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-farmer in mid thirties
-hates hypocrites but is one
- dies in end |
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- reverend parris's niece
- lives with the parris because orphan
- worked for proctor until she had sex with him and ms proctor fires her
- leads the psychos |
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- young minister
- called to salem when Betty starts freaking out
- starts the witch crazies, but his intelligence keeps him normal |
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- john Proctor's wife.
- virtuous but kind of cold
- shows her love for proctor when she lies for him |
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- salem's minister
- paranoid and power hungry
- dislikes by many |
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Wise, sensible, old lady
-accused by Putnam's to be a witch
- refuses to confess |
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- wealthy, influential man in Salem
- enemy of the Putnams |
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-deputy governor of Massachusetts
- head witch trial judge
- honest and believes he is Doing the right thing |
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Old, feisty farmer
- wife is called a witch
- while trying to save her he gives info but refuses to give the source
- this is called withholding evidence and Giles is pressed to death |
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Wealthy, influential
- grudge against Fransis Nurce for stoping his brother in law from entering office
- uses trials to increase his land size |
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- had eight babies
- only one has lived (Ruth)
- thinks someone is killing her babies: sarah Osborn |
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Falls under a stupor after the Revered xatches the girls Dancing
- becomes a member of the court |
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| Second red Scare o the late 1940s-50s |
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-after WWII
- called McCarthyism
People feared communists and people who disagreed with popular views were labeled as communists and unamerican |
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- republican u.s. senator for Wisconsin
- became a leader during the cold war
- accused many people of being communists and soviet spies
- had to be censored by us government |
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| People In the movie business that were black listed because they were believed to be communists. |
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| Government approved lists of suspected communists. The people on the list could not find work, and were forced to five up other names for immunity |
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| An outcome that is the opposite to what we would normally expect |
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| Something said that is the opposite to what it meant |
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| An outcome of a situation that is the opposite |
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| When the audience has knowledge the characters don't |
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| Reverend Parriss black slave for Barbados. Tituba performs voodoo for Abigail and Ann Putnam. |
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| Proctors servant. Member of the group of girls. Very timid, very infliential. Tries to break away and tell the truth but gives in out of fear. |
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| Reverend Parris's ten year old daughter who falls into a stupor after she is caught dancing in the forest. Her illness alon with Ruth's fuels the hysteria |
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| Giles Corey's third wife. Her reading habits lead to her arrest and conviction of withx craft. |
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| A man from Salem who acts as clerk of the court during the with trials. He is upright and determined to do his duty for justice. |
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| Second judge alongside Dandorth. |
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| One of Abigail's groupies. Runs away with her in the end. |
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| Accused of being a witch by Tituba, and of killing Ann Putnams babies |
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| Accused by Tituba of being a witch. Old and poor and Holmes. Become pregnant. |
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John public ally admits affair
- situational
Liz lies for John
- verbal and dramatic irony
Puritan community
-situational |
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An idea, message, or lesson communicated by a work. Might be about life, society, or human nature.
Different from topic= what the story is about |
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| An imitation of an action that is serious, complete, and of a certain magnitude with incidence arousing pity and fear where with to accomplish it catharsis of such emotions. |
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1. Portrays an event that is serious
2. Makes the audience pity the character
3. Makes the audience fear the consequences characters face |
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| A release of emotional tension |
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-a protagonist with a fatal flaw which leads to his down fall
- usually starts happy
- made to suffer immensely of de because of his actions |
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1. Goodness- a good moral code
2. Superiority- economically or social, or political
3. Tragic flaw- a flaw that leads to down fall
4. Eventual realization that his decisions or actions have lead to his downfall |
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Arthur miller
The crucible
Published 1953
Set in 1692 Salem |
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| Struggle between two or more opposing forces |
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Man vs man
Man vs nature
Man vs fate
Man vs himself
Man vs society |
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