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1. an absolute God (a punishing God)
2. literally believed what the Bible said
3. believed in witchcraft, evil spirits, and the devil; the devil lives in the dark forrest and walked invisibly through their town
4. predestination |
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| Why was the idea of possession so readily accepted? |
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| They believed that the devil was always watching them from his invisible state. |
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1. Having the courage to speak up against the wrong
2. Truth vs. Lies
3. Power corrupts people
4. Its important to stand up for what you believe in no matter what the consiquences |
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| In what way might we have other issues of hysteria and accusation going on today? |
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| The Bombing of Pearl Harbor, 9-11 |
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| God's will; God's intervention in human affairs |
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| strict in morality and religion; this term has come about since the reign of the Puritans |
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| impress with insistent urging; convince |
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| the study of a religious doctrine; what a particular sect believes |
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| the room in the church where robes are kept |
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| have dealings with, done business with |
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| tolerate, put up with, excuse |
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| Good lier; conceal one's true motives, feelings, or beliefs |
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| Summuning; make something appear unexpectedly or seemingly out of nowhere as if by magic |
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| Mean, revenge; having or showing a strong or unreasoning desire for revenge |
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| respectable; the state or quality of confirming to conventionally accepted standard of behavior or morals; the condition of being right |
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| insult; the action of damaging the good reputation of someone; slander or label |
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| hurt; evil in nature or effect; malevolent; speak about someone in a spitefully critical manner |
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| immoral or grossly unfair behavior |
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| bad, wickedness; the state or condition of being malevolent-having or showing a wish to do evil to others |
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| dislike, rudeness; the feeling that a person or a thing is beneath consideration, worthless, or deserving scorn |
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| charges people in court; a person, usually a public officialm who institues legal proceedings against someone |
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| law the process of giving sworn evidence |
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| accusser; a person who brings a case against another in a court of law |
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| trickery; sliy or cunning intelligence |
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| pardon; cancel or postpone the punishment |
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| charge; a formal change or accusation of a serious crime |
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| a secret plan by a group to do something do something unlawfull or harmful |
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| get ride of; rid someone of an unwanted feeling, memory, or condition |
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| Betty's dad, paranoied, not a nice man, around 45, town preist |
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| In a pretentd comma, around 10, accussed of flying |
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| town slut, Reverand Parris' neice, 16, parents were killed in front of her, lier |
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| Black, slave, vudu, Barbados |
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| One child live, jealous of Rebecca |
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| Wealthy farmer, loud mouth, nosey, interested in land |
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| farmer, affair with Abigail, 35, attractive, guilty about the affair |
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| expert on witchcraft, from Beverly |
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| In his 80's, loves to sue people, farmer, accussed his wife of making him forget his prayers |
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| Danced naked in the woods, works for the Putnams |
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| Works for the Proctors, odd one out, gets picked on |
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| John Proctor's wife, 3 sons, she tries to take the blame for Johns affair, she lied once and it didn't go well for her |
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| Rebecca's husband, wealthy farmer |
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| Arrests the people accussed of witchcraft, jailer |
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| Local judge from Salem, cold hearted |
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| Nice, married to Francis Nurse (wealthy), lots of kids and grandkids, 70 |
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| town beggar, Mary Warren accused her of cursing her, supposedly pregnant, 60, drank from Herricks flask |
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| What was Samuel Parris's attitude towards children? |
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| He acted sour and rude to them after finding out that they danced in the woods. |
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| Why do you think Reverand Parris has many enemies? |
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| He believes that he is better than everyone because he is the preist. He feels that he should own a house and recieve more gifts. He also doesn't speak of God in Church, only the devil. |
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| After Parris begins to believe his daughter to be afflicted by witchcraft, what is Thomas Putnam's advice to him? |
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| Call Reverand Hale to see if he can cure her of witchcraft. |
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| What truth came out when the adults left the girls alone? |
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| They actually were dancing in the woods naked. |
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| What's going on between Abigail and John Proctor? |
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| They had an affair but now he wants nothing to do with her. |
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| Why did Betty start screaming? |
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| Christian music started playing and she can't stand to hear the word of God. |
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| Why were some people, including John Proctor inclined to stay away from Sabbath meeting? |
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| Reverand Parris only preached about the devil as if he worshiped him. |
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| Why does Hale believe the devil would strike Reverand Parris's house? |
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| Parris preaches about the devil during all of his services. |
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| Though Hale is trying to get Tituba to name her accomplices, who is the first person to actually mention names? |
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| Why isn't it difficult for Ann Putnam to believe that Goody Osborn is a witch? |
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| All of her babies died in Goody's arms |
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| What do you know about the relationship between John and Elizebeth Proctor from the stage action and opening dialogue in Act II? |
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| They are awkward and choppy because of the affair. (Deep down and during the end you can tell that they have a very loving relationship) |
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| Describe the power that Abigail has in the courtroom. |
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| She's vey powerful because she's good at telling lies and has the "gift" of telling who witches are. |
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| What's going on between the Proctors at the start of Act II, and at the end? |
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They are arguing over John going to the court to serinade Abigail and make her change he mind about accussing Elizebeth. (awkward converstation)
John is tryng to protect Elizebeth. |
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| Though Mary Warren cannot say who accussed Elizabeth Proctor, who do you believe accusse her and why? |
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| Abigail accussed her because she is jealous and wishes she had John Proctor. |
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| Ironically, which commandment can John Proctor not remember? |
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| Why does John seem to be the only person with reasonable say at the end of Act II? |
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| He is the only one that want everyone to tell the truth in order to save Elizebeth. |
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| Why is Mary Warren afraid of telling the truth about Abigail, for herself and for John? |
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| She is afraid all the other girls will turn on her. |
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| Over and over, Danforth says that the good have nothing to fear. What evidence can you give that show that the opposite is true? |
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| Abigail is the town lier, yet she is praised for it. Rebecca is already sentenced to death. (confess or die) |
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| Near the start of Act III, Danforth gives the premise for judging a witch. summarize his guidelines. |
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| People are the victims, witchcraft is invisible, only the witch and the victim can be accused, only the victim may testify |
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| Mary Warren's testimony is destroyed in the end because she cannot do something. What? How dos she explain the problem? |
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| She can't lie about being a witch because she is a Godly woman. |
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| Proctor admits that he and Abigail have been lovers. This truth could be the end of Abigails control. Why isn't is? |
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| When they brought Elizebeth in to be questioned she told her one and only lie because she didn't want to ruin her husbands name. |
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| What is the importance of John Proctor's last speech in Act III? |
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| If Danforth continues to be aragent and keeps sentencign people to death he will surely burn in Hell. |
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| What is Hale's mission in Act IV? |
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| Pray with the prisoners to make them confess in order to live. |
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| Parris tells Danforth, "You cannot hang this sort" (123). What does he mean? |
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| You can't start hanging the highclass and the rich because everyone will get mad. |
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| Why won't Danforth pardon the prisoners? |
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| They had already hung 12. They've alredy started so they might as well finish. |
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| Do you think Elizebeth would confess if she werei her husbands place? |
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| No, she is an honest woman. |
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| In the end, what is it that is of utmost importance to John Proctor? |
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| His name and Reputation...(family) |
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