crucible review Flashcards
2 other works by Arthur Miller
All My Sons, Death of a Salesman
Number of victims of Witch Trials
19 people hanged, 1 executed (2 dogs)
Miller’s work that won Pulitzer Prize
Death of a Salesman
Year the Salem Witch Trials took place
1692
“She is blackening my name in the village! She is telling lies about me! She is a cold, shiveling woman, and you bend to her! Let her turn you like a-“
Speaker: Abigail
She: Elizabeth
“No, you cannot break charity with your minister. You are another kind, John. Clasp his hand, make your peace.”
Speaker: Rebecca
His: Putham
“Reverend Parris, I have laid seven babies unbaptized in the earth.”
Speaker: Mrs.Putnam
“What’ll we do? The village is out! I just came form the farm, the whole country’s talking witchcraft! They’ll be calling us witches, Abby! Abby, we’ve got to tell”
Speaker: Mary Warren
“How may we blame ourselves? I am one of nine sons; the Putnam seed have peopled this province. And yet I but one child left of eight- and how she shrivels!”
Speaker: Mr. Putnam
“Oh, how many times he bid me kill you, Mr. Parris!”
Speaker: Tituba
He: Devil
“How can it be the Devil? Why would he chose my house to strike?”
Speaker: Parris
” You are God’s instrument put in our hands to discover the devil’s agents among us. So speak utterly Tituba, and God will protect you”
Speaker: Hale
“Now look at you, child, your punishment will come in its time”
Speaker: Parris
You: Abigail
“Gah! I almost forgot how strong you are John Proctor!”
Speaker: Abigail
“It discomforts me! Last night -mark this- I tried and tried and could not say my prayers. And then she close her book and walks out of my house, and suddenly- mark this- I could pray again.”
Speaker: Giles
” What victory would the Devil have to win a soul already bad? It is the best the Devil wants, and who is better then the Minister?
Speaker: Hale
“I like not the smell of this “authority””
Speaker: Proctor
” There are wheels within wheels in this village, and fires within fires!”
Speaker: Mrs. Putnam
Who had no blush about their name?
Abigail
What is Elizabeth accused of doing with the poppet?
She is accused of using it to hurt Abigail and to cast spells and use special forces. (the needle in the doll’s stomach and the needle in Abigail’s stomach)
What are the 4 questions Reverend Hale asks Proctor concerning his religion?
- Why does Proctor miss church so much?
- Why are only 2 of Proctors 3 children baptized?
- Do Elizabeth and John know their commandments?
- Does Proctor believe in witches?
What is an example of irony in this act II?
When saying his commandments to Hale, John leaves out adultery (lechery), which is the sin he has committed.
What is an example of Parris’ materialism in Act II?
Parris must have the genuine gold candlesticks for the church.
What are three examples of the winter imagery in this act?
- “It’s winter in here yet.” Proctor says to bring in flowers. (49)
- “Oh, Elizabeth, your justice would freeze beer!” Proctor speaking about Elizabeth. (53)
- Their relationship is cold. Proctor kisses Elizabeth but she does not return it. Proctor says an everlasting funeral marches around her heart.
What type of figurative language is “… and where she walks the crowd will part like the sea for Israel.”
It is a Biblical Allusion
“We burn a hot fire; it melts down all concealment”
Speaker:
Why is it ironic?
Speaker: Danforth
Because the trials are only causing more lies and concealment to be brought out rather than the truth.
“In her life, sir, she have never lied.”
Speaker:
She:
Why is it ironic?
Speaker: John Proctor
She: Elizabeth Proctor
It is ironic because she lies very soon after this is said.