1. Arthur Miller’s

2. 1. A piece of lab equipment designed to heat metals or other materials to a high temperature for the purpose of removing impurities. 2. A severe, searching test or trial.

3.  Senator Joseph McCarthy  Wanted to RID THE WORLD OF COMMUNISTS  Led the H OUSE U N -A MERICAN A CTIVITIES C OMMITTEE, or HUAC.  Goals of the HUAC Hearings:  P UBLIC H EARING  A DMIT G UILT  N AME O THER C OMMUNISTS  S OLEMNLY R EPENT  C ONFESSION = R EDEMPTION

4.  “The Blacklist”  A list of accused communists  Many prominent people targeted  Employers hesitant to hire anyone on the list  Especially evident in Hollywood  The term M C C ARTHYISM now refers to a RUINOUS ACCUSATION WITHOUT ANY BASIS IN EVIDENCE.

5. 1690’s Salem, Mass.  A Literal Witch Hunt  The Salem Witch Trials  People accused of witch craft  Those on trial are assumed guilty  Motivated by fear  The accusation is everything 1950’s America  A Figurative Witch Hunt  McCarthyism/Red Scare/HUAC  People accused of communism  Those on trial are assumed guilty  Motivated by fear  The accusation is everything ALLEGORY: figurative treatment of one subject under the guise of another.

6.  Believed Salem to be a CITY ON A HILL, an EXAMPLE of how people should live and worship God.  Believed in a STRICTLY LITERAL TRANSLATION of the Bible.  Believed mankind was continually TEMPTED BY THE DEVIL.  Believed that the devil was TARGETING THE NEW WORLD.  Believed salvation begins with OPEN AND PUBLIC CONFESSION.  When a man SINS, he must REPENT AND CONFESS.

7.  Accepted as REAL throughout the world.  An estimated 50,000 PEOPLE were executed worldwide.  Exodus 22:18: T HOU SHALT NOT SUFFER A WITCH TO LIVE.  Signs of Witchcraft:  M ARKS ON THE B ODY  P UPPETS OR D OLLS IN THE HOME OF THE ACCUSED  E VIDENCE OF CONFRONTATIONS WITH THE ACCUSED THAT RESULTED IN MISFORTUNE.

8.  Accusation  Over 200 men, women and children were accused of witchcraft.  Confession  Many people CONFESSED TO SAVE THEMSELVES.  Others thought confession would mean ETERNAL DAMNATION.  Spectral Evidence  A witch could SEND HIS / HER SPECTER to enter another person’s body.  A N ALIBI was worthless to an accused witch.  Executions  19 men and women hanged  O NE man pressed to death  Several others DIED IN PRISON

9.  Wrote several classic American plays  Once married to Marilyn Monroe  Accused of communism  Called to testify before the HUAC  Inspired to write The Crucible as a modern- day allegory for the McCarthy era.

10.  Protagonist: the leading character or hero  Antagonist: the opponent or adversary of the hero  Tragic Hero: a great or virtuous character in a dramatic tragedy that is destined for downfall, suffering, or defeat.  Foil: a character that serves to make another seem better by contrast

11.  Drama: a genre of literature; a play  Stage Directions: notes written by the playwright  Tragedy: a story in which a heroic character either dies or comes to come other unhappy end.  Foreshadowing: the use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in the plot.  Dramatic Irony: when the audience of a play knows or understands something that the characters do not

12.  Exposition: the immediate revelation to the audience of the setting and other background information necessary for the understanding of the plot.  Rising Action: the path of the plot that leads to the climax.  Climax: the high point in the plot, after which there is falling action (denouement).  Denouement: the falling action that leads to the final resolution to the plot.  Resolution: the conclusion of a story, when all or most of the conflicts have been resolved. Exposition Denouement Resolution Climax Rising Action