Please have on your desk: The Crucible Study guide

1. Please have on your desk: • The Crucible • Study guide

2. Yesterday • What did we do yesterday?

3. Today • Begin acting out Act One.

4. Reverend Parris— • Despite his efforts, Parris is a very villainous character. He believed he was being persecuted wherever he went.

5. Reverend Parris— • Despite his efforts, Parris is a very villainous character. He believed he was being persecuted wherever he went. • He was very concerned with people knowing their place. He would feel insulted if someone rose to shut the door without asking his permission.

6. Reverend Parris— • Despite his efforts, Parris is a very villainous character. He believed he was being persecuted wherever he went. • He was very concerned with people knowing their place. He would feel insulted if someone rose to shut the door without asking his permission. • He thought that children should be proper, obedient, and quiet.

7. Reverend Parris— • Despite his efforts, Parris is a very villainous character. He believed he was being persecuted wherever he went. • He was very concerned with people knowing their place. He would feel insulted if someone rose to shut the door without asking his permission. • He thought that children should be proper, obedient, and quiet. • He did not like kids, and had no talent for them.

8. Act One • Why would the people of Salem not be allowed to read a novel?

9. Act One • Why would the people of Salem not be allowed to read a novel? • They had no novelists– and would not have permitted anyone to read a novel if one were handy. Their creed forbade anything resembling enjoyment.

10. Act One • They had fun in Salem too! When a new farmhouse was built they would “ Raise the roof,” with foods and cider being passed around.

11. Act One • Two men were hired to walk around Salem at all times. They were required to make sure everyone was behaving in the meeting houses, did work in the fields, and to take the names of people who did not.

12. Act One • Minding other people’s business was a time-honored tradition in Salem.

13. Act One • Minding other people’s business was a time-honored tradition in Salem. • They believed that they held in their steady hand the candle that would light the world.

14. Act One • Minding other people’s business was a time-honored tradition in Salem. • They believed that they held in their steady hand the candle that would light the world. • Americans have inherited this believe, and it has helped and hurt us.

15. Act One • What is a paradox?

16. Act One • What is a paradox? • A seemingly contradictory statement that may nonetheless be true.

17. Act One • What is THE paradox in The Crucible? • For good purposes, even high purposes, the people of Salem developed a theocracy, a combine of state and religious power whose function was to keep the community together, and to prevent any kind of disunity that might open it to destruction by material or ideological enemies.

18. Act One • It felt good for the people to finally be able to speak his or her mind in regards to community members.

19. Act One • It felt good for the people to finally be able to speak his or her mind in regards to community members. • We will now see that the score will finally be settled.

20. Characters—5 • Tituba • Parris • Abigail • Susanna • Mrs. Ann Putnam

21. Characters—7 • Tituba • Parris • Abigail • Susanna • Mrs. Ann Putnam

22. Characters—9 • Tituba • Parris • Abigail • Susanna • Mrs. Ann Putnam

23. Question • Who is Tituba?

24. Question • What did Parris discover Betty and Abigail doing in the forest?

25. Question • Why is Parris concerned about what they did in the forest?

26. Question • Who else is “ill” besides Betty?

27. Tomorrow • We will continue on in Act One. • Bring the novel and the study guide to class.