Plot Points
In Act 1, the girls were doing this in the forest.
What is dancing?
This objects represents greed.
What are the golden candlesticks?
John Proctor had an affair with this person.
Who is Abigail Williams?
The Crucible is an allegory for this sitation that happened in the United States in the 1950s.
What is McCarthyism? (Red Scare, Communism)
This person actively benefits from people being hanged because he was rich.
Who is Thomas Putnam?
This character says, "Because it is my reputation! Because I cannot have another in my life!" as he/she refuses to sign a confession.
In Act 2, the stage direction says it feels like this season in the Proctor house.
What is winter?
These objects (ironically) represent knowledge, learning, and authority of logic over superstition.
What are Reverend Hale's books?
Who came from Beverly to evaluate the townspeople?
Who is Reverend Hale?
This is a phenomenon where large groups of people experience physical and psychological symptoms like nausea, dizziness, and fainting. This is also what influenced Mary Warren in court.
What is mass hysteria?
This person did not want those who were already hanged to die in vain, so he/she does NOT want to postpone the hangings.
Who is Judge Danforth?
“I'll tell you what's walking Salem--vengeance is walking Salem” is what this person said when he realized his innocent family member was being arrested.
Who is John Proctor?
Mary Warren could not faint in court for this reason.
What is the absence of peer pressure/mass hysteria?
This is a BRIEF reference to something well-known.
What is an allusion?
This person is accused of controlling a magical avian being in the courtroom.
Who is Mary Warren?
This type of evidence does not need proof because it is only between the witch and the victim.
What is spectral evidence?
Because he didn't want to die, this person wants to postpone the hangings.
Who is Reverend Parris?
This person said, "Do that which is good, and no harm will come to thee."
Who is John Proctor to Mary Warren?
Giles Corey tells Cheever this about his wife.
What is that she reads strange books, so he can't pray.
This is a story, picture, or poem with a secret, deeper meaning, where characters and events stand for bigger ideas like good vs. evil, or lessons about life
What is an allegory?
This is the Proctor's servant who made the poppet that was used as evidence against Elizabeth Proctor.
Who is Mary Warren?
This is how society views you based on your previous actions. This is also what Proctor tried to protect for his sons.
What is reputation?
This person's life was extended because he/she was going to give one.
Who is Elizabeth Proctor?
After realizing nothing more can be done, this person said, "He have his goodness now. God forbid I take it from him."
Who is Elizabeth Proctor?
This other town revolted because the trials were getting out of hand.
What is Andover?
This object is associated with the idea that fear/hysteria can corrupt an entire community. This object was only supposed to be something innocent before the trials corrupted it.
What is a poppet?
These two people were hated by the Putnams because the two people were more respected and all involved were involved in a land war.
Who are Francis and Rebecca Nurse?
The Crucible reflects this important point in Arthur Miller's (the author) life.
What is Miller's conviction of contempt of Congress by the HUAC for not naming names during McCarthyism?
In act 4, this character feels like he/she did the work of an evil person.
Who is Reverend Hale?
This person, referring to upstanding citizens, said, "You cannot hang this sort. There is danger for me."
Who is Reverend Parris?