Plot
What is the relationship between Betty Parris and Abigail Williams?
cousins
This character is an outsider in Salem. She is the first to confess to witchcraft and its practices after being blamed for the actions of a group of teenage girls.
Tituba
"There be no blush about my name."
Abigail Williams
This is the author of The Crucible
Arthur Miller
A subject/topic/overarching message derived from the story; examples in The Crucible are hysteria, reputation, and identity
theme
Why did Goody Putnam send Ruth into the forest with Tituba?
to find out who killed her babies
This character is good at reading a situation and manipulating circumstances to get her way. She may be considered an antagonist in the story, and has already sparked controversy for getting "fired" by Elizabeth Proctor.
Abigail Williams
"There is a faction that is sworn to drive me from my pulpit. Do you understand that?"
Reverend Parris
The Puritans came to America to escape religious _________ in Europe.
persecution
man versus self is an example of ______ conflict
internal
John Proctor appears to be "making up for a wrong he has done". What sin did he commit before the action of the play?
adultery
He is a very paranoid man concerned about his reputation. He hires Reverend Hale from Beverly to come investigate witchcraft in Salem.
Reverend Parris
"Now mark me, if the Devil is in her you will witness some frightful wonders in this room, so please to keep your wits about you."
Reverend Hale
While many places in history held trials for witchcraft, one prominent location is ______, the setting of The Crucible.
Salem
When the audience knows something that the characters do not
dramatic irony
What does Abigail say happened to her parents?
She "saw Indians smash...[her] dear parents' heads on the pillow next to [her]"
A "man with a score to settle". He encourages Reverend Parris to announce that witchcraft is in Salem. His daughter, Ruth, is involved with the group of teenage girls who were in the forest.
Thomas Putnam
"You think it God's work you should never lose a child, nor grandchild either, and I bury all but one? There are wheels within wheels in this village, and fires within fires!"
Ann Putnam (Goody Putnam)
Our author wrote The Crucible to parallel The _____ Scare in America.
Red
"There is a faction that is sworn to drive me from my pulpit. Do you understand that?"
This is an example of ________ characterization because it shows the speaker is paranoid and fearful.
indirect
land
Giles Corey
"There is prodigious danger in seeking in loose spirits. I fear it, I fear it. Let us rather blame ourselves and--"
Rebecca Nurse
In the 1950s, people thought to be communists or communist sympathizers were __________, or added to a list of untrustworthy people.
blacklisted
The Crucible has many ________, or references, to the Bible and Puritan laws.
allusions