Girls in the Woods
Boyz in the Hood
Who Said It!
Plot
Vocabulary
100
At the beginning of the play, this girl has fallen into a trance. She is assumed to be possessed and screams at the sound of the Lord’s name.
Who is Betty Parris
100
This man is the new reverend of Salem. He preaches hellfire and is very concerned with is reputation.
Who is Reverend Parris
100
“My name is good in the village! I will not have it said my name is soiled! Goody Proctor is a gossiping liar!”
Who is Abigail Williams
100
This is the setting at the beginning of Act I and is consistent throughout the act
What is Betty's room in Reverend Parris's house
100
“.. a strikingly beautiful girl, an orphan, with an endless capacity for dissembling.” What does dissembling mean?
What is disguising one's real nature or motives
200
This character is a slave from Barbados and was said to have been conjuring spirits in the woods. She refers to one of the characters as “My Betty.”
Who is Tituba
200
He is the first villager to instigate and point to witchcraft. He is the father of one child, seven others having died at birth.
Who is Thomas Putnam
200
“- I may think of you softly from time to time. But I’ll cut off my hand before I ever reach for you again. Wipe it out of mind. We never touched.”
Who is John Proctor
200
This is the person who has been slandering Abigail's name around Salem
Who is Goody Proctor
200
“In Proctor’s presence a fool felt his foolishness instantly- and a Proctor is always marked for calumny therefore.” What does calumny mean?
What is false accusation or slander
300
Abigail said the girls were only _____________ in the woods, nothing else!
What is Dancing
300
He had an alleged affair with Abigail Williams but now wants nothing to do with her. She does not attend church.
Who is John Proctor
300
“We ought to rely on the doctor now and good prayer. Let us go to God for the cause of it. There is prodigious danger in the seeking of loose spirits. I fear it, I fear it…”
Who is Rebecca Nurse
300
Name ONE conflict that Reverend Parris has with the other male characters in the village that makes him upset.
What is not receiving enough pay and the faction that has conspired against him
300
“We all have a manner of licentious people in the village!” What does licentious mean?
What is lacking moral restraint
400
This girl is the Proctor’s current servant and Abigail is convinced that she is going to tell on them and confess what really happened in the woods.
Who is Mary Warren
400
He provides comic relief in the play. He is worried about his wife reading “strange books” and has been involved in many lawsuits concerning land ownership.
Who is Giles Corey
400
“It discomforts me! Last night- mark this- I tried and tried and could not say my prayers. And then she close her book and walks out of the house, and suddenly- mark this- I could pray again!”
Who is Giles Corey
400
What kind of blood did Abigail drink in the woods and why did she drink it?
What is chicken blood / To kill Goody Proctor
400
”They were a band of individualists, and a much more ingratiating group then the Massachusetts men.” What does ingratiating mean?
What is charming or flattering
500
This girl is the Putnam’s servant. She was witnessed running naked through the woods by Reverend Parris.
Who is Mercy Lewis
500
He is an expert in demonic arts. He tells others not to look to superstitions. He is from Beverly.
Who is Reverend Hale
500
I never heard you worried so on this society, Mr. Proctor. I do not think I saw you at Sabbath meeting since snow flew.”
Who is Thomas Putnam
500
Why does Abigail want Goody Proctor dead?
What is So she can have John Proctor to herself; Goody Proctor kicked Abigail out of her house and is "blackening her name" in the village
500
“I have no doubt that the people were communing with, and even worshiping the Devil in Salem, and if the whole truth could be known in this case, as it is with others, we should discover a regular and conventionalized propitiation of the dark spirit.” What does propitiation mean?
What is an action designed to soothe or satisfy a person or a cause
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