First-person Narrative and Crucible Character Diary
The Crucible Character Diary Project
Assignment: Before you begin, it is important for you to realize that writing—other than religious poems and praises—was not allowed by the Puritans. It was considered a sin, and punishable as an offence. What if one of the characters in The Crucible kept a “forbidden diary”, detailing their thoughts and insights on the events happening around them? Most importantly, this diary would reveal much about this person’s inner feelings, motives, and reasoning. This project will allow you to “become” one of these people, and demonstrate to me your expert understanding of his or her character.
Now that we have completed Act I, we have been introduced to most (not all) of the major characters in The Crucible. Here is your task for this project:
1. Pick one character that intrigues you.
2. Create a personal diary or journal for that character, which describes the major events happening in the story—both "seen" and "unseen" in the play itself. You are writing as if you are that character, from their viewpoint and perspective, in the first person narrative form.
You will be required to write a minimum of 6 entries, using one of each of the various modes of writing:
A descriptive entry, using strong visual and sensory images to create a lasting impression on your reader. Anything can be vividly described - a room, a place, an object, a person, or an event which was significant to your character.
A narrative entry, detailing a short story of a significant event including setting, characters, time sequence, brief plot, and dialogue.
A persuasive entry - this entry will reflect your character's wishes for something (an action or person), and how they might write to obtain their wish. For example, what might Abigail write to John Proctor to convince him that she is his one an only true love? What might Reverend Hale (or any number of people) write to an authority figure, to convince them to stop the trials?
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Assignment: Before you begin, it is important for you to realize that writing—other than religious poems and praises—was not allowed by the Puritans. It was considered a sin, and punishable as an offence. What if one of the characters in The Crucible kept a “forbidden diary”, detailing their thoughts and insights on the events happening around them? Most importantly, this diary would reveal much about this person’s inner feelings, motives, and reasoning. This project will allow you to “become” one of these people, and demonstrate to me your expert understanding of his or her character.
Now that we have completed Act I, we have been introduced to most (not all) of the major characters in The Crucible. Here is your task for this project:
1. Pick one character that intrigues you.
2. Create a personal diary or journal for that character, which describes the major events happening in the story—both "seen" and "unseen" in the play itself. You are writing as if you are that character, from their viewpoint and perspective, in the first person narrative form.
You will be required to write a minimum of 6 entries, using one of each of the various modes of writing:
A descriptive entry, using strong visual and sensory images to create a lasting impression on your reader. Anything can be vividly described - a room, a place, an object, a person, or an event which was significant to your character.
A narrative entry, detailing a short story of a significant event including setting, characters, time sequence, brief plot, and dialogue.
A persuasive entry - this entry will reflect your character's wishes for something (an action or person), and how they might write to obtain their wish. For example, what might Abigail write to John Proctor to convince him that she is his one an only true love? What might Reverend Hale (or any number of people) write to an authority figure, to convince them to stop the trials?
A