In the Crucible there are many characters who take their reputation matter and think too highly of it. There are some characters in this play that do not care for their reputation in the community. One of the first characters we see that sees highly of the idea of reputations is Reverend Parris. When Mr.Parris finds out about the dancing and possible witchcraft that was going he was more concerned about what people would say about him then the safety of his own daughter. Throughout the play you can
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Word | Meaning | Sentence using one example word | The Crucible: Intro + Act I Vocabulary Savor | appetizing | The food critics keeps the food in their mouth for a period amount of time to savor all the flavor from it. | Dogmatically | Strongly opinionated in an unwarranted manner | He dogmatically responded to his classmate‚ which caused him to be sent to the principal’s office. | Indigenous | Native to a certain area | Lewis and Clark needed Sacagawea’s help because she was indigenous
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The setting is a frightening one. It is night time‚ but not completely dark as there are ‘flashes of lightning’ this gives a hint to the reader that this chapter will not have a happy ending. Golding uses pathetic fallacy throughout the extract to build suspense and add to the atmosphere‚ ‘sulphurous explosion’ this is a contrasting quote compared
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The Crucible by Arthur Miller Konstantinidis Act I Questions: 1. What was the prevalent philosophy of Salem at the time of the incidents described in the play? 2. What were the purposes of the Salem theocracy? 3. According to Miller‚ what were the psychological reasons for the “witch-hunt”? 4. A dramatist has 3 major tools for presenting the facts of a play: antecedent action‚ exposition‚ and present action. Antecedent action is that which occurs before the play opens. Exposition is
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In the beginning of the story‚ Reverend Parris is looking at his daughter‚ Betty‚ while weeping and praying. She is asleep on her bed and cannot wake up. They know that she is not dead‚ but she does not move or speak. She just lies there. Parris heard that Betty and other girls were dancing in the woods. (This was a very bad thing at the time because that implied they knew the devil.) Reverend Parris’s slave‚ Tituba‚ is from Barbados. Abigail says that she put a spell on Betty so she would not wake
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How does Arthur Miller use Alfieri as a Dramatic device to make the Play more enjoyable? A View from the Bridge is a play set in the 1940’s by Arthur miller‚ it is a play written in the style of a Greek tragedy. Arthur Miller sets the scene in Red Hook in New York‚ Red Hook is a slum area inhibited mainly by Italian immigrants. The play revolves around the Carbone family who are also Italian Immigrants called Eddie and Beatrice; a married couple with their niece Catherine. The family smuggle
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thought that she didn’t give him enough attention‚ that’s why he has an affair with Abigail. John feels guilt and breaks it off with Abigail‚ because he loves his wife very much. The complex relationship between this husband‚ wife‚ and lover demonstrates how people love and show their love in very different
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QUESTIONS FOR ACT ONE OF THE CRUCIBLE 1. Where and when is the opening scene of the play set? Salem‚ 1962‚ in the upstairs bedroom of Samuel Parris’ house 2. Why has Parris sent for Reverend Hale from Beverly? To discover if there is witchcraft in Salem‚ Massachusetts 3. What do we learn about the events in the forest and Abigail Williams’ connections with the Proctor family? We learn that the events in the forest are evil and that the devil does his work in the forest and that evil
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