The Crucible Flashcards
In the Puritan New England town of Salem, Massachusetts, a group of girls goes dancing in the forest with a black slave named Tituba.
One of the girls, Parris’s daughter Betty, falls into a coma-like state.
While dancing, they are caught by the local minister, Reverend Parris.
While dancing, they are caught by the local minister, Reverend Parris.
A crowd gathers in the Parris home while rumors of witchcraft fill the town.
One of the girls, Parris’s daughter Betty, falls into a coma-like state.
One of the girls, Parris’s daughter Betty, falls into a coma-like state.
Having sent for Reverend Hale, an expert on witchcraft, Parris questions Abigail Williams, the girls’ ringleader, about the events that took place in the forest.
A crowd gathers in the Parris home while rumors of witchcraft fill the town.
A crowd gathers in the Parris home while rumors of witchcraft fill the town.
Abigail, who is Parris’s niece and ward, admits to doing nothing beyond “dancing.”
Having sent for Reverend Hale, an expert on witchcraft, Parris questions Abigail Williams, the girls’ ringleader, about the events that took place in the forest.
Having sent for Reverend Hale, an expert on witchcraft, Parris questions Abigail Williams, the girls’ ringleader, about the events that took place in the forest.
While Parris tries to calm the crowd that has gathered in his home, Abigail talks to some of the other girls, telling them not to admit to anything.
Abigail, who is Parris’s niece and ward, admits to doing nothing beyond “dancing.”
Abigail, who is Parris’s niece and ward, admits to doing nothing beyond “dancing.”
John Proctor, a local farmer, then enters and talks to Abigail alone.
While Parris tries to calm the crowd that has gathered in his home, Abigail talks to some of the other girls, telling them not to admit to anything.
While Parris tries to calm the crowd that has gathered in his home, Abigail talks to some of the other girls, telling them not to admit to anything.
Unbeknownst to anyone else in the town, while working in Proctor’s home the previous year she engaged in an affair with him, which led to her being fired by his wife, Elizabeth.
John Proctor, a local farmer, then enters and talks to Abigail alone.
John Proctor, a local farmer, then enters and talks to Abigail alone.
Abigail still desires Proctor, but he fends her off and tells her to end her foolishness with the girls.
Unbeknownst to anyone else in the town, while working in Proctor’s home the previous year she engaged in an affair with him, which led to her being fired by his wife, Elizabeth.
Unbeknownst to anyone else in the town, while working in Proctor’s home the previous year she engaged in an affair with him, which led to her being fired by his wife, Elizabeth.
Betty wakes up and begins screaming.
Abigail still desires Proctor, but he fends her off and tells her to end her foolishness with the girls.
Abigail still desires Proctor, but he fends her off and tells her to end her foolishness with the girls.
Much of the crowd rushes upstairs and gathers in her bedroom, arguing over whether she is bewitched.
Betty wakes up and begins screaming.
Betty wakes up and begins screaming.
A separate argument between Proctor, Parris, the argumentative Giles Corey, and the wealthy Thomas Putnam soon ensues.
Much of the crowd rushes upstairs and gathers in her bedroom, arguing over whether she is bewitched.
Much of the crowd rushes upstairs and gathers in her bedroom, arguing over whether she is bewitched.
This dispute centers on money and land deeds, and it suggests that deep fault lines run through the Salem community.
A separate argument between Proctor, Parris, the argumentative Giles Corey, and the wealthy Thomas Putnam soon ensues.
A separate argument between Proctor, Parris, the argumentative Giles Corey, and the wealthy Thomas Putnam soon ensues.
As the men argue, Reverend Hale arrives and examines Betty, while Proctor departs.
This dispute centers on money and land deeds, and it suggests that deep fault lines run through the Salem community.
This dispute centers on money and land deeds, and it suggests that deep fault lines run through the Salem community.
Hale quizzes Abigail about the girls’ activities in the forest, grows suspicious of her behavior, and demands to speak to Tituba.
As the men argue, Reverend Hale arrives and examines Betty, while Proctor departs.
As the men argue, Reverend Hale arrives and examines Betty, while Proctor departs.
After Parris and Hale interrogate her for a brief time, Tituba confesses to communing with the devil, and she hysterically accuses various townsfolk of consorting with the devil.
Hale quizzes Abigail about the girls’ activities in the forest, grows suspicious of her behavior, and demands to speak to Tituba.
Hale quizzes Abigail about the girls’ activities in the forest, grows suspicious of her behavior, and demands to speak to Tituba.
Suddenly, Abigail joins her, confessing to having seen the devil conspiring and cavorting with other townspeople.
After Parris and Hale interrogate her for a brief time, Tituba confesses to communing with the devil, and she hysterically accuses various townsfolk of consorting with the devil.
After Parris and Hale interrogate her for a brief time, Tituba confesses to communing with the devil, and she hysterically accuses various townsfolk of consorting with the devil.
Betty joins them in naming witches, and the crowd is thrown into an uproar.
Suddenly, Abigail joins her, confessing to having seen the devil conspiring and cavorting with other townspeople.
