev. Parris' salary, his style of preaching, religion in general, who hasn't been in church, and whether or not Rev. Hale should come and look for witches. (answers may vary)
The reason Puritans came to America.
To escape religious persecution in England.
A story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning.
Allegory
Driven to protect their own reputation and job security
Reverend Parris
Puritan definition of witchcraft
"Entering into a contract with the devil in exchange for certain powers to do evil."
Who or what do the villagers blame for what happened to the girls in the woods? (hint...there are two answers!)
Many blame witchcraft, while many others blame medical issues/society/God.
The specialist who locates demons/witches within a community
Reverend Hale
Crucible
answers may vary; a challenge or trial; a vessel in which substances are heated to high temperatures, the impure elements melting away, leaving behind only the purest elements.
Mrs. Putnam's motivating concern
She sought answers to why her 7 babies died at birth.
In 1692, Betty Parris and friends began exhibiting these signs.
Hysteria, dancing, convulsions, hallucinations, zombie-like behaviors
What does Tituba say the devil told her?
She should kill Reverend Parris, and that he (the devil) will send Tituba back to Barbados to be free.
Society's view of John Proctor
He is a moral man and holds others to high moral standards.
The belief that one's salvation or damnation was predetermined by God from birth.
Predestination
John Proctor
He fears that Abigail will reveal his affair. He is motivated to cut things off with her to prevent his sin from being made known to society.
Spectral Evidence
Someone could be accused of witchcraft if another person said they had seen the accused with the devil in a dream.
Why would Abigail's name be "blush" in the town?
She was fired from her job and has had an affair with John Proctor.
What does John Proctor mean when he says, "I like not the smell of this authority" and what does this show about his personality traits?
John does not like religious authority and is an independent thinker.