Vocabulary
People who are adamant about their opinions typically act like this
What is stubborn?
It shows life with reality, omitting nothing that is ugly or painful, and idealizing nothing
Accused witches in the play are to _________ during Arthur Miller's time
What are accused Communists?
This is the reason why Parris wants Rebecca Nurse and Proctor to confess
What is a dagger above his door?
Another word for disputation
What is an argument or debate?
Contributes most to realism
a. children wandering
b. Proctor and Elizabeth expressing intense emotions
What is choice B?
Hale compares his journey through the wilderness to this person from the Bible in the quote "Goody Proctor, I have gone this three month like our Lord into the wilderness. I have sought a Christian way..." in order to show his sincerity and newfound understanding
Who is Jesus?
This is the reason Parris urges Elizabeth to speak with Proctor while he's being taken away to be executed
What is so she can try one more time to persuade him to confess?
What is she believed that the townspeople were about to turn against her?
A conciliatory person could also be called this
What is a peacemaker?
"The corridor magnifies the sound of rattling keys and footsteps" is an example of this piece of the text having to do with the place in which a story takes place
What is setting?
The character that is the voice of enlightenment that realizes the resulting hysteria from what seemed at first to be a rational action is represented by this character
Who is Hale?
Tituba and Sarah Good truly believe this at the opening of Act 4
What is they have come to believe the accusations against them?
This is why Hale came back to Salem
What is he hoped to persuade people to confess so they wouldn't hang?
A government where the church and state are combined
What is theocracy?
A particular form of a language which is peculiar to a specific region or social group
What is a dialect?
Major theme related to naming names in Act 4 that relates to the Red Scare and the calling out of people
What is betraying one's personal loyalties?
Giles Corey's last words
What is "more weight?"
Proctor refused to incriminate Rebecca and the others because he realized this about himself
What is a newfound belief in the goodness of his own nature?
a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one
What is an allegory?
Genre of The Crucible (the play)
What is a historical fiction or fictional take on true events?
Abigail Williams represented this person from the "Red Scare"
Who is Senator McCarthy?
Important message about personal honor conveyed by Proctor's decision to tear up the confession
What is personal honor determines one's self worth?
This is the lesson that Elizabeth learns during her three-month imprisonment
What is one should not judge human weakness too harshly?