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Where and when is the opening scene of the play set? - CORRECT ANSWER ✅Salem - Spring - 1692 Why is the Reverand Samuel Parris so distraught at the beginning of Act One? - CORRECT ANSWER ✅His daughter is lying motionless in the bed. What unnerves Rev. Parris about the report Susanna Walcott brings from Doctor Griggs? - CORRECT ANSWER ✅There is no cure; it might be 'unnatural'. Why has Parris sent for Reverend Hale from Beverly? - CORRECT ANSWER ✅Hale is considered an expert on witchcraft. After Parris tells Abigail about "enemies" who would like to "ruin" him, what does he tell her that a "faction" has sworn to do? - CORRECT ANSWER ✅Drive him from his pulpit(authority/position) What do we learn in the exposition of the play about the events in the forest? - CORRECT ANSWER ✅girls were dancing nude in the forest, drinking blood and potions
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What do we learn about Abigail Williams's past connections with the Proctor family? - CORRECT ANSWER ✅She was a maid who had a relationship with John Proctor. What information about Thomas Putnam does Arthur Miller tell us in his expository aside? - CORRECT ANSWER ✅His brother was rejected as minister, so he resents Parris. What does Ann Putnam claim in the play about her dead babies? - CORRECT ANSWER ✅They were murdered. Explain what Mary Warren means when she says "witchery is a hangin' error." - CORRECT ANSWER ✅It means that practicing witchcraft is a capital offense, punishable by being hanged by the neck until dead. Based on the stage directions describing the Reverend Hale's first entrance, what can you infer about his character? - CORRECT ANSWER ✅he carries heavy books so he is smart and likes to read. List all of the girls' activities in the forest based on the information revealed throughout Act One. - CORRECT ANSWER ✅The girls were
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Describe the relationship between John and Elizabeth Proctor. In your own words, explain the metaphor of the "everlasting funeral" that John sees in Elizabeth's eyes.
- CORRECT ANSWER ✅relationship is strained; her heart is stone cold dead As they are discussing the day's events, Elizabeth tells Proctor that Mary Warren went to Salem. What reason did Mary give to Elizabeth for going to Salem? - CORRECT ANSWER ✅to testify in court Based on the text, how do you interpret Mary's visions and accusations? What clues does Miller give us about her motivation? - CORRECT ANSWER ✅got all caught up in it; motivation is wanting to be the center of attention Elizabeth wants Proctor to go to the authorities in Salem and expose Abigail as a fraud. What did Abigail say to Proctor when he was in her uncle's house that Elizabeth wants Ezekiel Cheever to hear? - CORRECT ANSWER ✅it had nothing to do with witchcraft
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When Reverend Hale appears at the Proctor home, he tells them that he has some business with them. What is his business with them? Why has he come by? - CORRECT ANSWER ✅his wife's name was mentioned in court and he wanted to ask about her christian values What two reasons does John Proctor give Reverend Hale for his poor church attendance? - CORRECT ANSWER ✅his wife is sick and he doesn't trust the minister Explain Elizabeth's response to Reverend Hale when he asks her if she believes in witches. - CORRECT ANSWER ✅She cannot believe it, the Devil may hold a woman's soul but if she is good, so she cannot be a witch In addition to Elizabeth Proctor, what other two women were arrested this evening and what were the charges against them? - CORRECT ANSWER ✅Martah Corey (bewitching pigs) and Rebecca Nurse (putting a spell on babies) When Ezekiel Cheever lifts the skirt of the poppet that Mary gave to Elizabeth, what does he find in it?
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Describe the internal conflict that John Proctor faces. How could Proctor's conflict relate to the broader conflict in the play - between public appearance and private reality? - CORRECT ANSWER ✅He asks for forgiveness from Elizabeth, his wife, and attempts to humble himself before her, admitting his failure. When she won't absolve him at all, he is forced to choose between forgiving himself or continuing in his state of guilt At the beginning of Act III, Giles Corey breaks down in tears when he is rebuked by Deputy Governor Danforth for "disruption" while trying to introduce evidence to save his wife. What comments by Corey show that he feels himself responsible for his wife's predicament?
