The Crucible

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The Crucible

• An in-depth look at the play

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Basic Questions - Characters

• Who was the old man crushed with stones?
• Answer Giles Corey

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Characters

• Who was the girl who led the accusations?
• Answer Abigail Williams

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Characters

• Who was the godly woman who was put to death as a
  witch?
• Answer Rebecca Nurse

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Characters

• Who was the slave that taught the children about
  spirits?
• Answer - Tituba

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Characters

• Who came to Salem by request?
• Answer Reverend Hale

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Characters

• Who used the witch trials for personal vengeance?
• Answer Thomas Putnam

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Characters

• Who tried to stop the trials, then charged
  Proctor of witchcraft?
• Answer Mary Warren

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Characters

• Who did Abigail have an affair with?
• Answer John Proctor

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Characters

• Who tolerated no challenge to his authority?
• Answer Judge Danforth

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Characters

• Whose only concern was his reputation?
• Answer Reverend Parris

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Plot

• Reverend Hale questions the Proctors for a number
  of reasons.
• Abigail was the instigator in the witch-hunt
• Giles Corey was well-respected in the village.
• Reverend Parris was only concerned with himself.

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Plot

• Reverend Hale questions the Proctors for a number
  of reasons.
• Abigail was the instigator in the witch-hunt
• Giles Corey was well-respected in the village.
• Reverend Parris was only concerned with himself.

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Plot

• Elizabeth Proctor does not hang for witchcraft.
• Rebecca Nurse confesses to witchcraft.
• Proctor missed church because he disliked Parris.
• Putnam owned a lot of land.

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Plot

• Elizabeth Proctor does not hang for witchcraft.
• Rebecca Nurse confesses to witchcraft.
• Proctor missed church because he disliked Parris.
• Putnam owned a lot of land.

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Plot

• Mary Warren gave Elizabeth a poppet.
• John Proctor died with his name.
• Hathorne acted as a fair and objective court
  official.
• Giles Corey was pressed to death.

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Plot

• Mary Warren gave Elizabeth a poppet.
• John Proctor died with his name.
• Hathorne acted as a fair and objective court
  official.
• Giles Corey was pressed to death.

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Plot

• The conflict between the witches and the Puritans
  is like the fight between the communists and the
  democrats.
• A witch could escape execution by confessing.
• Elizabeth Proctor condemned herself by denying
  her husbands affair.
• John Proctor was absent from church because he
  was an atheist.

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Plot

• The conflict between the witches and the Puritans
  is like the fight between the communists and the
  democrats.
• A witch could escape execution by confessing.
• Elizabeth Proctor condemned herself by denying
  her husbands affair.
• John Proctor was absent from church because he
  was an atheist.

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Plot

• The accused were put to death by burning at the
  stake.
• Elizabeths execution was postponed because she
  was pregnant.
• Giles Corey escaped from being condemned a witch
  because he refused to answer the charge.
• Parris desperately wants Proctor to confess
  because he wants to calm the villagers.

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Plot

• The accused were put to death by burning at the
  stake.
• Elizabeths execution was postponed because she
  was pregnant.
• Giles Corey escaped from being condemned a witch
  because he refused to answer the charge.
• Parris desperately wants Proctor to confess
  because he wants to calm the villagers.

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Plot

• Danforth is unable to pardon Proctor because it
  would cast doubt on the guilt of those already
  executed.
• John Proctor was a farmer.
• Mary Warren withdraws her testimony because the
  girls accuse her of witchcraft.
• Proctor confesses his affair to save his life.

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Plot

• Danforth is unable to pardon Proctor because it
  would cast doubt on the guilt of those already
  executed.
• John Proctor was a farmer.
• Mary Warren withdraws her testimony because the
  girls accuse her of witchcraft.
• Proctor confesses his affair to save his life.

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Plot

• Hale investigated for witchcraft then denounced
  the trials.
• Elizabeth thinks Abby wants to kill her to take
  her place.
• John Proctor forgot the commandment about using
  the Lords name in vain.
• Rebecca Nurse was charged for the marvelous and
  supernatural murder of Goody Putnams babies.

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Plot

• Hale investigated for witchcraft then denounced
  the trials.
• Elizabeth thinks Abby wants to kill her to take
  her place.
• John Proctor forgot the commandment about using
  the Lords name in vain.
• Rebecca Nurse was charged for the marvelous and
  supernatural murder of Goody Putnams babies.

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Plot

• Cheever came to the Proctor house to arrest John.
• The poppet with the needle is the deciding factor
  in Elizabeths arrest.
• If Proctor tries to discredit Abby, she will
  accuse him of lechery.
• Mary doesnt want to testify about the doll
  because she is afraid of Abby.

