Characters
Facts
Theme/Motif
Quotes/Symbols
McCarthyism Link/ Puritan beliefs
100
Who refuses to confess to witchcraft and is crushed to death?
Who is Giles Corey.
100
The Salem Witch Trials occurred where and during what time?
What is Salem, Massachusetts during 1692-1693.
100
How is reputation a motif in "The Crucible?"
What is seen in Danforth, Reverend Paris, the town of Salem, John Proctor willing to ruin his, and Abigail trying to keep her's clean. All of these people are concerned about their reputations, and that causes them to act how they do in the play. Danforth wants people to see him as a consistent, strong man of law. Reverend Paris yearns to be looked at as a pillar of faith.
100
What is the most important quote that John Proctor says against the court?
What is "You are bringing down heaven and raising up a whore." This shows that he is losing faith in God, the town, and the court system.
100
Why did Arthur Miller choose to write "The Crucible?"
What is his response to McCarthyism. He was called out as being a communist fraudulently. He read about it in college. He wanted to show how wrong we were as a society to use logical fallacies to judge.
200
Who cannot forgive her husband of infidelity; it is believed she has never told a lie.
Who is Goody (Elizabeth) Proctor.
200
What were the Puritans' view of God?
What is fire and brimstone. They believed that God was an angry, wrathful, vengeful God. They feared God constantly, and they were always working to please Him.
200
How is hysteria causes people to act irrationally a theme in "The Crucible?"
What is what the town goes into once the girls become hysterical and falsely call out women for being witches. This is also apparent in Danforth's choices to listen to Elizabeth instead of John. He furthers the hysteria of the town by giving Abigail power.
200
What is the play "The Crucible" supposed to represent in society during the last 100 years?
What is McCarthyism in the 1950s and how irrational America was to believe Sen. Joseph McCarthy's unsubstantiated claims.
200
In what ways are the girls connected to McCarthyism?
What is their lack of proof when calling out people. They blurt out women who are supposedly witches just like Senator Joseph McCarthy's followers did when they called out people for being communists or communist sympathizers without any proof.
300
Who has had 7 children die, and she claims that they were murdered by women in the town.
Who is Goody (Ann) Putnam.
300
How many people were executed during the Salem Witch Trials?
What is 19.
300
What is the definition of theme?
What is the fundamental and often universal ideas explored in a literary work. The main idea throughout an entire work.
300
In Act 4, Elizabeth says, " John, it come naught that I should forgive you, if you'll not forgive yourself." What does this show you about their relationship?
What is the fact that they are moving past what has happened to hurt their relationship. Elizabeth has forgiven him, and she wishes him to look into his heart for what is right to do. She loves and trusts him again. He has to decide whether he should lie and live or die a righteous man.
300
What was illegal during Puritan times?
What is dancing, laughing at church, sleeping in church, committing adultery, witchcraft, and anything that was not explicitly stated in the Bible.
400
Who is greedy and obsessed with people respecting his word, and his niece starts much of the hysteria.
Who is Reverend Paris.
400
What fallacy is the most evident in the play through the girls' lies?
What is Appeal to Ignorance-no one could prove that there were not witches, so many people died.
400
What are motifs?
What are recurring topics, structures, contrasts, or literary devices that can help to develop and inform the text’s major themes.
400
The witches are symbols for what during Miller's time?
What are Communists.
400
How are John Proctor and Edward R. Murrow similar?
What is their bravery to speak out against the accusers. They are both willing to do the unpopular and unorthodox thing that will likely get them in trouble, but they are selfless and know that they must if they are going to help save society.
500
Who believes that the witchcraft trials are false, and tries to help the innocent confess to escape hanging. (He is a specialist.)
Who is Reverend Hale.
500
What does the word crucible mean?
What is a severe test of faith.
500
How are accusations and confessions motifs in "The Crucible?"
What are seen throughout the entire play. They start in the beginning with Paris accusing Abigail, Tituba confessing, and then the girls making tons of accusations. These confessions end with John Proctor. He confesses to lechery, and he is asked to also confess to working with the Devil in order to save his life.
500
In the final scene, Proctor says, "Because it is my name! Because I cannot have another in my life." What does this show about the his beliefs?
What is the importance of reputation. He knows how he will appear to the town if he signs his name to lies and then has it posted for the village to see. He wonders how he will raise his children when their own father has saved his life by telling a lie.
500
(AP only) Explain how "The Proper Gander" is a link to both McCarthyism and "The Crucible." (English III) Why is "The Crucible" important for us to read?
(AP only) What is the hysteria that arises out of lack of evidence. People believed things simply that were said by word of mouth, if it was something that they are afraid of. They jumped on the bandwagon of fear. (English III) Without "The Crucible" we would not be nearly as aware of McCarthyism or the insanity that insued in the American government because of it. It helps us to see how ridiculous we acted in America in the 1950s.
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