Hysteria

Question 1

What is the quote from Act 1 that includes wheels and fires?

Answer 1

There are wheels within wheels in this village, and fires within fires!

Characters: Mrs. Putnam (Speaker), Parris, Proctor; Techniques: Repetition, conduplicatio, symbolism

Question 2

What does Proctor say about vengeance in Act 2?

Answer 2

I’ll tell you what’s walking Salem—vengeance is walking Salem.

Characters: Proctor (Speaker), Herrick, Elizabeth, Hale; Techniques: Antanaclasis, truncated sentence

Question 3

What does Proctor declare about the state of Salem in Act 2?

Answer 3

We are what we always were in Salem, but now the little crazy children are jangling the keys of the kingdom

Characters: Proctor (Speaker), Herrick, Elizabeth, Hale; Techniques: Repetition, contrast, metaphorical imagery

Question 4

What is Proctor’s declaration in Act 3 regarding fire and Lucifer?

Answer 4

A fire, a fire is burning! I hear the boot of Lucifer, I see his filthy face! And it is my face, and yours, Danforth!…

Characters: Proctor (Speaker), Parris, Mary Warren; Techniques: Repetition, biblical allusion, metaphor, paradox