Crucible Notes Flashcards
1
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Man can survive only by
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Retaining his personal integrity
2
Q
Man must be true to
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Himself and to his fellows
3
Q
Truth had no meaning when men
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Believe only what they want to believe
4
Q
It is possible for human beings who appear to be agreeable and normal to be
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Knowingly fully committed to evil
5
Q
Honest common sense is
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Useless/ powerless against unworldly fanaticism
6
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The infection of evil may be spread by
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Ordinary people who are both mindless agents and victims
7
Q
Long suffering may teach that moral integrity human dignity and spiritual freedom are of
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More value than life without them
8
Q
Men can insulate themselves from truth and rationality by a
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Chauvinistic confidence in their own judgement
9
Q
Arthur miller was accused of supporting
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Communist movement
10
Q
Miller refused to name suspected
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Communist sympathizers
11
Q
Crucible linked Salem witch trials to
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McCarthyism
12
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The crucible attacked the ideals of
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McCarthyism
13
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(Act one) reverend parris:
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Widower with no interest in children
14
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(Act one) puritans in Salem had a
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Strict and somber way of life
15
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(Act one) the preference for minding ones business fed
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“The coming madness”
16
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(Act one) forest was
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“Devils last preserve”
17
Q
(Act one) Salem witch trials allowed people to
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Confess themselves
Express hareds of neighbors and take revenge
Obtain land
Settle scores
18
Q
(Act one) tutu a knows she will be blamed for
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Whatever trouble has made its way into the parris house
19
Q
(Act one) parris is worried that his daughter is involved in
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Witchcraft because it would affect his reputation and job as minister
20
Q
(Act one) parris sent for reverend hale to
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Inspect his daughter
21
Q
(Act one) parris found Abigail and Betty
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Dancing in the forest. They had a cauldron in which Tituba was waving her hands over. Someone was naked
22
Q
(Act one) goofy proctor fired Abigail Williams due to
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Issues that arose within the house
23
Q
Mrs and mr Putnam are convinced that
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Betty is possessed like their only daughter
24
Q
Thomas Putnam “regarded himself as the intellectual
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Superior of most of the people around him”
Bitter vengeful
25
Mrs Putnam had seven
Stillborns
26
Mans courageous and never endin fight against
Mass pressures to make him now down in conformity
27
(Act one) according to goofy Putnam Tituba knows how to
Speak to the dead
28
(Act one) mercy Lewis
Putnams servant
| Naked in the forest
29
(Act one) marry warren was with Abigail and te girls and she wants to
Confess but Abigail convinces her not to
30
(Act one) Abigail drank
Chicken blood as a charm to kill goody proctor
31
(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
32
(Act one) Abigail and proctor had an
Intimate relationship but Procter regrets it and wants nothing to do with her
33
(Act one) Rebecca nurse
72
Wife to Francis nurse
Had a good reputation
34
(Act one) Francis nude had a land war with neighbors (including Putnam) which was a probable reason as to why
Campaign against nurses grew
35
Giles Corey
83
Inquisitive and canny
Blamed for everything
36
Putnam was one of the primary reasons the outcry against
Rebecca occurred
37
(Act one) Rebecca concludes that what's happening to Betty is simply a
Phase
38
(Act one) Putnam is already beginning with
Accusations. He indirectly accuses proctor and Rebecca
39
(Act one) parris wants a higher
Salary and ownership of the meeting house
| Claims he is being persecuted
40
(Act one) reverend hale
Proud that he is being sunmoned to determine witchcraft
41
(Act one) Abigail blames Tituba for
Conjuring
42
(Act one) out of fear of being killed Tituba
Confesses and blames other women as well
43
(Act one) Abigail and Betty confess and claim that they have
Seen others with the devil
44
(Act two) proctor and Elizabeth's marriage is
Strained
45
(Act two) Mary wartime is an official of the
Court
46
(Act two) --- people have been jailed and may be
14, hanged
47
(Act two) Abigail Williams is in the position of a
Saint.
48
(Act two) Elizabeth wants proctor to go to Salem to reveal what
Abigail said to him about it not being about witchcraft
49
(Act two) Mary warren gives Elizabeth a
Poppet and tells her that 39 women have been arrested
50
(Act two) goody Osborn will be
Hanged
51
(Act two) Mary claims that she
Saved Elizabeth's life in court
52
(Act two) Elizabeth believes that Abigail a
Accused her so that she can take her place as johns wide
53
(Act two) hale appears to be feeling
Guilty
54
(Act two) hale arrives at the proctors house and mentions that Rebecca's name has been
Mentioned in court
55
(Act two) hale asks about the fact that proctor doesn't go to
Church
That his children aren't all baptized
Recite commandments
56
(Act two) while reciting the commandments proctor struggles and forgets the commandment about
Adultery
57
(Act two) proctor does not believe that
Witchcraft is taking place
58
(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
59
(Act two) Rebecca and Martha Corey (Giles wife)
Have been jailed
60
(Act two) Giles, angry, claims that Ezekiel Cheever (one who took Martha and Rebecca) will
Burn in hell
61
(Act two) Cheever has a warrant for
Elizabeth. Abigail Williams charged her
62
(Act two) Cheever sees the
Poppet Mary gave Elizabeth
63
(Act two) there is a needle in the stomach of the piper and Abigail claimed that she was
Stabbed in the stomach by Elizabeth
64
(Act two) proctor rips the
Warrant for Elizabeth after Mary confesses that the poppet was hers
65
(Act two) proctor states: "is the
Accuser always holy now?"
