Logical Fallacies
The type of fallacy found in the following line from Reverend Parris:
"Beware this man, your Excellency, this man is mischief!"
What is ad hominem?
This type of irony is found when something is the opposite of what is expected.
What is situational irony?
This is the type of symbolic archetype that relates to symbolism in color when it is meant to represent innocence, purity, or goodness.
What is the color white?
This is the type of symbolic archetype that relates to symbolism in color when it is meant to represent passion, anger, excitement or sacrifice.
What is red?
This character archetype is usually a central figure in the story or drama, and they undergo some sort of challenge or journey throughout the events of the plot.
Who is The Hero?
The type of fallacy found in the following line of Judge Danforth:
"Has Mr. Proctor threatened you for this deposition?"
What is loaded question?
This type of irony is used when the character in the story/drama is not aware of something the audience is.
What is dramatic irony?
This archetype occurs when a hero or other figure in the story descends from a higher state of being to a lower existence, often due to them sinning or committing some sort of wrongdoing.
What is The Fall?
What is The Temptress?
Who said it?
"She spoke nothing of lechery and this man has lied."
Who is Judge Danforth?
The type of fallacy in Judge Danforth addressing Mary Warren:
"Then you tell me that you sat in my court callously lying when you knew people would hang by your evidence? Answer me! "
What is appeal to fear?
This is the type of irony typified by Elizabeth Proctor lying about John's lechery, especially regarding the fact that John stated his wife never lies.
What is situational irony?
This character archetype is depicted as someone who is sacrifice to forgive or excuse some wrongdoing of the community as a whole.
What is The Scapegoat?
This is the type of symbolic archetype that relates to symbolism in color when it is meant to represent chaos, the unknown, or sometimes evil.
What is black?
Who said it?
"Excellency, it is a natural lie to tell; I beg you, stop now before another is condemned! I can shut my conscience to it no more - private vengeance is working through this testimony!"
Who is Reverend Hale?
The type of fallacy found in the following line of Mary Warren:
"It were only sport in the beginning, sir, but then the whole world cried spirits, spirits, and I-I promise you, Mr. Danforth, I only thought I saw them."
What is bandwagon?
Abigail and the girls pretending to see Mary's spirit in the form of a yellow bird is not only a red herring from Act III, but this type of irony.
What is dramatic irony?
This archetype is a black mark or some kind of damage that is done that cannot be recovered from or made right again.
What is The Unhealable Wound?
The character archetype of The Evil Figure with the Ultimately Goodly Heart is often a servant or assists this other figure.
Who is The Devil?
What logical fallacy is represented in this quote from Judge Danforth?
"Will you confess yourself befouled with Hell or do you keep that black allegiance yet?"
What is loaded question?
The type of fallacy found in the following exchange:
"Mary Warren: I - cannot faint now, sir…
Danforth: Might it be that here we have no afflicting spirit loose, but in the court there were some?"
What is false cause/post hoc?
When John Proctor states, "There might also be a dragon with five legs in my house, but no one has ever seen it," it is this type of irony.
What is verbal irony?
This type of situational archetype is found when something that is traditionally right or correct by virtue of schooling is overcome or trumped by a sense of inherent knowledge or understanding.
What is Innate Wisdom versus Educated Stupidity?
One side of this symbolic archetype in conflict form is representative of rebirth, life, or knowledge. The other side is representative of death or lack of fertility.
What is Fire versus Ice?
One side of this symbolic archetype is representative of hope, illumination, or renewal. The other side is representative of despair, lack of understanding, or the unknown.
What is Light versus Darkness?