The Crucible Flashcards

Why has Reverend Parris sent for a doctor as the play begins? Betty (daughter) is sick/unconscious What advice does the doctor send back? Look to the unnatural (witchcraft, Reverend Hale) About what does Parris question his niece Abigail? What happened…

As you read this Act, Observe Miller’s description of the physical properties of the courtroom. what specific details make the room forbidding? The room is empty, but plainly decorated and has a serious, dark air about it. There is sunlight,…

Judge Hathorne -A judge who presides, along with Danforth, over the witch trials-Bitter Deputy Governor Danforth -The deputy governor of Massachusetts-Presiding judge at the witch trials-Convinced that he is doing right in rooting out witchcraft.-Magistrate As this act opens, what…

Abigail: “I want to open myself! I want the light of God, I want the sweet love of Jesus! I danced for the Devil; I saw him, I wrote in his book; I go back to Jesus; I kiss His…

“So now they and their church found it necessary to deny any other sects its freedom, New Jerusalem be defiled and corrupted by wrong and deceitful ideas.” What is the irony in this statement? The church is supposed to be…

Describe the questioning of Martha Corey. Does this seem like a fair process? Explain. They repeatedly asked her is she was a witch which she denies truthfully. This doesn’t seem like a fair process bc they accuse her w/o hearing…

Plot The sequence of events that happen in a story. Follow a series of phases that, taken together, are called the “dramatic arc.” Always driven by a conflict. Conflict Struggle between opposing forces. Rising Action The conflict is introduced and…

her pregnancy What postpones Elizabeth Proctor’s execution? the other girls accuse her of witchcraft Why does Mary Warren withdraw her testimony against the investigations? to discredit her testimony by making her look evil Why does Proctor confess to having an…

“…mark this. Let either of you breathe a word, or the edge of a word, about other things, and I will come to you in the black of some terrible night and I will bring a pointy reckoning that will…

John Proctor ProtagonistAssertive, Confident, Practical, doesn’t get caught up in witchcraft hysteriaHonesty, upright, proud, places a great deal on his and his family’s reputation, speaks his mind, feels guilty about his adulterous relationship with Abigail. Elizabeth Proctor ProtagonistCold, suspicious wife,…