Characterization
John Proctor
Decode and define: ARANOIAPAY
Paranoia: constant fear that something will happen or is happening with no evidence
This is a catalyst event that ends with Rebecca Nurse at the noose.
Goody Putnam hating Nurse for having so many children.
An immediate cause is:
A cause closest in time to the event.
Which popular Christmas beverage is also called “milk punch?”
Eggnog
Abigail Williams' FOIL or character with the exact opposite characterization and intention, while sharing a shred of similarity
Elizabeth Proctor
Decipher and Define: YSTERIAHAY
Hysteria: Intense, contaigious fear that is irrational
This is the catalyst event for Giles Corey being pressed to death.
Asking Hale about his wife and books.
A remote cause is different from a contributory cause because
REMOTE: Far away from the effect in time, CONTRIBUTORY: Could be close or far but only has a slight impact on the effect.
Which Christmas song contains the lyric “Everyone dancing merrily in the new old-fashioned way?”
Rocking Around The Christmas Tree
This character embodies fear, bitterness, and resentment, while Rebecca Nurse serves as their MORAL COUNTERWEIGHT, a figure whose values and conduct stand in quiet opposition to these moral flaws.
Goody Putnam
Decipher and Define: ELFSAY-RESERVATIONPAY
Self-Preservation: Protecting yourself and your character even in exchange for dangers to others.
This is a catalyst event that produces the Abigail Williams we see in Act 1.
Proctor not going to church is a(n) _______ cause of Elizabeth being arrested. Prove.
Contributory. It adds to Proctor's "wickedness", which paints Elizabeth in a bad light, which adds to Abigail's accusation that she is evil.
Elvis isn’t going to have a white Christmas, he’s going to have a….
Blue Christmas
In Act 4, whose need to preserve authority interferes with the court’s larger objective, and how is this revealed through their treatment of Proctor?
Danforth, trying to retaliate after Proctor says he saw no one with the Devil.
Decipher and Define: NDESAY USTIFYJAY HETAY EANMSAY
Ends Justify the Means: The immoral means to achieve a goal are justified by the moral goal itself.
Abigail and Proctor's affair is a catalyst for what? Found out in Act 4, in terms of character development.
ANSWER 1: Abigail running off to be a prostitute
ANSWER 2: Proctor is being hanged.
A main/important cause for Tituba being interrogated in Act 1 to reveal the names of other witches.
Abigail not wanting to be in trouble, Tituba is a slave who is known for being blamed for everything.
Which one of Santa’s reindeer has the same name as another holiday mascot?
Cupid
As one thesis statement (can omit the Destroy Devil's advocate):
How does Miller characterize Abigail Williams as a figure of control rather than conviction, and how does this characterization drive the play’s central conflict?
Miller characterizes Abigail Williams as driven by control rather than genuine conviction, using her calculated manipulation of fear and authority to propel the central conflict by turning personal desire into communal hysteria.
Describe one character who exhibits each of the three philosophical concepts introduced at the beginning of the unit, and how.
PA: Knowing there is a faction in town meant to destroy him. EJM: Allowing Abigail to blame everyone in the town because it gets pressure off his back.
A thesis statement: What pattern of causes and effects creates an event like the Salem Witch Trials to happen today?
SA
The movie Miracle on 34th Street is based on a real-life department store. What is it?
Macy's