The Crucible ACT ONE Latest 2023 Gadded A+

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The Crucible ACT ONE Latest 2023 Gadded A+ Why would Miller include a note on historical accuracy? ✔✔To explain that not everything in the book is historically accurate Who are Rev. Parris, Betty, and Abigail? What is their relationship? ✔✔Betty is Rev. Parris' daughter and Abigail is Parris' niece, unmarried and orphaned Who is Tituba? What is her relationship to the family? ✔✔She is Parris' slave What is wrong with Betty? ✔✔She's paralyzed; doesn't talk or eat Why does Parris suggest calling in Rev. Hale? ✔✔He has experience with exorcizing evil spirits and is considered to be an expert on witchcraft Who are Ann & Thomas Putnam? What do they suggest is Betty's problem? What is their motivation for suggesting this? ✔✔Ann is Thomas' wife. They suggest supernatural activity is responsible for Betty's ailment. All of Ann's children died, except for Ruth, and she believes it to be because of supernatural causes Rev. Parris is worried that Abigail's actions have jeopardized something important- what? ✔✔His job and reputation Who is Ruth? How do the Putnams tie her problem to Betty's? ✔✔Ruth is the Putnams' daughter; she can't eat, can't talk, and is sleepwalking. She's acting similarly to Betty What does the conversation between Abigail, Mercy Lewis, Mary Warren, and Betty reveal about their recent activities? ✔✔They were attempting to conjure the dead and were performing acts of witchcraft What will Abigail do to those who breathe a word of the truth? ✔✔She threatens to kill them Give 3 characteristics of John Proctor ✔✔A local farmer, harsh, stern What event transpired between Abigail and John Proctor prior to the beginning of Act 1? ✔✔They had an affair What does Abigail say about Elizabeth Proctor? How might this affect the outcome of the play? ✔✔Abigail is jealous of Elizabeth and hates her; Abigail may try to blame her of practicing witchcraft What happens to Betty when she hears the Lord's name? ✔✔She covers her ears and screams Why don't the Putnams like the Nurses? ✔✔Rebecca Nurse gave birth to many children while all but one of the Putnams' children died What does Rebecca say about Betty's condition? ✔✔She will come out of it on her own time Give two examples that Proctor, Putnam, and Corey give for why Parris is an ineffective minister ✔✔1) He focuses too much on evil and negativity 2) He is too concerned with money and material posessions What is Putnam's grievance over land? ✔✔He accuses Proctor of taking the trees of his land Describe Giles Corey in one sentence ✔✔He's an old and feeble, yet powerful man How does Miller describe Rev. Hale? ✔✔"Nearing forty, a tight-skinned, eager-eyed intellectual" How does Hale confuse Tituba? What is the significance of their conversation? ✔✔At first he is very harsh and demands she confess but is late very kind. This can cause other people to confess to witchcraft because they believe Hale will be kind to them as well How and by whom are other villagers accused of witchcraft? What is the motivation of the girls' accusations? How many people are accused on the last page of Act 1? ✔✔Abigail and Betty accuse other villagers of witchcraft; Abigail doesn't want to be punished to she exposes others; 11 people were accused

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