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ACT II

A Focus on Some Key Passages


Act of Communion

What do we learn about the Putnam’s relationship from their interaction on page 50-51?


p.52

• What is the state of the trial at this point?

• How do we know this is being taken very seriously


Biblical Allusion – p.52

“Abigail brings the other girls into the court, and where she walks the crowd will part like the sea for Israel”

The allusion is to Moses who parted the seas of Israel for the Israelites to escape from the Pharaoh’s armies. What does this allusion tell us?

• The allusion allows the reader to understand the magnitude of Abigail’s power over the people of Salem.


Read 53-55

“Oh, It is a black mischief” to “when I come into this house!“

• Proctor

• Elizabeth


p.56

• What does Mary bring Elizabeth?• What is the state of the trial at this

point?• Who has confessed? Who has been

sentenced to hang?


Irony

“It’s strange work for a Christian girl to hang old women!” (p.58)

• How is this quote ironic?• Who says it and what is it in reference

to?


p.61

• What does Elizabeth explain to Proctor about the promise made in any bed?

• Why is he so resistant to hearing this?

• Explain what is meant by “monstrous profit”?

• Why is it more dangerous to call out Goody Proctor’s name over someone like Goody Good?


Read 62“When will you know me” to “you know it

well”

• Proctor

• Elizabeth

Do you think Elizabeth is right? Why?Why is Proctor so angry?


P.63

“I know not if you are aware, but your wife’s name is – mentioned in the court.”

• What is meant by “mentioned”?• This is an euphemism: an indirect, less

offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant.


Skim p.64-65• What un-Christian things are we

learning about Proctor?

• What is missing?

• What must be going on in Proctor’s psyche?


P.67

• Which Commandment does Proctor forget?

• This is an example of _______________.

• SO WHAT?! What does this irony show us OR emphasize for us?


P.67

• “Theology, sir, is a fortress; no crack in a fortress may be accounted small.”

• What type of figurative language is being used here?

• SO WHAT?! What does this metaphor tell us about how Hale sees theology?


P.68

• Why is Hale suspicious of Proctor?

• Why does Proctor hold back telling the truth?

• Do you think it would make a difference if Proctor were to tell now?


P.69

• “I have. I – I have indeed. It is his own suspicion, but he resists it.”

• What is meant by “it is his own suspicion”?

• What is happening to Hale?


P.69 (bottom)

• Why is Hale shocked?

• What character trait is keeping Elizabeth and Proctor from just saying what he wants to hear?


P.70• “If you think that I am one, then I

say there are none.”

• How is Elizabeth being blasphemous?

Exodus 22:18 - Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live.

Deuteronomy 18:10 - There shall not be found among you [any one] that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, [or] that useth divination, [or] an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch,

Revelation 21:8 - But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and

idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.


P.71

• What is meant by by “Man, remember, until an hour before the Devil fell, God thought him beautiful in Heaven.”?


What’s in a Name?

Ezekiel Cheever

• Ezekiel Cheever was a real person, and a resident of Salem during the witch trials

Is that all there is to it?

• Did Miller choose this name for another reason?


• Ezekiel was one of God’s prophets in the Old Testament – where God is a vengeful and punishing God.

• Consider “Ezekiel 25:17. "The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he who, in the name of charity and good will, shepherds the weak through the valley of the darkness. For he is truly his brother's keeper and the finder of lost children. And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy my brothers. And you will know I am the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon you."


Read P. 73-81

• Proctor• Cheever• Elizabeth• Hale• Mary• Herrick• Francis• Giles


Vocabulary

1. Skim through the multiple choice questions.• Do NOT worry about answers

2. Highlight any word that you aren’t sure of or that may cause you trouble.

3. Share your words with the class – we will discuss them before you tackle the questions.


Multiple Choice1. Select your answers independently2. Compare your answers with a group

• Does everyone agree?• Explain your thinking.

3. Discuss each question and agree on an answer

4. Share your answer with the class

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