Question: ACT 1 of THE CRUCIBLE!!!!?
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11!. give three characteristics of john proctor!?
12!. what event transpired between Abigail and john proctor prior to the beginning of act one!?
13!.what does Abigail say about Elizabeth proctor!? how might this effect the outcome of the play!?
14!. what happens to betty when she hears the lords name!?
15!. why didn't the putnams like the nurses!?
17!. give 2 examples that proctor,putnam, and corey gibe for why parris is an ineffective minister!.
18!. what is the putnams grievance over land!? what significance might this have!?
20!. how does miller describe reverend hale!?
21!.how does hale confuse tituba!? what is the significance of their conversation!?
22!. how and by whom are the other villagers accused of witchcraft!? what is the motivation of the girls accusations!? and how many people are accused on the last page of act 1!?Www@QuestionHome@Com
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11!. Hard worker ( farm work) cARING ( Towards his kids and his love for Elizabeth, even know he cheated on her) Independent ( wont let the church control him, or set there ideas into his, which gives him a stubborn independence)
12!. Abigail worked for the Protocts!. John Proctor took notice of her and had an affair with her!. It seems to be pretty much a once off, but Abigail took it as more, and sought to be his wife!. Its not sure if they had sex, but its implied more went on than kissing and hand holding!.
13!.She accuses Elizbaeth of being a gossipy busy body, and trying to ruin her good standing in the villiage of Salem, When actually it was Abigails own actions which got people tlaking!. Abigail was jealous as Elizabeth was the one to force her out of the Proctor home!. Abigail sees Elizabeth as weak and frail also and not as strong to be a good wife to John!.
14!.She awakes from her motionless posion on the bed Causing her to nearly jump out of a window!. It was like the fear of the Lord entered her body!.
16!. The Putnams had a long standing feud with the Nurses over land!. Mrs Putnam hated Rebecca nurse as Mrs Putnam lost all but one child in childbirth, while Rebecca birthed many and had many grandchildren!. She saw it as a slap in the face to her own woman bearing skills!.
17!.Whggile in the pulpit Paris complained that he did not have the deed to the house he was living in!. He felt that someone of his positon should have his own land and house!. Through wearing down the congregation with his complaints he got the house!.
Candle sticks,!. he was unhappy with the cheap putar ones on display and demand godl candle sticks!. Which the congregation had to pay for!. He also complained that he had to pay for his own wood for the fire, and his pay was not sufficient with his standing!.
They saw him as a hypocrite!.
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The putnames beleive the land is there, due to Mr Putnams father willing it to him in his will!. However it was Corey land to begin with anbd the Putnams had no legal right to take or will land that was not theres to begin with!.
19!.
tight-skinned, eager-eyed intellectual!. It seems that Miller wanted to put actoss someone who knew his stuff, esp in the area of witchcraft!. He was a dry, humour less man ,with not much of a backbone as he was unable to stand up to Abigail when she knew she was lying or the other towns people!.
He also felt pride that he was called on to look into such important matters, it would have done him well in the intellicualtal circles!.
21!. Hale speaks with Tituba after Abigail accuse her of leading the girls astay, he forces questions out of her, which forces her to lie along with the girls to save her own hide!.To escape anoteher beating she falsly accused Osbourne and Good!.
The siginifcance is she lit the spark which started the hyseria by accusing 2 other woman!.
Tituba was very smart she saw that Putname wanted certain woman named, so she went along with him making it seem like they were there
Sarah Good, Sarah Osbourn and Bridget Bishop are the three i can think of off the top of my head!. there were others though
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By whom: are tituba, Abigail and the other girls
How: to not get the blame Abigail and the others name people in salem who are wtiches, they tend to name the downcasts and immoral people!. Uopn hearing that Tituba named Osbourn and Good, the girls also name them!. Adding 3 witness against these woman!.
The motivation is fear they dont want to get i trouble so they throw the blame at other people!.
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