drama

Question 1

when is crucible set?

Answer 1

1692

Question 2

when was it written and first performed?

Answer 2

written in 1952
first performed 1953

Question 3

what were arthur millers intentions??

Answer 3

-to have themes that reflected the 1940/50’s such as fear, blame, hysteria
- to reflect mcCarthyism

Question 3

what do you write in question 1 crucible? - 4 marker

Answer 3

I would have a …. to show how …..

Question 4

how to answer question 2 crucible? -6 marker

Answer 4

To show ..{character}.. is …{theme/feeling}… i would have a … to show

• USE QUOTES

Question 5

how to answer question 3 crucible? - 9 marker

Answer 5

1. CONTEXT
2. AS A DIRECTOR I WOULD USE …{ONE OF THE THREE OPTIONS-IF POSSIBLE USE COSTUME}
3. LINK TO THEMES/ERA + WHAT IT SHOWS THE AUDIENCE
4. USE QUOTES

Question 6

how to answer question 4 crucible? - 12 marker

Answer 6

1. In this extract to convey that …{character} wants to …….i would have a …..
2. write about all the sections
3. compare to rest of play
4. add quotes

Question 7

how to answer question 5 crucible? - 14 marker

Answer 7

1. As a ..{one of the three options}….designer i would use…
2. use quotes
3. link back to themes

Question 8

What to write for the INTRO of question 3 - 9 marker

Answer 8

The crucible was written in 1952 and first performed in 1953. It is set in 1692 with parallels to McCarthyism in America in the 1940/50s. Throughout the crucible there are themes such as hysteria and blame.

Question 9

non - verbal examples

Answer 9

facial exspressions
gestures
posture

Question 10

what era is the crucible based in?

Answer 10

Puritan era

Question 11

What happens Act 1?

Answer 11

• set upstairs in a bedroom in Parris’s house
• Spring
• some girls are observed dancing in the forest
  -The townspeople decide that they have been practicing witchcraft.
  -he girls are dancing in the forest when Parris discovers them.
  -betty is laying on the bed ‘anert’

Question 12

What happens Act 2?

Answer 12

-set in proctors house
-Proctors’ maid, Mary, makes a poppet in court.
-Later at home, Abigail pretends to have been stabbed in the stomach with a needle. When the court clerk finds Elizabeth Proctor with Mary’s poppet, he accuses her of harming Abigail by using the poppet for witchcraft.
-Elizabeth is arrested. Rebecca Nurse is also arrested, accused of killing the Putnam babies.

Question 13

What happens Act 3?

Answer 13

• set in vestry room, in the courthouse
  -Proctor goes to court to try to exonerate his wife, Elizabeth Proctor.
  -Although he gets Mary Warren to confess that she and the other girls have made up seeing the spirits, the judge refuses to believe that the girls are lying.

Question 14

What happens Act 4?

Answer 14

• set in jail cells
  -Elizabeth is asked to get Proctor to confess, and eventually he decides to confess because Proctor wants his life. However, when Danforth asks for the written proof to be posted on the church door, Proctor rips up the confession and he and Rebecca Nurse are hanged.

Question 15

what sounds will play in act 1?

Answer 15

hymns heard downstairs

Question 16

what sounds will play in act 2?

Answer 16

crackling fire, animal sounds from outside

Question 17

what sounds play in act 3?

Answer 17

creaking of floor boards, footsteps, doors opening, chattering when doors opened, chains

Question 18

what sounds play in act 4?

Answer 18

key jangling, tortured screams, hymns and prayers, cow in background: reflects to theme of consequence and how there are no more farmers anymore