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The Crucible Study Guide
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- 1How does the Red Scare correlate to The CrucibleThe Red Scare was when American people were afraid that anybody could be a Communist in the 1950s. This is just like what happened in The Crucible. People were afraid that anybody could be a witch in 1692.
- 2Who is Joe McCarthy/McCarthyismJoe McCarthy played a big role in the Red Scare. He wrongfully claimed to find 205 Communist people in the State Department,
- 3What are some facts about the Salem Witch Trials-Betty, Abigail Williams, Ann Putnam, Mercy Lewis, and Mary Warren accused many people
-Tituba was the first to admit to witchcraft
-Bridget Bishop was the first to be hung
-25 people died
-Over 200 people were accused
-Lasted from February 1692 to May 1693 - 4Who is Betty ParrisReverend Parris’s ten-year-old daughter. Betty falls into a strange stupor after Parris catches her and the other girls dancing in the forest with Tituba. Her illness and that of Ruth Putnam fuel the first rumors of witchcraft.
- 5Thomas PutnamA wealthy, influential citizen of Salem, Putnam holds a grudge against Francis Nurse for preventing Putnam’s brother-in-law from being elected to the office of minister. He uses the witch trials to increase his own wealth by accusing people of witchcraft and then buying up their land.
- 6Reverend ParrisThe minister of Salem’s church. Reverend Parris is a paranoid, power-hungry, yet oddly self-pitying figure. Many of the townsfolk, especially John Proctor, dislike him, and Parris is very concerned with building his position in the community.
- 7Abigail WilliamsReverend Parris’s niece. Abigail was once a servant for the Proctor household, but Elizabeth Proctor fired her after she discovered that Abigail was having an affair with her husband, John Proctor. Abigail is smart, wily, a good liar, and vindictive when crossed.
- 8Mercy LewisOne of the girls in Abigail’s group. She accuses many people
- 9John ProctorA local farmer who lives just outside town; Elizabeth Proctor’s husband. A stern, harsh-tongued man, John hates hypocrisy. Nevertheless, he has a hidden sin—his affair with Abigail Williams—that proves his downfall. When the hysteria begins, he hesitates to expose Abigail as a fraud because he worries that his secret will be revealed and his good name ruined.
- 10Elizabeth ProctorJohn Proctor’s wife. Elizabeth fired Abigail when she discovered that her husband was having an affair with Abigail. Elizabeth is supremely virtuous but often cold. She wants to fix her marriage
- 11Ann PutnamThomas Putnam’s wife. Ann Putnam has given birth to eight children, but only Ruth Putnam survived. The other seven died before they were a day old, and Ann is convinced that they were murdered by supernatural means.
- 12TitubaReverend Parris’s black slave from Barbados. Tituba agrees to perform voodoo at Abigail’s request. The first person to be accused of witchcraft
- 13Rebecca NurseFrancis Nurse’s wife. Rebecca is a wise, sensible, and upright woman, held in tremendous regard by most of the Salem community. However, she falls victim to the hysteria when the Putnams accuse her of witchcraft and she refuses to confess. Dies
- 14Reverend John haleA young minister reputed to be an expert on witchcraft. Reverend Hale is called in to Salem to examine Parris’s daughter Betty. Hale is a committed Christian and hater of witchcraft. His critical mind and intelligence save him from falling into blind fervor. His arrival sets the hysteria in motion, although he later regrets his actions and attempts to save the lives of those accused.
- 15Giles CoreyAn elderly but feisty farmer in Salem, famous for his tendency to file lawsuits. Giles’s wife, Martha, is accused of witchcraft, and he himself is eventually held in contempt of court and pressed to death with large stones.
- 16Francis NurseA wealthy, influential man in Salem. Nurse is well respected by most people in Salem, but is an enemy of Thomas Putnam and his wife.
- 17Ezekial CheeverA man from Salem who acts as clerk of the court during the witch trials. He is upright and determined to do his duty for justice.
- 18Danforth (Deputy Governor)The deputy governor of Massachusetts and the presiding judge at the witch trials. Honest and scrupu-lous, at least in his own mind, Danforth is convinced that he is doing right in rooting out witchcraft.
- 19Judge HathorneA judge who presides, along with Danforth, over the witch trials.
- 20obvious and intentional exaggerationHyperbole
- 21The opposite of what one expects to logically occurSituational irony
- 22a person says or writes one thing and means another, or uses words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of the literal meaningverbal irony
- 23The audience knows critical information that the reader does notdramatic irony
- 24Writer gives an advance hint of what is to come later in the storyForeshadowing
- 25A brief reference within a work to something outside of the workAllusion
- 26A genre of story in which a hero is brought down by his/her own flaws, usually by ordinary human flawsTragedy
- 27Excessive PrideHubris
- 28A story within a story. It has a "surface story" and another story hidden underneath (politics, religion, morality, complex subjects that are difficult to understand directly)Allegory
- 29What is Arthur Miller trying to get across about in the Crucible (Authority)Sometimes authority is unfair/unjust; abuse of power
- 30What is Arthur Miller trying to get acros about in the Crucible (individuals)People's actions impact others' lives; the more afraid someone is, the less rational they are; individuals have power to make their own decisions
- 31What is Arthur Miller trying to get across in the Crucible (Justice)Justice should be for all and not only a few
- 32The conclusion drawn does not follow logical evidence EX: Whoever gets an A in English 3 cannot make a mistakeNon-sequitur
- 33The unwillingness to even consider the opponent’s argument. The assumption that even when many other people believe otherwise, only you can be correct. EX: The only option is to raise taxesDogmatism
- 34Either/or reasoning; assuming there are only 2 sides to an issue EX: If you don't learn to cook, you'll starveFalse Dichotomy
- 35Confusing chronology with cause and effect: assuming that because event A precedes event B, event A caused event B EX: I found a penny. I got an A on my math test. The penny caused me to get an A on my test.Post Hoc
- 36A diversionary tactic of switching the argument from the issue at hand to the character of the other speaker ("To the man") EX: I found a penny. The argument is presented that a park in the community should not be renovated, because a person supporting it was arrested during a domestic dispute.ad Hominem
- 37Who was Arthur Miller married toMarilyn Monroe
- 38What did Arthur Miller have with the red scareput on trial and refused to give up names; suspected of communism
- 39What was a Puritanvery religious, strict and lived only to get into heaven
- 40the protagonist in a tragedyTragic Hero
- 41What was the forest symbolized asevil, the Devil
- 42n any narrative, a ___ is a character who contrasts with another character; typically, a character who contrasts with the protagonistFoil Character
- 43Free from limitations; all, perfect; EX: All will exit the gymnasium at this timeAbsolute
- 44Substituting the name of an object for one closely related to it EX: Word from the White House was that aid would be distributed to the victims of the hurricanePronouncement
- 45Summary of Act Iok
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