Internal Conflict
John Proctor struggles with this feeling after his affair with Abigail, leading to his hesitation to testify against her. What internal conflict is he dealing with?
Guilt
The primary legal conflict involves the "afflicted" girls led by Abigail versus this group of townspeople.
The accused
The audience knows John committed adultery, but Elizabeth lies about it to the court in order to save John. What kind of irony is this?
dramatic
In the opening stage directions, Miller directly describes this seventeen-year-old girl as someone with an "endless capacity for dissembling." He also notes she is a "strikingly beautiful girl" who often looks like an enigma / "mysterious" or "hard to read" (direct characterization).
Abigail Williams
Mary Warren gives this to Elizabeth, which is later used as evidence of witchcraft against her.
a poppet (a doll)
Mary Warren faces an internal battle between her fear of this person and her desire to do the right thing in court.
Abigail
Thomas Putnam and John Proctor frequently argue over this, a common source of tension in Salem.
Land
When Danforth tells John "I am not empowered to trade your life for a lie," it is verbal irony because...
He is trying to force John to lie (and pretend that it's the truth), and he is hanging the innocent.
Arthur Miller describes this character in the stage directions as a "cutting edge" man who "cannot mask his contempt/hatred for hypocrites." (direct characterization)
John Proctor
"I—I have no witness and cannot prove it except my word be taken. But I know the children’s sickness had naught to do with witchcraft." Who says this quote & under which circumstance is it said?
John Proctor; he, along with Giles Corey and Mary Warren have come to the court convince the judges that the afflicted girls are lying.
Reverend Hale experiences a crisis of this when he realizes the court he helped build is hanging innocent people.
Faith/Justice
This character serves as the physical antagonist in the courtroom, refusing to delay executions to protect his reputation.
Judge Danforth
John Proctor forgetting the sin of adultery when reciting the 10 Commandments to Reverend Hale is an example of what kind of irony?
dramatic
We learn Giles Corey is brave and stubborn through this final action when he refuses to enter a plea (indirect characterization).
"He say, Mr. Parris must be kill! Mr. Parris no godly man... But I tell him NO! I don’t hate that man." Who says this quote & what is the circumstance under which it is said?
Tituba; she is talking about the devil/confessing to witchcraft in order to save herself.
Elizabeth Proctor battles her own "coldness" and her inability to do this to John for much of the play.
Forgive him
The conflict between Reverand Parris and the congregation often centers on his demands for more money and these expensive items for the church.
Golden Candlesticks
Abigail telling the court/John she is doing "God's work" is an example of what kind of irony?
verbal
We see Parris’s selfishness through his constant complaints about these specific things he wants from the townspeople (indirect characterization).
Higher salary/the deed to the house/high status or superiority over the townspeople
"He has goodness now. God forbid I take it from him!" Who says this quote & under what circumstance is it said?
Elizabeth Proctor; when John refuses to confess to witchcraft/sign his name and is being taken away to be hanged.
In the final act, Proctor faces a conflict between saving this physical thing and maintaining his integrity.
His life (vs. his "name")
Rebecca Nurse and Ann Putnam clash over the "supernatural" deaths of Ann’s seven babies, which Ann blames on this.
Witchcraft/Murder
The court believes the afflicted girls are "opening" themselves to God, while the audience knows they are actually...
lying to protect themselves from getting in trouble
Abigail can be indirectly characterized as what kind of person from the threat that she makes in Act I to the other girls regarding a "pointy reckoning."
powerful/determined/violent
She is accused of murdering Goody (Ann) Putnam’s babies because she served as a midwife for her, along with Sarah Good and Sarah Osborne.
Rebecca Nurse