66
(Act two) proctor declares that the court is of the same essence as
Pontius Pilate
67
(Act two) Elizabeth makes the decision to
Go with Cheever
68
(Act two) Giles yells at hale saying that he knows it is
Fraud
69
(Act two) proctor demands that Mary
Come to the court with him and confess
70
(Act two) Mary says she can't because Abigail will
Kill her and will charge proctor for lechery
71
(Act 3) judge Hawthorne questions
Martha Corey who denies she's a witch
72
(Act 3) files claims that he has evidence for the court that
Thomas Putnam is reaching out for land
73
(Act 3) Giles is pulled
Out of the court
74
(Act 3) Hathorne:
Bitter and remorseless judge
75
(Act 3) deputy governor fan forth:
Grave man
Humor and sophistication
Loyalty to position and cause
76
(Act 3) Giles feels as if what is happening to ms that is
All his fault
77
(Act 3) Hathorne states that Francis and Giles should be
Arrested for contempt
78
(Act 3) Francis states that the girls are
Frauds
79
(Act 3) proctor and Mary warren arrive. Parris tells Hathorne to
Beware because proctor is "mischief"
80
(Act 3) when proctor states that Mary has seen no witches parris states that they have come to
Overthrow the court
81
(Act 3) da forth questions proctors purposes. He questions if proctor wants to
Undermine the court and asks about his faith
82
(Act 3) proctor states that he is a gospel christian and parris mentions that he
Doesn't go to church often
83
(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
84
(Act 3) proctor presents a paper that has been signed by
91 people that states that Rebecca Martha and Elizabeth are all good women
85
(Act 3) parris nervous states that it's an
Attack upon the court.
| Hale: "is every defense an attack upon the court?"
86
(Act 3) da forth tells mr Cheever to arrest all the people on the list for
Examination.
87
(Act 3) Francis nurse is horrified because he has promised
Safety to all the people on the list
88
(Act 3) danforth reads Giles' deposition which states that Putnam
"Prompted his daughter to cry witch wry upon George Jacobs."
89
(Act 3) Giles proof is that if Jacobs is Hanes the only person who would be able to buy his property would be
Putnam
90
(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
91
(Act 3) hale attempts to defend Giles but Giles is
Arrested for contempt anyways
92
(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
93
(Act 3) danforth questions Mary warren about the fact that she would
Faint in court saying that it was because of spirits
94
(Act 3) Mary Warrener states that the fainting was
Pretend. He asks her to pretend then but she cannot
95
(Act 3) Mary states that she only thought that she
Saw spirits
96
(Act 3) Abigail turns the situation around by
Blaming danforth for doubting her and stating that hell could be turning around his wits
97
(Act 3) Abigail and the girls are pretending that Mary warren is
Sending her spirit out in them
98
(Act 3) proctor admits that he had a
Relationship with Abigail and that Elizabeth knew it
99
(Act 3) danforth brings Elizabeth in to ask her
What was the cause of her firing Abigail
100
(Act 3) not knowing that proctor confessed Elizabeth
Lies and says that John didn't commit lechery
101
(Act 3) hales attitude is completely transformed. He believes the situation is about
Vengeance like proctor
102
(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
103
(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
104
(Act 3) proctor and Giles are brought to
The jail. Hale quits
105
(Act 4) Tituba and Sarah good want the devil to
Take them to Barbados
106
(Act 4) hale is with the people that are to be hanged when the sun rises. He is trying to convince them to
Confess
107
(Act 4) parris tells danforth that Abigail has
Vanished with mercy Lewis and she stole 31 pounds from him
108
(Act 4) parris wants the hangings to be
Postponed but danforth refuses
109
(Act 4) parris is only worried for
Himself, because when he opened the door to leave w dagger fell
110
(Act 4) parris believe the people want to
Kill him
111
(Act 4) danforth and parris want Elizabeth to
Speak to proctor
112
(Act 4) hale believes that there is
Blood on his head
113
(Act 4) Elizabeth tells proctor that Giles is
Dead he was pressed
114
(Act 4) Giles intentionally did not plead innocent or guilty so that he would
Die a christian and his sons would get his property
115
(Act 4) proctor states that he wants to
Confess
116
(Act 4) proctor thinks that flying like a saint by hanging would
Be a lie for him
117
(Act 4) proctor says to Hathorne that he will confess he doesn't want to
Write his confession
118
(Act 4) they bring in Rebecca nurse and she is
Astonished
119
(Act 4) proctor refuses to
Blame anyone else of witchcraft
120
(Act 4) proctor signs his testimony but does not
Hand over the paper staring that they will not use him
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(Act 4) after being pressured proctor
Rios his confession. He will be hanged