- CORRECT ANSWER ✅He was trying to figure out why she was reading books and believes that he has broke charity with her and betrayed her. Why does Proctor bring Mary Warren to court? - CORRECT ANSWER ✅Proctor's goal in bringing Mary Warren to court is to get the truth out, end the witchcraft madnes, and clear his wife, Elizabeth, of the accusations Explain how Mary's testimony is a threat to Danforth, Parris, and Hathorne. - CORRECT ANSWER ✅Danforth: He put all these ppl in jail
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and hanged all these women. He would have to admit he was wrong, and he is too prideful.Parris: really worried about his reputation, it's his niece + daughter who would be lying, + his rep would be forever harmed.Hathorne: also worried about reputation Proctor persists in wishing to present his evidence although his wife, now pregnant, is safe for the moment. When Danforth, puzzled, asks Proctor to explain his larger purpose, what does Proctor say? - CORRECT ANSWER ✅He wants to help his friends ( the wives of the accused) Corey accused Thomas Putnam of prompting his daughter Ruth to "cry witchery upon George Jacobs that is now is jail." For what reason does Corey say that Putnam did this? - CORRECT ANSWER ✅Corey says Putnam just wants more land, and that's why he wants to send his neighbor to jail/to hang When Mary Warren is asked to faint for the court the way she said she had pretended to in the witchcraft trials, she says she cannot. What is her explanation to Judge Hathorne for her inability to pretend to faint? - CORRECT ANSWER ✅Mary, put under a severe amount of pressure, with the judges and all of the girls (whom she is
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Why is Reverend Parris so concerned with the court proceedings and why does he keep interrupting them? - CORRECT ANSWER ✅He says that Proctor is "blackening" his name. He is making sure the judge won't listen to anyone saying the girls lying, bc if the girls were to be lying, it would surely ruin his rep Why does John Proctor reveal his affair with Abigail? - CORRECT ANSWER ✅he confesses to having an affair with Abigail because he is trying to get his wife, Elizabeth or goody proctor out of prison. by telling the truth about his affair with Abigail it shows that Abigail is making false accusations about Elizabeth harming her as she just wants to hurt her lovers wife because john ultimately chose Elizabeth over Abigail Why does Mary Warren reject the truth and condemn John? - CORRECT ANSWER ✅shes scared of abigail A dynamic character is one who undergoes change throughout a work. Review Reverend Hale's statement at the end of Act Three and discuss how he is an example of a dynamic character. - CORRECT ANSWER ✅"I denounce these proceedings, I quit this court!" He is an example of a dynamic character because in the beginning he was overly confident in his beliefs and studies in witchcraft and trusted the courts, which means he had suspicions about Elizabeth Proctor. Now his belief falters and he
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completely denounces/disagrees w/ the proceedings of the court, and quits. Why does Hale say he has come "to do the Devil's work"? What motivates his actions? - CORRECT ANSWER ✅Hale says he has come to do the Devil's work because he wants to get people to lie and confess to witchcraft so the accused will get to live. The fact that it will lessen his guilt and save people who were innocent motivates his actions. What does Parris fear about the response of the people in Andover? - CORRECT ANSWER ✅Parris fear about the response of the people in Andover is that there will be a riot like in Andover Hale tells Danforth that he must have more time to persuade the condemned prisoners to confess and thus to save their lives. What reason does Danforth give for refusing to postpone the executions? - CORRECT ANSWER ✅He will not whimper God's word Why does Hale counsel Elizabeth to persuade John Proctor to lie? Do you think he is right to do so? - CORRECT ANSWER ✅John Proctor, a man that Reverend Hale initially does not trust and actually finds to be lacking in his Puritan faith, comes to realize that he is an honest man, a
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has sins of her own to count, including the fact that she had been a "cold wife." What are the reasons she gives for her coldness toward him? - CORRECT ANSWER ✅she didn't think she deserved his love During Danforth's interrogation of Proctor, why does Proctor refuse to incriminate others in his confession? - CORRECT ANSWER ✅He says that he already signed it and they witnessed him signing it and that should be good enough. God seeing it is enough and he won't let them use his good name to intimidate others. In the play's climax, Proctor destroys his own confession. Why does he do this? - CORRECT ANSWER ✅Because he wanted to save his name and legacy. Look at the final lines of Reverend Hale and explain what this speech reveals about his faith. Where, for him, does truth ultimately lie? Where does it ultimately lie for Proctor? With whom do you agree? - CORRECT ANSWER ✅
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Examine Elizabeth Proctor's final line [the last line in the play], "He have his goodness now. God forbid I take it from him!" Explain how this contrasts with Hale's attitude as you discussed in #10. - CORRECT ANSWER ✅This means that Elizabeth recognizes that although Proctor is losing his life, he has found his goodness and integrity.she forgives him
