Math Analysis Chap 2 Study Guide
he Crucible Act III • Why does Mary Warren come to the court?
• What does John Proctor admit to the court?
• Why is Proctor arrested at the end of the act?
• What role do you suppose hysteria plays in the following situations? • Mary’s inability to faint on command
• Danforth’s belief in the girls
• The change in Mary’s testimony
• Verbal irony occurs when someone states one thing and means another. According to the stage directions, Abigail draws the sobbing, repentant Mary to her side “out of her infinite charity.” Why is this comment ironic?
• Use several adjectives to describe Danforth:
• What is your opinion about the way Danforth is conducting the court?
• Why does Elizabeth lie to Danforth about her husband’s relationship with Abigail?
• What kind of irony is this an example of?
• Who is the play’s central character, or protagonist (usually undergoes radical changes during the course of the play)?
• Who is its major antagonist (opposes protagonist, adds conflict)?
• Who is considered a character foil (seeks to highlight the protagonist by being similar or opposite) and why?
• The real Abigail Williams was 11 years old in 1692 and had not had an illicit relationship with John Proctor. How would the play differ if Arthur Miller had not embellished the truth? What would be lost?
• Miller uses different kinds of irony in his play to emphasize the senselessness of the accusations and trials. In situational irony, a discrepancy takes place between what is expected or appropriate to happen and what actually does happen. How are the false confessions in Act Three examples of situational irony?
• A logical fallacy is an element of an argument that is flawed, making it invalid. List a logical fallacy used in the court scene. Also explain why it is a logical fallacy.
• Act II, Scene 2 is cut from the drama, but usually found in the appendix. What is revealed to the audience?
• What does John Proctor admit to the court?
• Why is Proctor arrested at the end of the act?
• What role do you suppose hysteria plays in the following situations? • Mary’s inability to faint on command
• Danforth’s belief in the girls
• The change in Mary’s testimony
• Verbal irony occurs when someone states one thing and means another. According to the stage directions, Abigail draws the sobbing, repentant Mary to her side “out of her infinite charity.” Why is this comment ironic?
• Use several adjectives to describe Danforth:
• What is your opinion about the way Danforth is conducting the court?
• Why does Elizabeth lie to Danforth about her husband’s relationship with Abigail?
• What kind of irony is this an example of?
• Who is the play’s central character, or protagonist (usually undergoes radical changes during the course of the play)?
• Who is its major antagonist (opposes protagonist, adds conflict)?
• Who is considered a character foil (seeks to highlight the protagonist by being similar or opposite) and why?
• The real Abigail Williams was 11 years old in 1692 and had not had an illicit relationship with John Proctor. How would the play differ if Arthur Miller had not embellished the truth? What would be lost?
• Miller uses different kinds of irony in his play to emphasize the senselessness of the accusations and trials. In situational irony, a discrepancy takes place between what is expected or appropriate to happen and what actually does happen. How are the false confessions in Act Three examples of situational irony?
• A logical fallacy is an element of an argument that is flawed, making it invalid. List a logical fallacy used in the court scene. Also explain why it is a logical fallacy.
• Act II, Scene 2 is cut from the drama, but usually found in the appendix. What is revealed to the audience?