Fallacies
What fallacy is this:
Danforth: ... Your soul alone is the issue here. Mister, you will prove its whiteness or you cannot live in a Christian country. Will you tell me now what persons conspired with you in the Devil’s company?
What is either or?
What is Mary's motivation for not wanting to go to court at the end of Act II?
What is she fears Abby will kill her?
What commandment did John forget in Act II?
What is thou shalt not commit adultery?
"“Because it is my name! Because I cannot have another in my life! Because I lie and sign myself to lies! Because I am not worth the dust on the feet of them that hang! How may I live without my name? I have given you my soul; leave me my name!”
Who is John Proctor?
How did Giles Corey die?
What is he was pressed?
What fallacy is this:
Proctor: Excellency, does it not strike upon you that so many of these women have lived so long with such upright reputation, and--
Parris: Do you read the Gospel, Mr. Proctor?
Proctor: I read the Gospel.
Parris (speaking of Rebecca/Martha/Elizabeth): I think not, or you should surely know that Cain were an upright man, and yet he did kill Abel.
What is weak analogy?
What is Reverend Parris's main motivation?
What is himself/money/his reputation/etc.?
This person said they don't believe in witchcraft to Reverend Hale in Act II.
Who is Elizabeth Proctor?
"But what does she mumble? You must remember, Goody Proctor. Last month--a Monday, I think-- she walked away, and I thought my guts would burst for two days after, do you remember it?"
Who is Mary Warren?
Why was Elizabeth brought in to the court in Act III?
What is to confirm or deny her husband's infidelity?
What fallacy is this? "Proctor, starts to speak, then stops, then, as though unable to restrain this: I like not that Mr. Parris should lay his hand upon my baby. I see no light of God in that man. I’ll not conceal it."
What is ad hominem?
What is he feels responsible for their impending deaths?
While Proctor is confessing, Parris is trying to get this person to confess as well. (Act IV)
Who is Rebecca Nurse?
"“Great stones they lay upon his chest until he plead aye or nay. They say he give them but two words. ‘More weight,’ he says. And died… It were a fearsome man, Giles Corey.”
Who is Elizabeth Proctor?
What was Hathorne's "test" for Mary in Act III?
What is he asked her to pretend to faint?
What fallacy is this?
Parris: Tonight, when I open my door to leave my house--a dagger clattered to the ground. Silence. Danforth absorbs this. Now Parris cries out: You cannot hang this sort. There is danger for me. I dare not step outside at night!
What is overly emotional appeal?
What is Abigail's main motivation?
What is she wants to be John Proctor's wife?
Who do the girls gang up on in Act III?
Who is Mary Warren?
"Tonight when I opened my door, a dagger clattered to the ground."
Who is Reverend Parris?
On what evidence was Elizabeth taken to jail in Act II?
What is the poppet with the needle on her mantle?
What fallacy is this:
Danforth: Proctor, you mistake me. I am not empowered to trade your life for a lie. You have most certainly seen some person with the devil. Proctor is silent. Mr. Proctor, a score of people have already testified they saw this woman with the Devil.
What is bandwagon?
What is Proctor's motivation for ripping up his confession?
What is to save his good name?
Name four people (main characters) who die at the end of the play.
Who are John Proctor, Rebecca Nurse, Giles Corey, and Martha Corey?
"“Life, woman, life is God's most precious gift; no principle, however glorious, may justify the taking of it.”
Who is Reverend Hale?
Who were the two people praying with the prisoners before Act IV began?
Who are Reverend Parris and Reverend Hale?