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crucible 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| condemnation | severe reproof or strong censure |
| fraud | deliberate deseption for unfair or unlawful gain |
| pallor | extreme paleness |
| perplexed | bewildered puzzled or confused |
| indignant | filled with anger by something unjust or unworthy |
| avidly | enthusiastic |
| sarcastical | expressing mocking or contemptious remarks |
| base | having low moral standards or emferior |
| tainted | having a moral defect |
| ineptly | awkawardly |
| calamity | disaster |
| blasphemy | an irrevent act or utterance |
| menacingly | threatingly |
| lechery | promiscuity |
| providence | work of devined direction |
| What duty has Mary warren been performing in Salem? | She is a wittness on the court |
| What does the reader learn about the proctors marriage through the disrepency between what john proctor does before he sees his wife and when he talks to her? | Tension between them/gets very defensive/he tries2 work it out but gets definsive |
| In what ways is Miller's use of dialogue effective in the first two pages of this scene to show the rift between the couple? | small talk, no real dialogue |
| When proctor kisses his wife, what does her reaction show about her feelings? | doesnt return the affection |
| What does proctors hesitation to travel to Salem indicate about his inner conflict? | Doesn't want to talk ab the affair bc of abigail |
| Whom does Elizabeth call"A mouse no more"? What does she mean by this metaphor? | Mary Warren bc she does what she wants now |
| Who is head of the general court ? What signifigance does this have in the power given to the court? | Deputy Dan forth , he is in charge / head of provence |
| Explain proctors quote, "If the girls a saint now, i think it is not easy to prove she is fraud and the town gone to silly" | People think abigail is a good person but it will be difficult to tell on her |
| What lie does Elizabeth notice Proctor told? How does this feed her current suspisions? | Says he was w/ Abigail and a group but wasnt, shows he might still have feelings for her |
| Explain the metaphor "The magistrate sits in your heart that judges you" | His own conscience messes with him |
| What present does Mary Warren give to Elizabeth? What does her making it and giving it to was with foreshadow | A doll/pot that something was going to go wrong with her |
| How does Mary worn save herself from a whipping? Who does Elizabeth believe accused her of witchcraft and why | Blame stuff on Liz Liz believes Abigail told on her because she wants Proctor |
| Does Hill's motivation for visiting the proctors tell the audience about his personality | Wants to see what people they are/he thinks on his own |
| And what ways does help question John Proctor's religious strength | Ask about church attendance disrespect for Paris and why his last song was not baptize |
| Splaine how he'll test proctors believe in God as well see irony and how proctor fails fails test | I asked him to recite the 10 Commandments can't recite the one he disobeyed |
| Explain hales "" man remember until an hour before the double felt God thought him beautiful in heaven" | Anyone is capable of evil |
| List and discuss the valley did it to you of the evidence by which Martha Corey and Rebecca nurse Are jailed | nurse killed Putnam's babies/read strange books read strange books |
| Explain Francis metaphor in "my wife is very brick and mortar of the church | Backbone good soul |
| What evidence does Cheever have against Elizabeth | Find the voodoo doll with a needle inside |
| Explain how Abigail might have set up Elizabeth Proctor list the events chronologically | Mary made a doll/gave doll with needle to Liz/Abigail stop needle in her self/blamed on Liz |
| If Mary contradicts Abigail how is she charging called murder on Abigail | Abbi lies, she wants list to be guilty so she will die |
| How was hell a broken minister | Willing to let innocent people die |
| Explain proctors "" vengeance is walking in Salem" | Evil |
| How have hills opinions of the accused changed by the end of act two | Realizes the town has gone crazy |
| Explain the demand proctor makes of Mary worn at the end of the scene and her significant response to his threat | Proctor wants her to admit is adultery and she doesn't want to because she is scared of Abigail |
| Identify the two dynamic characters in the scene and show their changes | Hey I'll ask like a know it all then realizes the town is crazy/Mary Warren was quiet now she acts more important and then gets more independent |
| How are the golden candlesticks symbolic of Paris this person | Materialistic person |
| How is Poppet a symbol of Abigail's control the society | Abigail controls most of the people |
| Plane John Proctor solution as he tells hill Pontius put pilot guy will not let you wash your hands on this | Tells hail he can't arrest Liz because it wasn't her fault |
| The end of this act answer most important conflict in the play will take place between two specific characters a protagonist in the antagonist who protagonist who is the antagonist | John is the protagonist Abigail is the antagonist |