Characters
Plot Diagram
Story Events
Literary Terms
This and That
100
This was a greedy businessman accused of having his daughter falsely accuse Mr. Jacobs of witchcraft.
Who was Thomas Putnam?
100
This part of the plot is the high point of interest or suspense.
What is the climax?
100
This was the significance of John Proctor, Rebecca Nurse, and Martha Giles reciting the Lord's Prayer just before they were hanged.
What is it proved their innocence/faith/Christianity? What is that a witch was supposedly unable to recite this prayer?
100
The judges refusal to investigate allegations that the girls were lying demonstrates this theme.
What is power can corrupt?
100
This is one way Reverend Hale changes during the course of the play.
What is at first he believes the allegations of witchcraft but he later realizes the girls are lying? What is at first he believes John is guilty, but he later realizes that he in innocent?
200
He came to Salem to investigate the allegations of witchcraft.
Who is Reverend John Hale?
200
This part of the plot explains the characters, the setting, and the basic conflict.
What is the exposition?
200
This is what Elizabeth persuaded John to do.
What is confess?
200
The idea that all of the events in Salem could have ended if John had been honest about his affair with Abigail demonstrates this theme.
What is honesty is always best?
200
Tituba, Sarah Goode, and Sarah Osborne are accused early on for this reason.
What is they are of a lower social class and they do not attend church?
300
He was jailed and later pressed to death for not revealing who said Thomas Putnam had made his daughter falsely accuse Mr. Jacobs of witchcraft.
Who is Giles Corey?
300
This is the end of the plot.
What is the resolution?
300
This was the reason Abigail made the accusations of witchcraft.
What is she wanted to be with John?
300
This is conflict with an outside, visible force.
What is external conflict?
300
Critics say this character is most like the author, Arthur Miller.
Who is Giles Corey?
400
She was John Proctor's wife.
Who is Elizabeth Proctor?
400
This is the plot where the conflict is developed and complicated.
What is the rising action?
400
This is one of three reasons why John refused to confess to the crime of witchcraft.
What is it was a lie? What is he wanted to keep whatever was left of his good name? What is he did not want to incriminate the others who were accused?
400
This is conflict that occurs within a character.
What is internal conflict?
400
Beginning with "H", this word caused most of the events during the witch trials and the era of McCarthyism.
What is hysteria?
500
He was the lead judge in the trials.
Who is Deputy Governor Danforth?
500
This is the part of a plot where the conflict is resolved.
What is the falling action?
500
Abigail does this near the end of the play.
What is steal Reverend Parris's money, runs away to Boston, and plans to board a ship to Barbados?
500
This is the message about life that the author wants to convey to the reader.
What is the theme?
500
Abigail threatened to do this to the other girls if they told a different story.
What is kill them?
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