The Crucible Guided Viewing Questions KEY Who are Reverend Parris‚ Betty‚ and Abigail? What is their relationship? Rev. Parris is the minister of Salem‚ Betty is his daughter‚ and Abigail is his niece. Who is Tituba? What is her relationship to the family? Tituba is the Parris’s slave from Barbados. What is wrong with Betty? Betty is unconscious after being caught by her father dancing in the woods with other girls from Salem. Why does Parris suggest calling in Reverend
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The Crucible Act 4 Three villains in The Crucible are Ann Putnam‚ Thomas Putnam and Abigail‚ each representing the evils of jealousy‚ greed‚ and vengeance‚ respectively. Ann Putnam‚ an antagonist of Rebecca Nurse‚ is very jealous of Rebecca. Rebecca has “eleven children and [is] twenty-six times a grandma.” On the other hand‚ Ann Putnam has “laid seven babies un-baptized in the earth‚” and now her one and only child Ruth “walks‚ and hears naught‚ sees naught‚ and cannot eat” because her “soul
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In Arthur Miller’s Act 3 of The Crucible‚ both Giles’s and Mary’s deposition is meant to help but is then used against them and cause more problems and as the story goes on‚ Hale starts to show regret towards the court. At the start of act 3‚ the readers see Rev. Paris saying that the people who oppose the church is an attack. Hale starts to show his irritation when the evidence given to prove that the girl’s are pretense is seen as an attack against the church; He expresses his frustration by saying
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Act III- Irony During Act III of The Crucible‚ by Arthur Miller; the central way that Miller depicts the corruption rooted within Salem is through the usage of the literary device‚ irony. The usage of personal pronouns within this work of literature seems to indicate a sense of power that the citizens have‚ versus the power found within the unknown. Parris says the following in order to encourage Mary Warren to cast out the devil‚ “ Cast the devil out! Look him in the face! Trample him! We’ll
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English 3/Boynton Crucible Act 3 WORKSHEET 1. ! Consider the setting as the act opens. How is the different from the setting of Act 2. What is Miller doing? The setting is in the vestry room of the Salem meeting house‚ serving as the anteroom of the General Court. The setting is different from Act 2 because the setting is finally out of the house‚ its not inside a room or Rev. Paris house at all. It has become not private at all. 2. As this act opens‚ what accusation does Giles Corey make? What
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surrender were punished as witches. “The Crucible” is a play based on the true events of the Salem Witch Trials‚ with some discrepancies. When witches were thought to be present in Salem‚ Massachusetts‚ Reverend John Hale was summoned from a nearby town to determine whether a group of teenage girls were truly conjuring witches or just having fun. As Hale tried to unveil all of the lies and resolve the truth‚ he completely changed as a character.
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Madeline Winn Bundle 1 9-16-15 Bundle 1 Performance Task This story starts from “The Crucibles‚” Act 4. The setting starts in a small prison located in Salem‚ Massachusetts in the year of 1692. John Proctor and Elizabeth are standing outside of the prison. Elizabeth is trying to persuade Proctor to confess to practicing witchcraft so he could avoid hanging. The different critical decisions my story will have Proctor admit to witchcraft and turn in the confession to Danforth‚ and then finding
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In Arthur Miller’s play‚ The Crucible‚ Reverend Hale evolves from a pompous man to a more cynical mad being. He enters Salem with extreme confidence in his belief that witches are present in Salem. As the trials go on‚ Reverend HAle begins to notice just how ridiculous and false the girl’s accusations were. In a short period of time‚ Reverend Hale loses faith in witchcraft and evolves into a more cynical man. In the beginning of the play‚ Reverend Hale is a pompous and knowledgeable man who seeks
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In The Crucible‚ a drama by Arthur Miller set in Salem‚ Massachusetts‚ in 1692‚ Reverend John Hale evolves from a self-confident witchcraft expert to a broken man who attempts to save lives. When Reverend Hale first arrives in Salem‚ he walks into the Parris’ home with an air of intelligence and great knowledge. As he situates himself in the house‚ he says to Mr. Parris‚ “… they [the books] are weighted with authority”‚ indicating that the books will decide whether a person is a witch or not (1.712-13)
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Arthur Millers The Crucible possesses many examples of interesting character development. A character who one initially finds to be worthy of mercy or pity can easily become the last person deserving of sympathy. This relationship is not only formed between the reader and the characters‚ but between the characters and the scenario of the story itself. The victim may become the accuser‚ or the scholar may become the humanitarian. This manner of characterization is best shown in the relationship between
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