Crucible Notes Flashcards
Man can survive only by
Retaining his personal integrity
Man must be true to
Himself and to his fellows
Truth had no meaning when men
Believe only what they want to believe
It is possible for human beings who appear to be agreeable and normal to be
Knowingly fully committed to evil
Honest common sense is
Useless/ powerless against unworldly fanaticism
The infection of evil may be spread by
Ordinary people who are both mindless agents and victims
Long suffering may teach that moral integrity human dignity and spiritual freedom are of
More value than life without them
Men can insulate themselves from truth and rationality by a
Chauvinistic confidence in their own judgement
Arthur miller was accused of supporting
Communist movement
Miller refused to name suspected
Communist sympathizers
Crucible linked Salem witch trials to
McCarthyism
The crucible attacked the ideals of
McCarthyism
(Act one) reverend parris:
Widower with no interest in children
(Act one) puritans in Salem had a
Strict and somber way of life
(Act one) the preference for minding ones business fed
“The coming madness”
(Act one) forest was
“Devils last preserve”
(Act one) Salem witch trials allowed people to
Confess themselves
Express hareds of neighbors and take revenge
Obtain land
Settle scores
(Act one) tutu a knows she will be blamed for
Whatever trouble has made its way into the parris house
(Act one) parris is worried that his daughter is involved in
Witchcraft because it would affect his reputation and job as minister
(Act one) parris sent for reverend hale to
Inspect his daughter
(Act one) parris found Abigail and Betty
Dancing in the forest. They had a cauldron in which Tituba was waving her hands over. Someone was naked
(Act one) goofy proctor fired Abigail Williams due to
Issues that arose within the house
Mrs and mr Putnam are convinced that
Betty is possessed like their only daughter
Thomas Putnam “regarded himself as the intellectual
Superior of most of the people around him”
Bitter vengeful
Mrs Putnam had seven
Stillborns
Mans courageous and never endin fight against
Mass pressures to make him now down in conformity
(Act one) according to goofy Putnam Tituba knows how to
Speak to the dead
(Act one) mercy Lewis
Putnams servant
Naked in the forest
(Act one) marry warren was with Abigail and te girls and she wants to
Confess but Abigail convinces her not to
(Act one) Abigail drank
Chicken blood as a charm to kill goody proctor
(Act one) John proctor:
Farmer
Mid thirties
Respected and feared in Salem
Considers himself a fraud because of his sins but doesn’t show it on the outside
(Act one) Abigail and proctor had an
Intimate relationship but Procter regrets it and wants nothing to do with her
(Act one) Rebecca nurse
72
Wife to Francis nurse
Had a good reputation
(Act one) Francis nude had a land war with neighbors (including Putnam) which was a probable reason as to why
Campaign against nurses grew
Giles Corey
83
Inquisitive and canny
Blamed for everything
Putnam was one of the primary reasons the outcry against
Rebecca occurred
(Act one) Rebecca concludes that what’s happening to Betty is simply a
Phase
(Act one) Putnam is already beginning with
Accusations. He indirectly accuses proctor and Rebecca
(Act one) parris wants a higher
Salary and ownership of the meeting house
Claims he is being persecuted
(Act one) reverend hale
Proud that he is being sunmoned to determine witchcraft
(Act one) Abigail blames Tituba for
Conjuring
(Act one) out of fear of being killed Tituba
Confesses and blames other women as well
(Act one) Abigail and Betty confess and claim that they have
Seen others with the devil
(Act two) proctor and Elizabeth’s marriage is
Strained
(Act two) Mary wartime is an official of the
Court
(Act two) — people have been jailed and may be
14, hanged
(Act two) Abigail Williams is in the position of a
Saint.
(Act two) Elizabeth wants proctor to go to Salem to reveal what
Abigail said to him about it not being about witchcraft
(Act two) Mary warren gives Elizabeth a
Poppet and tells her that 39 women have been arrested
(Act two) goody Osborn will be
Hanged
(Act two) Mary claims that she
Saved Elizabeth’s life in court
(Act two) Elizabeth believes that Abigail a
Accused her so that she can take her place as johns wide
(Act two) hale appears to be feeling
Guilty
(Act two) hale arrives at the proctors house and mentions that Rebecca’s name has been
Mentioned in court
(Act two) hale asks about the fact that proctor doesn’t go to
Church
That his children aren’t all baptized
Recite commandments
(Act two) while reciting the commandments proctor struggles and forgets the commandment about
Adultery
(Act two) proctor does not believe that
Witchcraft is taking place
(Act two) when proctor states that he doesn’t believe that witchcraft is taking place hale is baffled and mentions that they have confessed. Proctor states that they had
No other choice: either confess or hang
(Act two) Rebecca and Martha Corey (Giles wife)
Have been jailed
(Act two) Giles, angry, claims that Ezekiel Cheever (one who took Martha and Rebecca) will
Burn in hell
(Act two) Cheever has a warrant for
Elizabeth. Abigail Williams charged her
(Act two) Cheever sees the
Poppet Mary gave Elizabeth
(Act two) there is a needle in the stomach of the piper and Abigail claimed that she was
Stabbed in the stomach by Elizabeth
(Act two) proctor rips the
Warrant for Elizabeth after Mary confesses that the poppet was hers
(Act two) proctor states: “is the
Accuser always holy now?”
