It Builds Character
When Betty and Ruth come down with a sickness, this character is dismissive of it, insinuating how children are sometimes silly and dramatic.
Who is Rebecca Nurse?
Proctor is weary of this character, but also fond, given their history.
Who is Abigail?
This is the reason Arthur Miller wrote this play in the first place.
What is the impact of the Second Red Scare/McCarthyism?
A comparison of two unlike things WITHOUT using a comparative word such as "like" or "as"
What is a metaphor?
A comparison between two things using the word "like" or "as".
What is a similie?
John Proctor refuses to do this to the judges' dismay at the play's climax.
What is sign the confession?
This character claims that the devil promised her a fancy dress and the ability to fly.
Who is Tituba?
Unlike other plays, this includes character motivations in Act 1 of The Crucible.
What are the paragraphs between dialogues in the play?
The expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect.
What is irony?
Usually an implicit reference, perhaps to another work of literature or art, to a person or an event.
What is an allusion?
This character has seen witchcraft before and treated them by just bringing them into their house to rest, no big religious books needed.
Who is Reverend Hale?
This character questions his wife's reading habits and eventually stays silent when asked to plead guilty to witchcraft.
Who is Giles Corey?
Arthur Miller contributes to the historical setting of this play through this.
What is the style of the dialogue?
These three persuasive techniques are also known as appeals to emotion, reason, and credibility (list them in order).
What are Pathos, Logos, and Ethos?
A social phenomenon where a group of people exhibit similar symptoms that have no identifiable physical cause.
What is mass hysteria?
When Abigail accuses others, this is her main motivation.
What is shifting blame and causing chaos?
This character believes her midwives (who were accused of witchcraft) must be the reason that her 7 children died.
Who is Ann Putnam?
When John Proctor says "I've heard you a sensible man, Mr. Hale. I hope you'll leave some of it in Salem." we now know this was the use of this rhetorical device.
What is foreshadowing?
a literary technique, originally used in Greek tragedy, by which the full significance of a character's words or actions are clear to the audience or reader although unknown to the character.
What is dramatic irony?
This lie in the court shows the loyalty that this character has for Proctor.
Why does Elizabeth lie about John Proctor's affair for the court?
This character is obsessed with power and social position, in contrast to John Proctor.
The repeating of phrases or sentences that are similar in meaning or structure for dramatic effect.
What is parallelism?
A campaign or practice that endorses the use of unfair allegations and investigations with origins from the Second Red Scare.
What is McCarthyism?