Characters/ Ques. about them
Who is Cheever?
A court official who arrests accused witches.
Think of a cop.
What is the setting of Act II?
The Proctors’ farmhouse kitchen, eight days after Act I; the atmosphere is tense and uneasy.
What does Proctor want Mary Warren to do to protect Elizabeth?
Testify that the girls are lying and that the poppet was hers.
How are Elizabeth’s situation and McCarthyism similar?
Both Abigail and McCarthy used fear and false accusations to gain personal power.
This rapper famously interrupted Taylor Swift at the 2009 VMAs.
Kanye West
Why does Mary Warren say, “Abby’ll charge lechery on you” to Proctor?
She warns that Abigail will reveal John’s affair if he challenges her.
What gift did Mary Warren give Elizabeth Proctor?
A handmade poppet (doll).
Why is Elizabeth Proctor accused of witchcraft, and how does Abigail manipulate circumstances to ensure this accusation?
Elizabeth is accused because Abigail claims her spirit stabbed her with a needle. Abigail set this up by seeing Mary Warren make the poppet and then stabbing herself with a needle to frame Elizabeth.
Why will Goody Osburn hang? Why will Sarah Good not hang?
Goody Osburn refused to confess; Sarah Good confessed and is pregnant.
The fictional school attended by Eleven and her friends in Stranger Things
Hawkins High School
Internal conflict. He is upset and feels guilty for having an affair, because his mistress is taking it out on Elizabeth. In addition, Elizabeth wants John to go to Salem and expose Abigail as a fraud. John hesitates because he has no proof of her confession, and he also fears Abigail will reveal their affair. This shows his inner conflict between protecting his reputation and doing what is morally right.
Along with Elizabeth, who else is arrested, that surprises everyone? (2 people)
Giles Corey's wife and Rebecca Nurse
What does Elizabeth believe John should tell Cheever and the court?
That Abigail admitted the accusations were a fraud.
How does Miller want the reader to feel about Elizabeth when she says it broke her heart to kill the rabbit?
Sympathy; it shows her gentle, moral nature. It implies that she would never be involved with witchcraft.
What is the name of Harry’s pet snowy owl
Hedwig
As the play opens up, how would you describe Elizabeth’s role in the Proctor household?
She is the moral center, faithful and hardworking, but distant toward John.
How many women are now arrested in Salem?
Thirty-nine at the start of Act II; nearly 60 by the end.
How does Miller build dramatic irony in Act II through the audience’s knowledge of Abigail’s true motives compared to the characters’ perceptions?
The audience knows Abigail is motivated by jealousy and desire for John, but most of the townspeople believe she is a saintly figure guided by God. This dramatic irony builds tension, as the audience watches characters fall into her manipulation.
How does Hale’s questioning of the Proctors about their church attendance and commandments reflect the growing tension between private faith and public reputation in Salem?
Hale suggests that missing church and forgetting commandments are signs of sin. This shows how private shortcomings are being judged publicly, blurring the line between genuine faith and social reputation.
Who says "Life is like a box of chocolates.”
Forrest Gump
When John Proctor says; "And why not, if they must hang for denyin' it? There are them that will swear to anything before they'll hang; have you never thought of that?" what does he mean?
John is talking about why people falsely confess to witchcraft.
He’s saying that some people, faced with execution, will lie about being involved in witchcraft just to save their own lives.
Essentially, he’s pointing out the hypocrisy and fear driving Salem; people will accuse others or confess to crimes they didn’t commit simply because they are terrified of dying.
How does Arthur Miller use the motif of “poppets” in Act II to foreshadow future events in the play?
The poppet given to Elizabeth by Mary Warren is discovered with a needle in its stomach, which Abigail uses as “evidence” of witchcraft. The poppet foreshadows Elizabeth’s arrest and shows how innocent objects can be twisted into tools of accusation.
Which commandment does John forget when reciting them to Hale, and why is this moment dramatically ironic?
John forgets the commandment against adultery. This is ironic because his affair with Abigail is the very sin that drives the conflict and the accusations against Elizabeth. Adultery = Affair.
How does the arrest of Elizabeth shift John Proctor’s role in the play from reluctant critic of the court to active opponent of it?
Before, John was hesitant to expose Abigail because it risked his own name. After Elizabeth’s arrest, he becomes determined to confront the court and Abigail directly, making him a central force against the hysteria.
The first animated feature to win the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.
Shrek (2002)