Review

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Review

• for The Crucible exam

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History and Culture of the Puritans

• List 5 things you know about the Puritans.
  Consult the Overture (that's in Act I).
• Hints Something about the woods, home
  decorations, fiction and theatre, raising
  children, attending church, respect for
  authority,  minding other people's business, and
  what about "the city on the hill" or the "candle
  that lights the world"?

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Allusions

• Find four allusions used in the text. 
• 1. Act I  (John Proctor to Abigail)
• 2. Act II (Elizabeth describing Abigail in town)
• 3. ?
• 4. ?
• Hint for the exam Remember there are more kinds
  of allusions than just biblical. 

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Sample Question

• Elizabeth (to John) The (A) Deputy Governor
  promise hangin' if they'll not confess, John. The
  town's gone wild, I think. She speak of Abigail,
  and (B) I thought she were a saint to hear her.
  (C) Abigail brings the other girls into the
  court, and where she walks to the crowd will part
  like the sea for Israel. And folks are brought
  before them, and if they scream and howl and fall
  to the floor--the (D) person's clapped in jail
  for bewitchin' them.
• Now explain how this allusion works!

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Irony

• Dramatic Irony, Situational Irony, and Verbal
  Irony--What are they?
• 1. Find 2 examples of dramatic irony.
• 2. Find 2 examples of situational irony.
• 3. Find one example of verbal irony (or sarcasm)

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Themes in The Crucible

• self-sacrifice
• breaking charity
• greed
• pride
• duty
• How are the themes developed through the
  characterization in the play? Which characters
  illustrate the themes best?

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Character Change

• Select a character whose personality or attitude
  significantly changes in the course of the play.
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• Make notes about the significant characteristic
  that changes about the character by
• Note an example or two of what they are like
  early in the play.
• Note an example or two of what they become later
  in the play.
• Try to pinpoint the turning point that the
  character changed and make note of what happened
  at that moment or leading to it that contributed
  to his or her change.

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Questions about the Deleted Scene

• How has Abigail's character developed in this
  scene?
• What does John realize?
• What Puritan practices are illustrated in this
  scene?
• Where is the irony? (several examples)
• Why does John want to meet Abigail tonight?
• Who is the only good person in Salem, according
  to Abigail?
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Best Answer...

• Abigail triumphs for all of the following reasons
  EXCEPT...
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• A. Danforth believes her and not John.
• B. Mary Warren rejoins the girls.
• C. Elizabeth lies to save her husband.
• D. John denounces the trials.
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