Danforth
“Be there no wifely tenderness within you? He will die with the sunrise. . . .Are you stone?”
Danforth to Elizabeth
How does Rebecca Nurse respond when she hears John confess?
She is sad and asks God to have mercy on John’s soul.
Arrived with naive confidence initially but realized he was completely wrong by the end in court.
Who is Reverend Hale?
She doesn’t want to endanger John...so she conflicted to lie or not.
Who is Elizabeth Proctor?
We can infer that the Reverend’s primary motive for wanting to know what happened in the forest is. . .
His concern for his own reputation
He wants her to convince John to confess.
Danforth bring out Elizabeth from prison.
Who does he tell when he feels like a hypocrite already and thinks confessing won’t make him any worse.
John Proctor’s motives when he first tells Elizabeth he wants to confess.
This man has been many times in court...and mistook his wife's reading for witchcraft.
Who is Giles Corey?
John is willing to confess, but what is he NOT willing to do?
She is proud of his courage and his goodness.
He doesn’t like the negative preaching of Reverend Parris
Who is John Proctor?
That like a fire that reveals and burns away the impurities in metal, this court will reveal the lies and impurities in their evidence.
Danforth warns Mary and John, “before I decide whether I shall hear you or not, it is my duty to tell you this. We burn a hot fire here; it melts down all concealment.”
At the end, this character offered John a drink of cider, indicatingthat he was beginning to feel some guilt for his part in this tragedy.
Who is Reverend Parris?
He is a dynamic character in the process of learning and growing, coming to accept his guilt and the role he has played in this tragedy
Who is John Proctor?
She is the oldest woman in the town that had many children & grandchildren but was accused for cursing Ann Putnam's seven dead children.
Who is Rebecca Nurse?
How would you characterize John Proctor’s relationship with Thomas Putnam?
Proctor sees Putnam as greedy and arrogant
Quote: “You must understand, sir, that a person is either with this court or he must be counted against it, there be no road between.”
Danforth's example of a classical logical fallacy.
When Rebecca Nurse is brought in to hear John’s confession, the stage directions tell us that John “turns his face to the wall” and speaks, “through his teeth, his face turned from [her].” What do these stage directions tell us about how John is feeling at this moment?
He is ashamed to be lying in front of Rebecca.
Who said to Mary Warren,“Has Mr. Proctor threatened you for this deposition?” She says that he has not. When he asked her twice more and then again at the end of the scene. That he wants her confession to be a lie, so the court can continue, and he won’t look a fool.
Who is Judge Danforth?
She turned on Abigail in court but realized that she was better off rejoining the coven of girls that taunted her in front of Danforth.
Who is Mary Warren?
If you wanted to prove that Hale is not as quick to leap to conclusions of witchcraft as many others in this play, which piece of evidence would be the strongest support for this claim?
Hale: I must tell you all that I shall not proceed unless you are prepared to believe me if I should find no bruises of hell upon her.
He recognizes that Proctor is respectable and has influence over others.
Danforth want a confession specifically from Proctor.
John is willing to confess, but what is he NOT willing to do?
Sign a written confession
He stated jokly, "“I will not give you no name. . .I stand mute.”
Who is Giles Corey?
Who said, "“Oh, you’re a great one for lookin’, aren’t you Mary Warren? What a grand peeping courage you have!”, arguing that Mary’s capitulation, her “caving in,” at the end of Act III was foreseeable.
Who is Mercy?
In addition to not attending service often enough, what is the other spot of “softness” the Reverend Hale sees in John Proctor’s church record?
He hasn’t had his child baptized