| What is the significance of the scene between Elizabeth and John Proctor?What does it reveal about their relationship and about each of their characters? | Elizabeth is still hung up on the idea of John and Abby. There is no good communication between them. |
| What is the gift Mary Warren gives to Elizabeth? | Mary Warren gives Elizabeth a poppet, a rag doll. |
| What information does Mary provide about the trial? What role is she playing at the trial? Why does John forbid her from attending? | Mary says that Elizabeth is brought up in court. She is asked to be a judge & John doesn’t want her to go because the information is false. |
| Why does Reverend Hale come to the Proctors’ home? What does this scene reveal about Hale’s role in the trial? | Hale goes to see how Christian they are & says that Elizabeth needs to go with him. The scene reveals that Hale will find out everything. |
| What relationship does Hale suggest exists between the church and the court? | Hale suggests that the court and the church are always right. |
| What does Proctor tell Hale about why the children were ill? How does he claim to know? | Proctor tells Hale that Abigail said they were in the woods. To cover it up, they pretended to be sick. |
| What is the point of the discussion between Hale and the Proctors about whether or not they believe in witches? | It is in the Bible |
| What does Giles report to the Proctor’s? What is the significance of his revelations? | Giles says that when his wife is reading a book, he cannot read but when there’s no book he can. The significance of his revelations is that he does not read. |
| What event begins to change Hale’s opinion about the arrests? How does he feel about the court? | Proctor tells Hale that Abby is lying. Hale feels that it all might be a lie. |
| What role does Cheever play? What is revealed about his character? | Cheever plays the role of an official of the court(arresting officer). He wants to get more witches. |
| What do we learn about why Mary Warren gave the poppet to Elizabeth? | Mary Warren gave the poppet to Elizabeth to sabotage her. |
| Why is Elizabeth arrested? On what grounds? | She was accused on being a witch. She was taken from her home in the night. |
The Crucible- Act 2
February 28, 2020