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Vocabulary to know
word list / quizlet:
adamant
contentious
dissembling
iniquity
ameliorate
corroborate
effrontery
subservient
anarchy
deference
immaculate
trepidation
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conciliatory
deposition
imperceptible
STANDARDS
Explain how ideas, values, and themes of a literary work often reflect the
historical period in which it was written.
ACT 1 After Reading Themes Across Time
Comprehension
1. Recall What is the cause for concern in the Parris household?
2. Clarify What has occurred between John Proctor and Abigail Williams
before the time in which the play begins?
3. Summarize Why does Reverend Hale come to Salem?
Literary Analysis
4. Infer Character Motives Reread lines 1017每1056 at the end of Act One.
Why do you think Tituba and Abigail admit to having practiced witchcraft?
Why do they name others?
5. Draw Conclusions About Characters Review the traits you recorded in
your chart for the characters you have encountered so far.
How would you describe the most important character traits of the
following? (LIST THEIR TRAITS BELOW THEIR NAME)
? Abigail Williams
? John Proctor
? Reverend Hale
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6. Make Predictions Based on what you have learned about Abigail in Act
One, whom do you think she might accuse as the play goes on?
Cite specific text evidence to support your answer.
7. Identify Beliefs What do the characters in the play believe about
witches? List their beliefs in a concept web like the one shown.
8. Connect Setting and Mood The setting of a literary work refers to the
time and place in which the action occurs.
How do you think Miller uses setting to help create mood in Act One?
9. Analyze Conventions of Drama Review the stage directions that take the
form of mini-essays in Act One.
What insights about America after the Second World War does Miller
convey? Use details from the mini-essays in your answer.
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10. Author＊s Style The mini-essays in Act One are not usually included in a
stage production of The Crucible.
Why do you think this is so?
Why do you think Miller included them in his drama?
Comprehension
1. Recall Why does Elizabeth want John to go to Salem?
2. Clarify Why does Hale come to the Proctors＊ home?
3. Summarize What proof leads to Elizabeth＊s arrest?
Literary Analysis
4. Form Opinions Do you think Reverend Hale believes that Elizabeth
Proctor is practicing witchcraft? Support your opinion with specific details.
5. Draw Conclusions About Characters Review the traits you recorded in
your chart for Elizabeth Proctor.
How would you describe her character?
6. Analyze Conventions of Drama What does dialogue reveal about the
complicated relationship between John and Elizabeth in the following
scenes?
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? Elizabeth learns that John was alone with Abigail (lines 132每138)
? Elizabeth asks John to break his unspoken promise to Abigail (lines 398每
422)
? John threatens Mary Warren (lines 990每1005)
7. Analyze Dramatic Irony Dramatic irony occurs when readers know more
about a situation than a character does.
Why is John struck by Hale＊s declaration that ※some secret blasphemy§
(lines 946每947) has caused all of the confusion?
8. Make Judgments About a Character How would you judge John＊s
behavior so far? Cite evidence from the play to support your judgment.
9. Compare Characters Compare the following characters and determine
which one has the greatest faith in the court proceedings. What accounts
for their differing attitudes?
? John Proctor
? Hale
? Cheever
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10. Historical Context Miller wrote that during the anti-Communist hearings,
※I saw accepted the notion that conscience was no longer a private matter
but one of state administration.§ How does this notion apply to the witchhunts in Salem?
ACT III
Determine the main idea or essential message in grade-level or higher
texts through inferring, paraphrasing, Summarizing, and identifying relevant
details and facts.
Comprehension
1. Recall Why does Mary Warren come to the court?
2. Recall What does John Proctor admit to the court?
3. Clarify Why is Proctor arrested at the end of the act?
Literary Analysis HONORS ONLY
4. Make Inferences What role do you suppose hysteria plays in the
Following situations? Cite specific evidence from Act Three.
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