crucible - review Flashcards
who wrote the crucible
arthur miller
history about salem in 1692
19 hanged
1 pressed to death
who is the hero
john proctor
what sin did john proctor commit
adultery
what is john proctor’s flaw
lust
uninvolved in community
who did john proctor have an affair with
abigail williams
who is john married to
elizabeth
voices of reason
john proctor, rebecca nurse
who has many children
rebecca nurse
who envies that nurse has many chidren and why
putnam
had 1 child
buried 7
who is married to rebecca nurse
francis
what does giles corey do
tells on wife for reading books
who is giles’ wife
martha corey
why is elizabeth arrested
because abigail said that elizabeth used withcraft on her
why is john arrested
because he said that he will fall on the court like an ocean
who does john bring to court
mary warren
what does mary warren do in court
calls john the devil’s man and changes side
what does tituba show
that confessing can save you
what does john say about elizabeth
that she would never lie
what does elizabeth lie about
in court, she lies about her knowledge of her husband’s affair
“we burn a hot fire here”
judge danforth about court
what is ironic about john reciting the 10 commandments
he only forgets one- adultery
who asks john for the 10 commandments
hale
expert on witchcraft
reverend hale
why does hale denounce the court
hand begins to shake when signing rebecca nurse’s death warrant.
symbolism to what
McCarthyism, mass hysteria/ witch hunt
senator McCarthy was a
member of congress who started a witchunt for communists in congress
why was arthur miller questioned after publishing this book
it was an allegory to the mccarthy communist hunt
what is a theme
reputation , mass hysteria, don’t follow the crowd
who is abigail’s uncle
parris
a materialistic, doesn’t want to deal with withces; character
parris
preaches hell, fire, and damnation
parris
