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Crucible Notes Flashcards

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Foil

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a character whose personality and attitude is the opposite of another character

since the characters contrast it makes them stand out

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Foil characters

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Proctor and Parris
Elizabeth and Abigail
Ann (Mrs. Putnam) and Rebecca

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Flat Characters

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only one or two sides of personality

can sum up in 1 or 2 sentences

lacks surprises or complexity

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Examples of flat characters

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abigail, putnam, danforth

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Round characters

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a life-like 3D character

believable enough to have actually lived

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Examples of round characters

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Hale, proctor, Elizabeth

maybe Parris

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Dynamic character

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fundamentally changes his or her personality or view by the end of the story

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Examples of dynamic characters

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Hale, Elizabeth

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Static characters

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remains the same throughout a narrative

does not develop or change beyond the way they were first presented

Putnam, Abigail, Danforth

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Theme of Crucible

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better to die with self respect and integrity than to give into hypocritical society

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External conflict of crucible

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Man vs. Society

Proctor vs. puritan community

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Internal Conflict

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man vs. himself

lie and live or tell truth and die

religious problem

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Allusion

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a reference in a literary work to a person, place, or thing in history or another work of literature

often indirect references to famous characters or events

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Allusions in the Crucible

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Cain and Abel (referenced by Proctor)

Raphael the Angel

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Denontation

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dictionary definition of a word

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Connotation

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feelings/ideas that go along with a word

witch-hunt: mass hysteria

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Dramatic irony

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reader has a greater knowledge than the characters themselves

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Examples of dramatic irony in the Crucible

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Elizabeth saying John and Abigail didn’t have an affair

Watching the girls actions in court because the audience knows they are faking

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Allegory

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any writing in verse or prose that has a double meaning

extended metaphor

characters, events represent things on a literal and symbolic level

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Allegory of the crucible

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McCarthy trials

21
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Who started McCarythism

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Joe McCarthy

22
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Joe McCarthy

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started McCarthyism

republican senator from Wisconsin

1950-54

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Red Scare

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helped bring about the McCarthy hearings

people were as scared as being accused of communists as they were of being witches

24
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Arthur Miller

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author of the Crucible

accused of being a communist in Red Scare

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What was going on in the 1950s?

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Cold War
Korean War
USSE vs. USA
Communism vs. Democracy

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When did Mcarthyism begin?

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McCarthy announced there were communists working for the State Department and the Secretary of State knew about it

at this point no communists were found

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What allowed McCarthyism to happen?

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Country was afraid of communists

Gearing up for Korean war

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House of Un-American Activities Committee 3 goals

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To prove that communists had heavily infiltrated the Screen Writers’ Guild

To show that these writers were able to insert subversive Communist proganda into films

To show that Hollywood had intentionally produced pro-Soviet films during WWII

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The Hollywood Ten

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accused of having been Communists in 30s and 40s

Nine screenwriters and one director

30
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What did the Hollywood Ten do in courth

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Pleaded the 5th to remain silent

Right against self-incrimination

31
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Could hollywood 10 use 5th amendment?

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Only applies to judicial hearings

This was a legislative hearing

32
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Hollywood 10 sentence

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Served between 6 months and 10 years in prison

33
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Hollywood 10 choices of what to do

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1) Claim they had never been members of the Communist Party (commit perjury)
2) Admit to being Communists and name names but also lose jobs
3) Remain silent and loss their jobs (they did this)

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Hollywood Blacklist

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hollywood studio bosses said they would not hire any communists

35
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Blacklist

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list privately exchanged among employers, containing the names of persons to be barred from employment because of untrustworthiness or for holding opinions considered undesirable

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The second phase of McCarthyism

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HUAC composed list of 324 suspected members of the Communist Party

Given no due-process rights (trial by jury, etc)

Lost jobs for being Communist

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