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The Crucible and the Salem Witch Trials
All My Sons
Twelve Angry Men
The Crucible and McCarthyism
Anything Goes!
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This man was the only person, of the twenty people killed as a result of the Salem Witch Trials, to be crushed to death.
Who is Giles Corey?
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Makes the call to weld over the cracks in the engine parts.
Who is George Keller
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This is the crime of which the young boy on trial is accused of committing. What penalty does it hold if he is found guilty?
What is murder? The boy will die if he is found guilty.
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This is the literary term that Miller used extensively in The Crucible as an extended metaphor to shed light on something that lies outside of the work itself.
What is an allegory
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The senator, campaining for re-election, who started "The Red Scare." What later happened to him/her?
Who is Joseph McCarthy. When McCarthy made accusations against members of the government, the army, etc. McCarthy was censured by the U.S. Senate and died at age 48.
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When asked to recite the Ten Commandments, John Proctor cannot name this one. Why is this signifigant?
What is "Thou shalt not commit adultery. John Proctor has commited adultery with Abigail Williams, the mastermind behind these trials.
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Ann gets a letter from Larry saying that he is considering this action, given his father's involvement in knowingly making faulty parts.
What is suicide
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This is the name of the company that juror number three owns.
What is "The Beck and Call Company" How is this ironic?
200
This was the group of people charged with finding Communism in the United States in the 1950's. What happened if you came before them?
What is HUAC (House on Un-American Activities Commitee) You were blacklisted, lost your job, social standing, and were asked to name others who had either been or were Communists.
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This is what the judge tells the jurors they must seperate in Twelve Angry Men.
What is "Seperate the fact from the fancy."
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This type of government was found in Salem, MA in 1692. Why is this important?
What is a theocracy-- a government run by the church and religious beliefs. This is important because it shows how much religion has a direct tie to the legal system-- which in America today, is seperate from the church.
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This action in All My Sons could be paralleled to Abigail's action of accusing other people to cover up actions that she committed.
What is Joe deliberately lying about giving faulty parts to the Air Force and blaming it on Steve.
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The jurors start to question this witness' testimony after juror number nine speaks about the him/her wanting "attention, maybe." Recount juror 9's reasoning for the old man's strange testimony.
Who is the old man who lived below the boy and his father. Juror 9 states that the old man wanted someone to seek his advice and be useful for a while.
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A time of trial, a scientific instrument. Why is this important to the play and the time period?
What is a crucible. The Crucible and McCarthyism both portray a time when people were being persecuted and "tried by fire" so to speak. A crucible is a scientific instrument that is placed over a burner and burns away all the insignifigant material that cannot withstand the heat.
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This woman believes that her son is still alive in All my Sons
Who is Kate Keller
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John Proctor will not sign the confession because
What is it will ruin his name, and the name that he passes on to his children.
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This is what Ann finds at the end of the play in the garden.
What is a broken tree, possibly symbolizing Larry's death or permission to move on without him (conscious literary ambiguity).
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This is the boy's albi for the murder of his father. Why does no one believe him? How does juror 8 defend the boy's albi?
What is being at the movies. No one believes the boy because doesn't remember the titles of the movies that he saw. Juror number eight claims that in the presence of his father's dead body, and being the main suspect, the boy was under "great emotional stress" and could not remember the movie titles.
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This was the director of The Crucible who was called before HUAC and named names, therefore ruining his friendship with Miller.
Who is Elia Kazan.
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This woman's charge of witchcraft is the first one to go beyond the bounds of accusing only those who had not attended church, were poor, and cranky.
Who is Rebecca Nurse, a matronly woman who is very respected within the Salem community.
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Being found guilty of witchcraft could lead to this action being taken (name 1)
What is loss of church membership, loss of property, imprisionment, death.
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This is what Joe realizes toward the end of the play, and what makes him regret his actions.
What is all of the men whose planes crashed because of his actions were Americans, and therefore, his "sons"
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This is why juror number three was ashamed of his son. How does this impact the rest of the play?
What is his son ran away from a fight. Juror number three is projecting the anger he carries for his son on to the accused.
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A group of people who were suspected of practicing Communism by HUAC, and refused to testify. What affect did this labeling have on their careers and personal lives? How can you compare this to the plot of the The Crucible?
Who are the Hollywood Ten. The Hollywood Ten suffered being fired, losing friendships, and being shunned as a result of the HUAC's prejudice. The evidence against these people was rarely concrete, and the actual list stating names was hard to come by. This compares to The Crucible because these are accusations made by word or mouth or on speculation-- there is no basis. Yet, these speculations affected people's lives forever.
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This is what Linda Caporael's suggests that the girls who were accusers in the Salem Witch Trials had unknowingly eaten prior to the trials.
What is Ergot of Rye