Act 1
Before the action of the play begins, the girls of Salem were...
What is dancing in the woods?
John Proctor forgets this commandment when Hale asks him to recite all 10.
What is adultery?
Elizabeth accidentally condemns herself and John by doing this.
What is being crushed by stones?
There are more of these in the movie versus the play.
What are scenes?
Ann Putnam gave this reason as to why she thinks there are witches.
What is her 7 dead children?
Elizabeth fears and knows that this character will accuse Elizabeth so she will die.
Who is Abigail?
This is announced as the reason why Elizabeth’s sentence is being postposed.
What is she is pregnant?/What is her pregnancy?
Proctor does this to his written confession.
What is rips it up?
The movie starts in this location which is different from the play.
What is the forest?
This appears to be Reverend Parris’ primary concern instead of his sick daughter.
What is his reputation?
Proctor is angry and disgusted at Parris’ greed when he asked for these at church.
What is golden candlesticks?
This is going to happen to the 91 people who signed the deposition.
What is arrests and questioning?
Reverend Hale comes back to Salem for this reason.
What is getting prisoners to confess/lie to save their lives?
Abigail being able to control the government with lies and accusations shows this which is similar to how Joseph McCarthy controlled the government in the 1950s.
What is corruption (of justice)?
We can infer that Tituba accuses Sarah Good and Sarah Osburne because of this.
What is their social status? OR What is other people brought them up first?
John tells Hale that his youngest child has not been baptized because...
What is he doesn’t like Parris? (“I see no light of God in that man”)
When Abigail’s lie start to slip, she pretends to see this.
What is Mary Warren’s spirit/a yellow bird?
Parris admits that Abigail and Mercy Lewis have done this to him.
What is stolen all his money and left on a ship?
This person says:
“In these books the Devil stands stripped of all his brute disguises . . . Have no fear now-we shall find him out if he has come among us, and I mean to crush him utterly if he has shown his face!”
Who is Reverend Hale?
List any 2 reasons why one would be accused.
What is:
1. Revenge
2. Wanting land gain
3. To save themselves
4. Power and control
Mary Warren explains that if one does this in court (2 things), they will not hang.
1. Confess that they worked with the Devil
2. Accuse someone else
The girls and Abigail all start doing this to Mary Warren to put pressure and fear on her.
What is mimicking/repeating her?
Because Giles did not confess to witchcraft his sons will get this.
What is the family farm?
Who says: “Hang them high over there town! Who weeps for these, weeps for corruption!"
Who is Judge Danforth?