What is the mood like in the Proctor household? Why?
Very tense. John is trying to please Elizabeth to make up for his sins and there is tension between them.
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Where does Act 3 begin?
Salem meeting house
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What is Hale doing at the jailhouse?
Praying with the condemned and hoping to get a confession
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Describe John Proctor
Husband of Elizabeth
Had an affair with Abigail
Well respected farmer in the community
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Why does Abigail hate Elizabeth Proctor?
Abigail had an affair with John, her husband, and she wants Elizabeth out of the picture
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What did Mary Warren give Elizabeth?
A poppet
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What news do we learn about Elizabeth?
She is pregnant
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Who stole Parris' money and ran away?
Abigail and Mercy
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Describe Reverend Parris
Minister in Salem who was worried more about his reputation than his daughter's affliction
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Who is Mary Warren?
The Proctor's servant girl
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What does Elizabeth want John to do in town? What will everyone find out if he does this?
She wants him to tell everyone that the girls are not involved in witchcraft. John knows because of his conversation with Abigail. He would have to reveal his affair.
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Proctor hands Danforth a document with 91 names on it. What is this for?
It has the names of land holders and church members who declare their good opinion of Rebecca, Martha, and Elizabeth
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Why are the animals and orphans wondering around Salem?
There are many people in jail and nobody to tend to their land, farms, or children
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Describe Abigail
Rev. Parris' niece
Had an affair with John
Started the accusations
Manipulative
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What complaint does Giles Corey make about his wife?
She reads at night and he can not pray until she stops
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What does John tell Abigail in the extra scene at the end of Act 2?
He tells her he is going to reveal their affair and expose her as a liar
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What was Mary Warren asked to do to prove she was telling the truth?
Faint
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Why did Giles choose to die instead of confess?
If he had confessed his land would have been auctioned off and his sons would get nothing
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Thomas Putnam
A deeply bitter and vengeful man who is always fighting about land
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Describe Reverend Hale. Why was he called to Salem?
He is a scholarly minister who has knowledge about witchcraft and supernatural events. He has been called to Salem to determine whether witchcraft is involved in Betty's illness
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What does Ezekiel Cheever bring to the Proctor house and what does John do with it?
A warrant for Elizabeth. John rips it up.
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When Abigail and the girls begin faking that Mary sent her spirits out on them, what does John do?
Confesses about their affair
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Does Proctor sign the confession? why? or why not
No. He confessed out loud but did not want them to take his name by signing a confession. They were going to hang it on the church doors.
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Describe Thomas Putnam
Local landowner - always getting into land disputes
Deeply bitter and vengeful
Married to Goody Putnam