1. Journal Entry #15 Copy slides that have the hand on them.
Crucible Background
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2. Written by Arthur Miller
The Crucible (1953)
Written by
Arthur Miller

3. Arthur Miller Background
Oct. 17, 1915 – Feb. 10, 2005
Died of heart failure
Wrote:
Death of a Salesman (1940)
All My Sons (1947)
The Crucible (1953)
A View from the Bridge (1955)
Many others….

4. Miller Background Cont…
Shaped by the Depression
Father was a manufacturer
Worked in a warehouse in high school
University of Michigan (began writing plays)
Married Marilyn Monroe

5. The Crucible is a HISTORICAL FICTION
Historical Fiction = fictionalized account of something that actually happened in history
Crucible Setting
1692
Salem, Massachusetts
Witch Trials
Theocracy
The rule of a state by God or a god.

6. Puritan (Crucible time) Standards
You may only read the Bible.
You must attend church and pay attention.
You must stay with us to be safe.

7. The Crucible is a political ALLEGORY
Allegory: A story in which people, things, and happenings have another meaning.
In the case of The Crucible, a story is told about the Salem Witch Hunts in 1692 to express opinions about the Communist Witch Hunts in the 1950’s.

8. The Crucible’s Relationship to the US in the 1950’s
Fear of Communism
Red Scare
Cold War
McCarthy Trials
McCarthyism – (Senator Joseph McCarthy)
McCarthy felt that the people they summoned were anti-American and that this justified the extreme, even extra-legal measures
Some of those accused:
Arthur Miller
Charlie Chaplin
Lucille Ball
Walt Disney

9. Anticipation Guide Discussion
Most people have fundamental beliefs that they are not willing to compromise.
It’s okay to lie if you don’t get caught.
Withholding the truth is the same thing as telling a lie.
In the American judicial system, the accused is innocent until proven guilty.
Going to church makes you a good person.
Age does not matter in a relationship.
Adultery is acceptable in today’s society.
I am willing to accept responsibility for my actions.
I would rather die than confess to something I didn’t do.
Most people are courageous.

10. Journal Entry #16 Copy slides that have the hand on them.
Character Notes
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11. CHARACTERS from The Crucible
Reverend Parris
(minister of the church in Salem)
Betty Parris
(Rev. Parris’s daughter; has strange illness)

12. CHARACTERS from The Crucible
Tituba
(Rev. Parris’s black slave from Barbados)

13. CHARACTERS from The Crucible
Abigail Williams
(Rev. Parris’s niece; Proctors’ former servant)
Mary Warren
(belongs to Abigail’s group; Proctors’ new servant)

14. CHARACTERS from The Crucible
Mercy Lewis
(belongs to Abigail’s group)
Susanna Walcott

15. CHARACTERS from The Crucible
Thomas Putnam
(wealthy, influential man; has a grudge against Francis Nurse)
Ann Putnam
(Thomas Putnam’s wife;
has given birth to eight children and only one has survived)

16. CHARACTERS from The Crucible
Ruth Putnam
(the only surviving Putnam child; has strange illness)
Goody Osborn and Goody Good
(midwives to Ann Putnam)

17. CHARACTERS from The Crucible
John Proctor
(farmer who lives outside of Salem; hates hypocrisy)
Elizabeth Proctor
(John Proctor’s wife; fired Abigail Williams)

18. CHARACTERS from The Crucible
Giles Corey
(John Proctor’s friend; concerned about wife’s behavior)
Martha Corey
(Giles Corey’s wife)

19. CHARACTERS from The Crucible
Rebecca Nurse
(upright, respected woman)
Francis Nurse
(Rebecca Nurse’s husband; wealthy, influential man)

20. CHARACTERS from The Crucible
Reverend Hale
(thought to be an expert on witchcraft; sent to help the city of Salem)
Judge Danforth
Ezekiel Cheever
(clerk of the court)
Judge Hathorne
Herrick
(the marshal of Salem)

21. Anticipation Guide Discussion
Most people have fundamental beliefs that they are not willing to compromise.
It’s okay to lie if you don’t get caught.
Withholding the truth is the same thing as telling a lie.
In the American judicial system, the accused is innocent until proven guilty.
Going to church makes you a good person.
Age does not matter in a relationship.
Adultery is acceptable in today’s society.
I am willing to accept responsibility for my actions.
I would rather die than confess to something I didn’t do.
Most people are courageous.

22. Say after Me Goody (short for Goodwife = Mrs. (ex. Goody Moore)
Aye = yes
Salem
Tituba
Barbados
Putnam

23. Journal Entry #17

24. If the play begins with questions on a Wednesday morning about what happened on Tuesday night, the movie begins with what happens on Tuesday night. Let’s watch that scene before we begin reading.

25. The Crucible begins on pg. 1126
The Crucible begins on pg We will be skipping some paragraphs of background information in Act I because we frontloaded the information in note taking.

26. Reading The Crucible
stage directions = an instruction in the text of a play, especially one indicating the movement, position, or tone of an actor, or the sound effects and lighting
*They are written in italics in your book. I will read them (even interrupting a line) to give the insight they provide.

27. Unit 2 CBA
Is Abigail Williams interested in continuing her affair with John Proctor in The Crucible?  Why or why not?
Is John Proctor interested in continuing his affair with Abigail Williams in The Crucible?  Why or why not?
Support your answer with 2 embedded quotes (one from dialogue and one from stage directions) from the play (likely to be found on pgs of your literature textbook).

28. Crucible Intro Video

29. Quotes to Discuss – Puritan Standards
YOU MAY ONLY READ THE BIBLE!
“They had no novelists – and would not have permitted anyone to read a novel if one were handy.”

30. Quotes to Discuss – Puritan Standards
YOU MUST ATTEND CHURCH AND PAY ATTENTION!
“… a two-man patrol whose duty was to ‘walk forth in the time of God’s worship to take notice of such as either lye about the meeting house, without attending to word and ordinances, or that lye at home or in the fields without giving good account thereof, and to take the names of such persons, and to present them to the magistrates, whereby they may be accordingly proceeded against.”

31. Quotes to Discuss – Puritan Standards
YOU MUST STAY WITH US TO BE SAFE!
“… for danger was still a possibility, and in unity still lay the best promise of safety.”

32. The Crucible
Day 3

33. Finish Act I
The 2’s before Act II
Begin fill-in review

34. The Crucible
Day 4

35. Review Act I What caused the belief that witchcraft was in Salem?
What are some of the rumors going around about witchcraft?
Why does Mrs. Putnam believe there are witches in Salem?
Why is Tituba a necessary character in this play?

36. Geometric Character Analysis∆
Delta (change)
Love triangle
Trinity
Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon

37. Geometric Character Analysis
NOT GOOD:
$ - Thomas Putnam has lots of money.
GOOD:
$ - Thomas Putnam is greedy and wants more land to compete with Francis Nurse.

38. Abduction Articles
Articles are class set. Don’t write on them.

39. Journal Entry Relate the Abduction Articles to The Crucible.
Identify at least two key similarities.

40. The Crucible
Day 5

41. Journal Entry
It has been 7 months since Elizabeth Proctor has fired Abigail Williams. What do you think the marriage is like between John and Elizabeth? Do you think this is adequate time to move on?

42. Start Act II Complete the first page of the fill-in review.
Do the vocab for Acts I and II.
If you were absent, read the Abduction Articles, and do the vocab for HW.