The Crucible I
Who wrote The Crucible?
Arthur Miller
A farmer in his middle thirties who has committed adultery.
John Proctor
Proctor's current servant.
Mary Warren
What kind of irony is this? Danforth says to Elizabeth: "Answer my question! Is your husband a lecher?" she replies, "No sir."
Situational irony.
Define deposition
The testimony of a witness made under oath but not in open court
When and where does the play take place?
Salem, Mass. 1692
He found a witch in Beverly and is on his way to Salem; expert on witchcraft; his entrance foreshadows mass hysteria
kind and gently; has eleven children and twenty-six grandchildren; refuses to confess when accused of witchcraft
Rebecca Nurse
What is Parris's main motivation throughout the play?
To save his reputation and his own life.
Define retaliation
the act of returning an injury or wrong
How is Betty related to Reverend Parris?
daughter
The setting for Act IV
Jail
What gift did Mary give Elizabeth?
A poppet with a needle in it.
Why does Proctor refuse to give his confession at the end of the play?
Because he doesn't want to give away his pride or his good name.
Definite licentious
lacking moral restraint
She buried her seven unbaptized children; wife of Thomas
Goody (Ann) Putnam
Who said this?: “He have his goodness now. God forbid I take it from him!”
Elizabeth Proctor
Who said this? : “But you must understand, sir, that a person is either with this court or he must be counted against it; there be no road in between.”
Danforth
Who says this: “Because it is my name! Because I cannot have another in my life! Because I lie and sign myself to lies! “
John Proctor
Define dissembling
disguising one’s real nature or motives
Has a sense of entitlement due to legacy and feelings of being better than others; uses witch trials for personal gain, especially to get land.
Thomas Putnam
Who is "pressed to death"?
Giles Corey
What kind of irony is this? "There might also be a dragon with five legs in my house, but no one has ever saw it."
Verbal Irony
What kind of irony is this? "All innocent and Christian people are happy for the courts in Salem." Reverend Parris
Dramatic Irony.
Define contentious
argumentative