Elements and History of Drama
This is a conversation between two or more individuals.
Dialogue
What country were the Puritans from?
England
In what century did the Salem Witch Trials take place?
The 17th century/The 1600s
Joseph McCarthy was a United States _______.
Senator
In what city was Arthur Miller born?
New York City.
This is showing your feeling through actions, facial expressions, or words.
Emotions/Emoting
True or false: the Puritans wanted to establish a land of religious freedom in their colonies in New England.
False: they wanted to practice their own version of Christianity without persecution.
What was the inciting incident in Salem that led people to believe there were witches to hunt?
The Red Scare was motivated by a fear of _______.
Communism
The Miller family was comfortably well-off until what significant financial event?
The Great Depression of 1929.
This is a short comment that a character involved in dialogue addresses directly to the audience. The other characters cannot hear it.
Aside
What festive practices did the Puritans not support? List both.
Bear-baiting and theater.
How many people were killed in the trials, and how were they executed?
19 people were executed by hanging.
Who was president at the time of the Red Scare?
Miller's first significant Broadway play was titled:
All My Sons
The first type of plays told Biblical stories with virtues and vices as characters. These were called what?
Morality plays.
Why were the Puritans viewed as a national security threat?
Because their demands for cultural, social, and religious reforms undermined the king’s authority.
The trials allowed people to bring evidence from dreams and visions. This type of evidence was called ______ evidence.
Spectral evidence.
Whom did McCarthy start investigating that caused the president to confront him?
Members of the US Army and government.
Miller wrote The Crucible as a critical allegory for what event in US History?
The Red Scare/McCarthyism.
Define the genre of "drama"
Drama is a form of literature or performance that tells a story through action, dialogue, and emotional expression. Drama is typically performed by live actors in front of a live audience.
John Winthrop.
It took ____ years for the state of Massachusetts to formally apologize for the events of the witch trials.
250 years.
What emotions motivated both the Red Scare and the Salem Witch Trials?
Miller divorced his first wife to marry what famous American icon?
Marilyn Monroe