The Crucible: Characters and Plot
Salem's minister, Reverend Parris, is obsessed with this
What is his reputation?
This character becomes more outspoken over the course of the play as he realizes he must address the injustice that he helped to create
Who is Reverend Hale?
This setting represents the temptations of evil facing Young Goodman Brown
What is the forest?
This sound drives the narrator to confess in "The Tell-Tale Heart"
What is a beating heart?
In Walden, Thoreau tells us he went to the woods because he wished to live this way
What is "deliberately"?
Mrs. Mallard is the protagonist of this story by Kate Chopin
What is "The Story of an Hour"?
This character manipulates the court by accusing other people and pretending to see spirits
Who is Abigail Williams?
The Salem witch trials are used as an allegory for this 20th century historical event
What is the Red Scare / McCarthyism?
Georgiana's dream in "The Birthmark" is an example of this literary technique
What is foreshadowing?
This word is the only thing the raven speaks
What is "Nevermore"?
In "Civil Disobedience," Thoreau argues that people should resist laws that are this
What is unjust?
In her stories, Kate Chopin often makes use of this literary device in which what happens is different from what is expected
What is situational irony?
This falsely accused man refuses to enter a plea and winds up pressed to death
Who is Giles Corey?
Accusations spread rapidly through Salem due to fear, illustrating mass this at work
What is hysteria?
What are pink ribbons?
The raven is an example of this type of element that is characteristic of Dark Romantic literature
What is supernatural?
Emerson describes this as the "aversion" to society
What is "self-reliance"?
The story "Desiree's Baby" is set in this U.S. state––also where Chopin lived after marriage
What is Louisiana?
This object becomes a piece of false evidence against Elizabeth when Abigail claims it harms her
What is a poppet?
In his refusal to confess, Proctor demonstrates that he may lose his life, but he will not lose this
What is integrity?
Aylmer's fatal flaw in "The Birthmark" is his obsession with this
What is perfection?
The narrators of "The Raven" and "The Tell-Tale Heart" are suffering from these intense feelings
What are grief and guilt?
According to Emerson, "Whoso would be a man must be" this
What is a nonconformist?
The entirety of Walt Whitman's "Song of Myself" could be described as this two-word phrase, which he uses toward the end of the poem to describe the sound of a hawk
What is his barbaric yawp?
This decision leads directly to John Proctor’s execution at the end of the play
What is his refusal to sign a false confession?
In Act 4, Governor Danforth refuses to do this because he is afraid of looking weak
What is postpone the executions?
Hawthorne's message in both of these stories is that humans should not do this
What is seek knowledge?
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What is try to "play God"?
The narrators of Poe's tales can be described as this type of narrator, meaning they cannot be trusted
What is unreliable?
Thoreau compares the path along Walden Pond, "soft and impressible by the feet of men," to this
What are "the ruts of tradition and conformity"?
In her poetry, Emily Dickinson used these in an unconventional manner
What are capital letters?
OR
What are dashes?