The Crucible 2 Flashcards
(40 cards)
Who’s one of the most chilling and magnetic villains in all of literature?
Abigail Williams
If Proctor had admitted to the adultery earlier …
… The whole witch hunt could have been averted.
What does Proctor finally find at the end of the play?
His goodness
Self-respect
Integrity
What TV character is Abigail like?
Joffrey from Game of Thrones
Abigail has an amazing ability to…
… Manipulate others and gain control over them.
What is extra horrible about Abigail?
How she asks Tituba to help her put a curse on Elizabeth then turns around and says Tituba made her do it because she’s been chillin with the devil!
What’s ironic about Abigail?
How she was the only one engaging in witchcraft and becomes the person who accuses everyone else of being a witch.
Abigail riles up what?
The village’s hatred of witches - just like Senator McArthy riled up America’s hatred of Communists.
When does Abigail lose her last shred of humanity?
When she frames John Proctor whom she says she loves.
What makes Abigail seem less inhumanly diabolical?
She saw her parents murdered by Indians as a child - heads smashed by rocks!
What else might account for Abigail’s ruthlessness?
Low social standing - orphan
Unmarried teenager
Female
How are Elizabeth’s positive qualities also her negative ones?
She’s so virtuous that she gives off an air of coldness, moral superiority. The little warmth she once may have had has diminished due to her husband’s infidelity.
What is Elizabeth struggling with throughout the play?
To forgive her husband and let go of anger.
What are the three weapons in John Proctor’s arsenal when he goes to court in Act 3?
Abigail’s admission there was no witchcraft
Mary warren’s testimony - girls faking
Prepared to admit the adultery
What’s the only sin we see Elizabeth commit?
When she lies in court to try to save her husband. Bad timing - ends up damning him.
What realisation does Elizabeth come to after her time in jail?
That she was a cold wife. It was because she didn’t love herself that she was unable to receive her husband’s love.
What does Elizabeth say to John at the end of the play regarding what she’s realised about herself?
I have read my heart this three month, John. I have sins of my own to count. It needs a cold wife to prompt lechery.
What is Elizabeth’s noblest act?
When she helps the tortured John to forgive himself just before his death.
What Lord of the Rings characters are Abigail and Parris like?
Abigail’s kind of like magnetic, blatantly evil Saruman and Parris is like wormy, despicable Wormtongue.
What are three examples of Parris’ greed?
Quibbling over firewood
Insisting on exorbitantly expensive golden candlesticks for the church
Demanding (against tradition) that he have the deed to the house he lives in
What is Parris most worried about at the beginning?
Not his daughter Betty but his reputation!
What does Parris do in Act 3 to perjure himself?
He says he saw no naked dancing in the woods when we know that he did - he says so in Act 1.
Why does Parris cry at the end?
Not because of all the people he’s helped to senselessly murder, but because Abigail has stolen all his money and he is broke. We see him for the snivelling parasite that he is.
What is a redeeming quality of Mary Warren?
She makes a poppet for Elizabeth because she feels bad about going along with Abigail’s accusations.
She is willing to testify against the lying girls.
