Vocabulary
A set of beliefs, values, or principles that guide an individual or group’s behavior and worldview.
The girl that leads all of the other girls in the story to cry witchcraft on innocent people.
The list of characters, typically in order of appearance, within a play.
What is a cast list?
The character that saved Elizabeth Proctor's life in open court and gave her a poppet.
Who is Mary Warren?
The only way for the court of law to produce evidence for a bewitched victim.
What is he-said-she-said or ipso facto law?
To summon or bring into existence through supernatural means, often used in the context of magic or witchcraft.
What the meaning of to conjure?
What does it mean to conjure?
The animal that all the girls saw during John Proctor's trial.
What is a bird?
What is a "yellow bird?"
The written expression of actions that actors perform in a play (when I read the words in italics).
What are stage directions?
This character is solely motivated by their reputation in the village.
Who is Rev. Parris?
The main way that people were brought into a Salem court of law, especially during the Witch Trials.
What are accusations?
This is the testimony of a witness.
What is a deposition?
The two girls that pretended to be asleep to avoid punishment for dancing in the woods.
Who are Betty and Ruth?
The grammatical punctuation used after a character's name to separate dialogue. Elizabeth, delicately: Adultery, John.
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What is a colon?
The character that was crushed to death by slabs of stone after placing suspicion on his wife.
Who is Giles Corey?
This is the year in which the trials took place
What is 1692?
Proctor is accused of ________________ because he cheated on his wife with Abigail.
What is lechery?
What does lecher mean?
The woman who helped the girls perform witchcraft at the start of the play.
Who is Tituba?
The introduction or beginning to a literary work that can reveal background information/context for the story.
What is a prologue?
This character develops throughout the story, determined to root out the Devil but eventually questions the legitimacy of the witch trials.
Who is Reverend Hale?
The lead judges that control the courts and determine witches from the afflicted.
Who are Judge Hathorne and Judge Danforth?
What are magistrates?
A group within a larger group, often with conflicting interests or beliefs.
What is a faction?
The motivation for all of the girls to participate in the witch trials.
What is personal gain or interest?
The separate sections or "chapters" within a play that pace the story.
What are Acts?
This woman started the Salem Witch trials by pursuing the spirits of her dead children.
Who is Mrs. Putnam?
A government ran with divine guidance or ran with religion intertwined.
What is a theocracy?