1. The Crucible
August 24-28, 2015

2. 24 August 2015
Quickwrite: Have you ever confessed to something you did not do? Why did you confess? If not, have you ever witnessed someone else confess to something they didn’t do? Why do you believe they confessed? Essential Questions: What is characterization? In what ways does an author reveal a character’s personality and background? What can I look at to know “who” a character is?

3. What is Characterization?
a literary device that is used step by step in literature to highlight and explain the details about a character in a story.
Focus in characterization:
Character behavior
Thought process of the character
Character’s opinions/ideas
Interactions with other characters
Character’s personality

4. Types of Characterization
When the narrator directly tells us some useful trait about a character, it is called direct characterization. (“Jane was a total slob; Mom needed a bulldozer just to clear a path to her bed and closet.”)
When the narrator indirectly shows us character traits and we must evaluate and decide for ourselves the character, it is called indirect characterization. (“Bryan was too busy for homework, since football practice took every afternoon, summer baseball playoffs took weekends, and his girlfriend Rosie took whatever was left.”)

5. Types of Characters
Flat, static – a stock or stereotyped character, easily predicted, often seen as the motivation for the protagonist’s actions.
Round, dynamic – characters that change or develop throughout the course of the story; they exhibit a broad range of personality traits by the end of the tale.

6. SATDO S- what the characters SAYS A- the character’s APPEARANCE
T- the character’s THOUGHTS
D- what the character DOES
0- what OTHERS say about the character / how the character interacts with others.

7. Choose a character to analyze.
How do you use SATDO?
Choose a character to analyze.
Choose a quote pertaining to that character that fits into each S.A.T.D.O. category. Be sure to cite which pg. you took the quote from.
Take a few notes as to what you think that quote shows about that character.

8. The Crucible
Written by Author Miller as a political statement criticizing McCarthyism.
Written in 1953
Was accused of being a part of the communist party and investigated for possible associations with the communist party.
In 1956 he had to testify before the HUAC.
He refused to speak about any of his colleagues and was found guilty of contempt of Congress (a fancy way of saying he was disrespectful/uncooperative). The sentence was later overturned.

9. Act 1 of The Crucible Pages 1124-1157
Narrator
Mrs. Putnam
Proctor
Tituba
Putnam
Rebecca
Parris
Mercy
Giles / Giles Corey
Abigail
Mary Warren
Hale
Susanna
Betty

10. Closing
List the sequences of events so far in Act 1 of The Crucible
Turn In:
Closing