Characters
Who is Reverend Parris’s niece?
Abigail Williams
What activity in the woods causes the initial suspicion of witchcraft?
Dancing
What is Abigail’s primary motivation in Act 1?
(Her desire to protect herself and pursue Proctor)
"for good purposes...the people of salem developed a theocracy...whose function was to keep the community together...But all organization is and must be grounded on the idea of exclusion and prohibition, just as two objects cannot occupy the same space."
Paradox
Who is caught dancing in the woods and later becomes “bewitched”?
Betty Parris
Why is Reverend Parris so worried about Betty’s illness?
(It may ruin his reputation / cost him his position)
Why does Ann Putnam resent Rebecca Nurse?
Rebecca has many children/grandchildren while Ann has lost most of hers)
Define "Dissemble"
"(He is bending to kneel again when his niece, Abigail Williams, enters - a strikingly beautiful girl, an orphan, with an endless capacity for dissembling).
The ability to hide ones motives, beliefs, or thoughts
Who is the wealthy landowner who argues about land with his neighbors?
Thomas Putnam
Who sends her daughter to Tituba to conjure spirits of the dead?
Ann Putnam
What does John Proctor think of Reverend Parris’s sermons?
(He thinks they are too focused on hell and money)
"The road past my house is a pilgrimage to Salem all morning."
Metaphor - comparing the road to Salem with the religious practice of pilgrimage.
Which character is described as a respected farmer who has little patience for hypocrisy?
John Proctor
What does Betty do when she hears the name of the Lord sung in a psalm?
(She screams / cries out)
Why does Abigail threaten the other girls?
Why does Abigail threaten the other girls?
Define "Partisan"
"Proctor was a farmer in his mid-thirties. He need not have been a partisan of any faction in the town, but there was evidence that he had a sharp and biting way with hypocrites."
a strong supporter of a party, cause, or person.