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CHARACTERS
PLOT
Ironies
THEMES
HISTORICAL CONTEXT
100
SERVANT WHO HAS AN AFFAIR
Who is Abigail?
100
Rebecca nurse comes to check on Betty in Act and says the girls are behaving as children do in their ________________.
What is "silly season"?
100
John Proctor forgets a commandment.
What is adultery?
100
this was worth dying for some people of Salem
What is "reputation" or "my good name"?
100
Setting - time and place
What is 1692 in Salem, MA?
200
He was pressed to death in questioning.
Who is Giles Corey?
200
Rebecca Nurse is accused of witchcraft by Ann Putnam for ________________________________________.
What is "the supernatural death of Ann's 7 children"?
200
Reverend Parris is the town pastor and yet his character is revealed to be very ________________.
What is selfish or self-serving?
200
many people used the accusation of witchcraft to settle a score
What is "revenge"?
200
_________________ the practice of making accusations of dishonesty or disloyalty without having adequate evidence.
What is McCarthyism?
300
The Proctor's new servant who confesses to pretending in court and gives Elizabeth a poppet.
Who is Mary Warren?
300
These two girl become unable to wake after dancing in the forest: ________________ and ___________.
Who are Betty and Ruth?
300
Will not pardon accused because he more concerned with justice for the dead over the living
Who is Judge Danforth?
300
the balance of power shifts when a large number of people get caught up in one idea
What is "mob mentality?"
300
1950's "witch hunt" for communists in the US government
What is the Red Scare or McCarthyism?
400
Works as a farmer and is very concerned for his reputation; confesses to adultery but won't lie to save his life.
Who is John Proctor?
400
Mary goes to court to confess that the girls have been pretending.
What John convinces Mary to do?
400
When Abigail and the girls claim to see a yellow bird in the rafters of the courtroom, they claim...
What is "Mary's spirit attacking them?"
400
many innocent people died in the name of _____________
What is "justice?"
400
Was accused of being a communist in the 1950's and wrote the Crucible
Who is Arthur Miller?
500
The expert on witchcraft and quits the court when John Proctor is arrested.
Who is Reverend Hale?
500
Elizabeth is pregnant.
Why is Elizabeth's punishment postponed?
500
# (how many)_ people signed a petition to confirms the good character of Corey's wife but ended up accused as well
What is 91?
500
doing what's right is not always what's right according to the law
What is "morality?"
500
a narrative using characters and events to represent another event
What is an allegory?