Puritan Test Flashcards
What happened in the winter of 1691?
it got really cold
Why did the Puritans believe the winter of 1691 was cold?
God was punishing them
Who lanched witches in the air?
Germany
Who did hte people pick as witches?
weakest person
What characteristics would people use to call someone a witch?
Cant be too good, smart, outspoken, or pretty
What was the devil’s different forms?
Monkey Man
Rooster
Fast moving turtle
What did the devil look like when he is a man?
tall with black and red
How old was the dividing law (was an adult)?
14
A majority of girls that accused the withes were mostly what?
fatherless
If youre a doctor that cannot fix people, who do you blame?
witchcraft
What did Cotton Mather write?
Wonders of the Invisible World
wrote about the witch trials
What did people do after big cases?
write books over them
What did Cotton Mather study?
Germs and when he took it to the medical board, they thought he was crazy
Why was Cotton believing in germs irony?
He believed in witches before germs
What was Cotton Mather charged with?
craziness and was beaten
Who wrote the Scarlet letter?
Hawthorne
Where was Hawthorne from?
Salem
Why did Hawthorne write about in Scarlett?
he found out his ancestor was a judge
Where did he spend 12 years perfecting his writing?
his moms house
Who was Hawthorne friends with?
transcenital people (spiritual purity through nature)
Who was Hawthorne hailed by?
the author of Moby Dick
When was Hawthorne highly conconized?
during his life
What was Hawthorne’s main characteristic?
dramatic
What was Hawthorne’s dominite view?
evil dominate view of the war
When was the Salem witch trials?
1692
When was the Scarlett letter written?
1850
When was the Crucible written?
1951
Who wrote the Crucible?
Miller
What was the Scarlett Letter’s plot?
A young women comes to America 2 years before her husband. She has an affair with the minister and has his baby. She must wear an A on her clothes for adultry. One day when she is being shamed her husband shows up. He remains annonomous and becomes a doctor since he is educated. He becomes friends with the minister and makes him feel guilty for what he did until he died. The wife and daughter leave and when the wife dies, she is buried next to the minister
Who is Hester Prynne?
protagonist
has an A for shaming (scarlet letter)
looks pretty
married Chilingworth but doesnt love him
passionate and becomes strong by being an outcast
smarter intelligently and emotionally than the other characters
can see the community differently than others
Who is Pearl?
Her mom’s greatest treasure because her mom gave everything up for her
Curious, perception, smart
her mom is puzzled by her
elfish quality that made her seem unhuman
Who is Roger Chilingworth?
Hester's husband showed up after 2 years to see her being shamed He was captured by indians He is annonomous He disguised as a doctor because he is smart Wants to find the father of the child Becomes friends with the minister Unattractive and wears black Wants to dig the knife into Dimmesdale
Who is Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale?
Young minister
father of pearl
he has guilt and is eaten mentally and physically from it
intelligent and emotional
persuasive and gifted speaker
lives in a state of inner conflict and battling sinful feelings and desires to confess
He gets sick from it and gets a rash and heart disease
Who is govener Bellingham?
older man who spends most of his time conferring with the town fathers
rule follower but is influenced by dimmesdale
he worries about everyone except himself (irony)
What does Bellinghams overgrown and disheveled garden represent?
his house
he is the keeper of the order of society when in reality his sister, who lives in his house, is a witch
Who is mistress Hibbins?
widow
lives with brother in govener house
makes many public appearances because of her brother
symbol of hidden evil and hypocracy
Who is Reverend John Wilson?
Typical puritan minister where his sermons focus on hell, fire, brimstone to use fear as a motivator
Likes strict rules and policies
Likes Dimmesdale
Who is the Narrator?
Works at a customs house and finds a book in the attic
After he loses his job he decides to write on Hesters story
He is interested in writing about america and its religious roots but feels guilty about writing for a career
Shares simularities with the real Hawthorne
What country had rampant witch hunts in Europe?
spain
How many people died in the European witch hunts between 14 century to 16 century?
40-50 thousand
The _ Inquisition was to oppse witchcraft and expose heresy?
Spanish
Whch church was the head of the Spanish Inuisition?
Roman Catholic
What concrete evidence proves someone is a witch?
Devil’s mark: poked it and it doesnt hurt
Swimming: float or sink
Torture
Witch craft was a crime against what?
church and state
Where was the first witch trial in America?
Charelstown
How many people lived in Salem in 1692?
500
How were women expected to behave?
silent
mothers
submissive toward husband
What voodoo trick did Tituba show reverand Parris’s daughters?
egg white + candle = shows face of husband
Tibuta, Osborne and Goode had waht in common?
accused of being witches
What kind of unusual evidence did the witchcraft trials in Salem allow?
Spectral or only the accusationer could see it
Ann Putnam said Goode tried to get her to sign what?
The Devil Book
In the courtroom, the girls acted crazy and claimed the _ of Goode was attacking them
spectral
who did Tituba say came to her and bid me to service him?
devil
How long did Tibuta’s testomony last?
3 days
How many names were in the Devil’s book and how many coud she read?
9;6
Nurse’s arest marked a change in the what?
socail status of the women being arrested
How old was the youngest accused and what did they have to make for them?
4; smaller chains
What was Tituba’s fate?
she was sold back into slavery
Which girl was the only person to apologize?
Ann Putran Jr
Shortly before whose wives were to be accused were the witch trials moved and shut down?
Govener Phips