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Plot

• Cheever came to the Proctor house to arrest John.
• The poppet with the needle is the deciding factor
  in Elizabeths arrest.
• If Proctor tries to discredit Abby, she will
  accuse him of lechery.
• Mary doesnt want to testify about the doll
  because she is afraid of Abby.

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Plot

• In Act 3, Giles and Francis want to see Danforth
  to persuade him that their wives are bad people.
• Proctor uses the quote do that which is good,
  and no harm will come to thee to help Mary
  remain brave.
• Giles accuses Putnam of killing his neighbors for
  their land.
• Hathorne asks Mary to faint like she did in court.

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Plot

• In Act 3, Giles and Francis want to see Danforth
  to persuade him that their wives are bad people.
• Proctor uses the quote do that which is good,
  and no harm will come to thee to help Mary
  remain brave.
• Giles accuses Putnam of killing his neighbors for
  their land.
• Hathorne asks Mary to faint like she did in
  court.

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Plot

• The girls pretend Marys spirit is coming to get
  them when she admits they were lying.
• Hale comes back to Salem to hang more people.
• Abigail steals Parris money and leaves on a
  ship.
• Hale wants Elizabeth to get John to confess.

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Plot

• The girls pretend Marys spirit is coming to get
  them when she admits they were lying.
• Hale comes back to Salem to hang more people.
• Abigail steals Parris money and leaves on a
  ship.
• Hale wants Elizabeth to get John to confess.

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Plot

• Elizabeth confesses that she also had an affair.
• Proctor tore up the confession after signing it.
• Proctor chose to die because he wanted to save
  Elizabeth.
• Elizabeth Proctor had the last line in the play.

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Plot

• Elizabeth confesses that she also had an affair.
• Proctor tore up the confession after signing it.
• Proctor chose to die because he wanted to save
  Elizabeth.
• Elizabeth Proctor had the last line in the play.

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Quotations

• But you must understand, sir, that a person is
  either with this court or he must be counted
  against it, there be no road between.
• -Judge Danforth

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Quotations

• I denounce these proceedings, I quit this
  court!
• -Reverend Hale

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Quotations

• I am a good womanand if you believe I may do
  only good work in the world, and yet be secretly
  bound by Satan, then I must tell you, sir, I do
  not believe it.
• -Elizabeth Proctor

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Quotations

• How many I live without my name? I have given
  you my soul leave me my name.
• -John Proctor

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Quotations

• I have fought here three long years to bend
  these stiff-necked people to me, and nowyou
  compromise my very character.
• -Reverend Parris

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Quotations

• then let us go to God for the cause of it.
  There is prodigious danger in the seeking of
  loose spirits.
• -Rebecca Nurse

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Quotations

• What anarchy is this? That tract is in my
  bounds, its in my bounds, Mr. Proctor.
• -Thomas Putnam

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Quotations

• Shell kill me for sayin that!...I have known
  it, sir. Shell ruin you with it, I know she
  will.
• -Mary Warren

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Quotations

• And now you bid me tear the light out of my
  eyes? I will not, I cannot! You loved me, you
  love me yet.
• -Abigail Williams

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Quotations

• Why - ! The girl is murder! She must be ripped
  out of the world!
• -Elizabeth Proctor

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Quotations

• He say Mister Parris must be kill! Mister Parris
  no goodly man, Mister Parris mean man and no
  gentle man, and he bid me rise out of the bed and
  cut your throat!
• -Tituba

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Symbolism

• What do the golden candlesticks symbolize?
• Answer Parris materialism

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Symbolism

• What does the poppet symbolize?
• Answer a plaything that is thought of as evil.

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Symbolism

• What does the dagger symbolize?
• Answer unrest in the village

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Symbolism

• What does Abigail symbolize?
• Answer evil and trickery

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Symbolism

• What does Parris symbolize?
• Answer theocratic leader

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Symbolism

• What does Proctor symbolize?
• Answer voice of reason

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Symbolism

• What does dancing symbolize?
• Answer forbidden pleasure

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Symbolism

• What does Rebecca Nurse symbolize?
• Answer goodness and godliness

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Symbolism

• What do the chains symbolize?
• Answer - symbol of bondage

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Symbolism

• What does Hathorne symbolize?
• Answer total authority

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Tragic Hero

• What is a tragic hero?
• How is John Proctor a tragic hero?

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Characters Motivations

• What are the following characters motivations in
  the play
• Abigail
• John
• Tituba
• Reverend Parris