"But I will cut off my hand before I ever reach for you again."
John Proctor
Who was Senator McCarhty after?
Communists/Communist Sympathizers
What was a "sure sign" someone was a witch?
Devil's mark; can't listen to scripture
Who are the two girls seemingly "bewitched" at the beginning of Act 1?
Betty Parris & Ruth Putnam
Propaganda
Pursposefully spread misinformation to fill an agenda
"More weight."
Giles Corey
Who did McCarthy say was to blame for the infiltration of enemies?
The government/social elite
Why did Tituba change the course of the trials?
She confessed to witchcraft
Which two people believe there is no witchcraft?
Rebecca Nurse & John Proctor
Scapegoat
Person/group blamed for the wrong-doings of others
"You drank a charm to kill Goody Proctor!"
Betty Parris
Name 3 methods McCarthy used in his "Enemies From Within" speech to be more pursuasive.
Propaganda use; Us v Them; Appeal to the senses; Appeal to morals & empathy; Establish sense of urgency and superiority
What kind of government system did Salem follow?
Theocracy
What does Abigail say she'll do if anyone tells the truth about the forest?
"Bring a pointy reckoning" AKA kill them
Spectral Evidence
Supposed "evidence" that only the afflicted person could see/hear/feel
"Aye, but then Judge Hathorne say, “Recite for us your commandments!”—and of all the ten she could not say a single one. She never knew no commandments, and they had her in a flat lie!"
Mary Warren
What war was happening at the time of McCarthyism?
The Cold War
Why was being a witch considered treason in Salem?
They had a theocratic government and to be a witch meant you went against God, and to go against God is to also go against the government.
Who was accused of witchcraft for reading "strange books"?
Martha Corey
Theocracy
Government ruled by religion
"There is a prodigious danger in the seeking out of loose spirits."
Rebecca Nurse
What was McCarthyis the second "wave" of?
The Red Scare
At the end of the trials, what did the village do to "rectify" their sins?
Fasted
What analogy does Hale use when explaining how it is still possible someone like Rebecca could be a witch?
He says that even God thought the devil beautiful until the hour he fell to hell
"Swimming a witch"
The act of testing if someone was a witch by weighting them down into water. If they floated, they were a witch. If they drowned, they weren't a witch.