| What entertainments are denied to the salem puritans ? | Dancing and witchcraft. |
| why have the puritans failed to convert indians? | they fear the native americans as devil worshipers. |
| what have the puritans failed to learn from the prosecution of their ancestors? | Tolerance. |
| What 3 factors does arthur miller blame for the occurrence of the witch hunt ? | Mob mentality, the power of the church, the belief that everyone was born a sinner. |
| what causes conflict between reverend paris and his neice? | girls were caught dancing in the forest. |
| Why is reverand parris uneasy at the beginning of the act ? | some girls are supposidly ill and he thinks betty has something to do with it. |
| exactly what occured in the forest the previous night ? | Tituba can talk to dead children in the forest . |
| why has paris sent for reverand hale ? | He thinks he is the expert in witchcraft and thinks something is going on |
| what sad events have tormented the putnam family? | they lost 7 of there children |
| What can you deduce from the fact that ann putnam sent ruth to conjure with tituba ? | she thinks someone in salem is doing witchcraft |
| Explain the relationship between john proctor and abigail williams | Abigail and john are having an affair. |
| Describe the relationship between putnam and nurse families | nurse families is good and putnam families is bad. nurse has good values but putnam is greedy and jealous . |
| what causes the conflict between john proctor and reverand parris? | John says that reverand paris is bad and is why he barely goes to church. |
| What is reverend hales background ? | Reverand hale has a history of working with witchcraft |
| What causes the crying out of names at the end of the act ? | Betty and abigail are creying out who they saw with the devil . |
| What are two things paris saw in the woods? | girls dancing and frogs being put into a coldren. |
| what is Rebecca nurses theory of what is wrong with the girls? | There pretending . |
| Things that motivates putnam.. | money, land, and power. |
| what is the name of the senator who accused Arthur miller? | Joseph mcarthy |
| how many living children do the putnams have | 1. ruth . |
| what university did arthur miller attend? | Michigan. |
| Define letcher | Womanizer |
| who replaces her as the proctant server | Mary Waren |
| who is reverend hale ? | mastery of detecting witchery |
| why was Abigail dismissed from working at the proctor house? | Killed by indians. |
| Define provity. | Honesty |
| How did abigails parents die? | indians. |
| Define auger? | A drilling tool ( to pull weeds ) |
| Harlet | Promiscious woman |
| pretense | Deception |
The Crucible .
February 28, 2020