(Act two) proctor declares that the court is of the same essence as
Pontius Pilate
(Act two) Elizabeth makes the decision to
Go with Cheever
(Act two) Giles yells at hale saying that he knows it is
Fraud
(Act two) proctor demands that Mary
Come to the court with him and confess
(Act two) Mary says she can’t because Abigail will
Kill her and will charge proctor for lechery
(Act 3) judge Hawthorne questions
Martha Corey who denies she’s a witch
(Act 3) files claims that he has evidence for the court that
Thomas Putnam is reaching out for land
(Act 3) Giles is pulled
Out of the court
(Act 3) Hathorne:
Bitter and remorseless judge
(Act 3) deputy governor fan forth:
Grave man
Humor and sophistication
Loyalty to position and cause
(Act 3) Giles feels as if what is happening to ms that is
All his fault
(Act 3) Hathorne states that Francis and Giles should be
Arrested for contempt
(Act 3) Francis states that the girls are
Frauds
(Act 3) proctor and Mary warren arrive. Parris tells Hathorne to
Beware because proctor is “mischief”
(Act 3) when proctor states that Mary has seen no witches parris states that they have come to
Overthrow the court
(Act 3) da forth questions proctors purposes. He questions if proctor wants to
Undermine the court and asks about his faith
(Act 3) proctor states that he is a gospel christian and parris mentions that he
Doesn’t go to church often
(Act 3) fan forth mentions that proctors wife is
Pregnant, and that she will be saved for another year. However proctor does not give up his case
(Act 3) proctor presents a paper that has been signed by
91 people that states that Rebecca Martha and Elizabeth are all good women
(Act 3) parris nervous states that it’s an
Attack upon the court.
Hale: “is every defense an attack upon the court?”
(Act 3) da forth tells mr Cheever to arrest all the people on the list for
Examination.
(Act 3) Francis nurse is horrified because he has promised
Safety to all the people on the list
(Act 3) danforth reads Giles’ deposition which states that Putnam
“Prompted his daughter to cry witch wry upon George Jacobs.”
(Act 3) Giles proof is that if Jacobs is Hanes the only person who would be able to buy his property would be
Putnam
(Act 3) Hathorne asks for the name of the man who told Giles that Putnam told his daughter “she’d given him a fair gift of land” Giles doesn’t say it because the man will
Go to jail and Hathorne exclaims that it is contempt of court
(Act 3) hale attempts to defend Giles but Giles is
Arrested for contempt anyways
(Act 3) da forth reads Mary warrens deposition in which she claims that everything was a
Lie and he asks for the girls to be brought to him
(Act 3) danforth questions Mary warren about the fact that she would
Faint in court saying that it was because of spirits
(Act 3) Mary Warrener states that the fainting was
Pretend. He asks her to pretend then but she cannot
(Act 3) Mary states that she only thought that she
Saw spirits
(Act 3) Abigail turns the situation around by
Blaming danforth for doubting her and stating that hell could be turning around his wits
(Act 3) Abigail and the girls are pretending that Mary warren is
Sending her spirit out in them
(Act 3) proctor admits that he had a
Relationship with Abigail and that Elizabeth knew it
(Act 3) danforth brings Elizabeth in to ask her
What was the cause of her firing Abigail
(Act 3) not knowing that proctor confessed Elizabeth
Lies and says that John didn’t commit lechery
(Act 3) hales attitude is completely transformed. He believes the situation is about
Vengeance like proctor
(Act 3) Abigail and the girls continue to pretend that Mary warren is sending her spirit out on them danforth begins questioning Mary and she
Gives up and blames proctor
(Act 3) out of anger proctor states that
God is dead and that he sees the Devils face and that it is his and danforths
(Act 3) proctor and Giles are brought to
The jail. Hale quits
(Act 4) Tituba and Sarah good want the devil to
Take them to Barbados
(Act 4) hale is with the people that are to be hanged when the sun rises. He is trying to convince them to
Confess
(Act 4) parris tells danforth that Abigail has
Vanished with mercy Lewis and she stole 31 pounds from him
(Act 4) parris wants the hangings to be
Postponed but danforth refuses
(Act 4) parris is only worried for
Himself, because when he opened the door to leave w dagger fell
(Act 4) parris believe the people want to
Kill him
(Act 4) danforth and parris want Elizabeth to
Speak to proctor
(Act 4) hale believes that there is
Blood on his head
(Act 4) Elizabeth tells proctor that Giles is
Dead he was pressed
(Act 4) Giles intentionally did not plead innocent or guilty so that he would
Die a christian and his sons would get his property
(Act 4) proctor states that he wants to
Confess
(Act 4) proctor thinks that flying like a saint by hanging would
Be a lie for him
(Act 4) proctor says to Hathorne that he will confess he doesn’t want to
Write his confession
(Act 4) they bring in Rebecca nurse and she is
Astonished
(Act 4) proctor refuses to
Blame anyone else of witchcraft
(Act 4) proctor signs his testimony but does not
Hand over the paper staring that they will not use him
(Act 4) after being pressured proctor
Rios his confession. He will be hanged
