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Characters
Quotes
Vocabulary
Honors Vocabulary
Act One
Act Two
Act Three
Act Four
Proctor
after all Parris has done for Abigail, she has done something that could likely cause his ruin
deposition
conjured
Salem, Massachusetts, 1692
to tell the court that the girls are pretending
that Proctor wants to overthrow the court
stole money from Parris and disappeared
Parris
verbal irony because we know that the cause is Proctor's adultery, but Hale does not
disproportionate
bemused
a Theocracy
a poppet
Mary Warren tells Danforth
to protect himself; he is receiving death threats
Abigail
an example of verbal irony because the court actually allows the truth to be concealed
ascertain
faction
the Puritans
she knows that Abigail and Proctor had an affair and she thinks that Abby wants to take her place as John's wife
one year before she is hanged because she is pregnant
the McCarthy Hearings
Hale
an example of verbal irony because everyone good in the play IS harmed while those who are evil are not
calamity
menacingly
he is afraid it will hurt his reputation
they fear her power to accuse them
that he is killing their neighbors for their land
it might look as if he wrongly executed innocent people
Tituba
what Abigail says to Danforth when she threatens him with her power
afflicted
inert
she has lost many babies in the first days of life
doesn't attend church regularly; youngest son not baptized; can recite only 9 commandments
that their neighbors believe Rebecca, Martha and Elizabeth are upstanding Christians and not witches
to encourage the accused to confess and save their lives
Giles Corey
what John Proctor says about Elizabeth before she lies to save his reputation
empower
contentious
he had an adulterous affair with Abigail
she is afraid Abigail will accuse her
he begins to believe Proctor and fear that some people in the jail are actually innocent
because he is a sinner anyway because of the adultery
Danforth
Proctor will not let Elizabeth die for his own sin of adultery
contentious
ineptly
she thinks the girls have made up their story to get some attention
doesn't like Parris; thinks he is too materialistic; too much hellfire and brimstone in sermons
calls Abigail a whore and admits his adultery
convince Proctor to confess and save his life
Hathorne
what Danforth says when he refuses to postpone the hangings of Proctor, Rebecca, and Martha Corey
unintelligible
effrontery
what Abigail did in the forest
her possession of the doll with the needle in it
pretend that her spirit is coming to get them
that she was also partly responsible for his affair with Abigail
Cheever
what Elizabeth says to Hale, meaning that Proctor has now regained his goodness by accepting death rather than lying
effrontery
licentious
She could not stand to hear the Lord's name.
she will tell about their affair
to protect Proctor
cows have no farmers to care for them and are wandering around loose in Salem
Joseph McCarthy
what Danforth says that is the same as what McCarthy said to show that there is no room to question the court's authority
predilection
diabolism
the deed to his house and firewood
the commandment Proctor forgets
quits the court
Puritan Hypocrisy and the "Red Scare"
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