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English 11
Crucible
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Puritanism | extreme or execssive strictness in matters or morals or religion |
| McCarthyism | mid-20th century political attitude alleging disloyalty among the accused |
| Crucible | a container that withstands heat |
| Non-conformity | refusal to abide by rules, after with consequences |
| Allegory | story in which people, things, and actions represent an idea or generalization about life, usually with a strong moral or lesson |
| Blacklist | list of persons who are under suspicion, disfavor, censure-unofficial |
| Paranoria | baseless or exessive distrust of others |
| Hysteria | an uncontrollable emotional outburst, as from fear |
| Paradox | a statement that seems contrary to common sense, yet may, in fact be true |
| Irony | using a word or phrase to mean the opposite of its literal meaning |
| Tragedy | a serious play with an unhappy ending brought about by characters or fate |
| Allusion | literary reference to a literary work to heighten reader's understanding |
| Theocracy | rule of a state by God or a god |
| Autocracy | government with one person as the supreme |
| Puritanism | extreme or execssive strictness in matters or morals or religion |
| McCarthyism | mid-20th century political attitude alleging disloyalty among the accused |
| Crucible | a container that withstands heat |
| Non-conformity | refusal to abide by rules, after with consequences |
| Allegory | story in which people, things, and actions represent an idea or generalization about life, usually with a strong moral or lesson |
| Blacklist | list of persons who are under suspicion, disfavor, censure-unofficial |
| Paranoria | baseless or exessive distrust of others |
| Hysteria | an uncontrollable emotional outburst, as from fear |
| Paradox | a statement that seems contrary to common sense, yet may, in fact be true |
| Irony | using a word or phrase to mean the opposite of its literal meaning |
| Tragedy | a serious play with an unhappy ending brought about by characters or fate |
| Allusion | literary reference to a literary work to heighten reader's understanding |
| Theocracy | rule of a state by God or a god |
| Autocracy | government with one person as the supreme power over the people |
| Archetype | pattern repeated in literature across cultures and thea ages (characters, events, themes) |
| The hero | figure, later than life, whose search for selfi-identity and/or self-fulfillment results in his/her own destruction |
| The scapecoat | innocent character on whom a situation is blamed (Abigail Williams and Elizabeth Proctor) |
| The villian | male or female personification of evil whose malice unmotivated or motviatred by a single wrong from the past (Abigail Williams) |
| The temptress | female who possesses what the male desires and uses his desires as a means to his destruction (Abigail Williams) |
| Taboo | the commission of a culturally forbidden act (adultery) |
| Conditions in the US 1940s-50s | Belief that Communist trying to infiltrate the government People feared and accused others of being Communist |
| Conditions in Salem, MA 1692 | Puritan society, belief devil was present, teenage girls dabbled in magic, people accused of witchcraft, evidence was thin |
Created by:
mbarkley
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