The Crucible: HONORS written final NAME:

DIRECTIONS: We’ve looked at a number of different aspects during the play: characterization, genre conventions, mood, conflict, symbol, theme, etc. Type your answers directly into this document to demonstrate your ability to analyze the play according to the elements on which we focused.

1. CHARACTERIZATION/SYMBOL/PROPWe’ve talked about a number of genre conventions, like stage directions, dialogue, sounds, props. Choose one of the following characters, and think about a trinket/accessory to accompany that character in a revived staging of the play to in some way reflect something about him/her.

EXAMPLE: The Pirates of the Caribbean movies: Captain Jack Sparrow has a chicken foot hanging off his vest. One might think that he acquired it on his Caribbean travels (like a voodoo item) and thus it represents his adventurous spirit and willingness to embrace danger. EXAMPLE: Annie: the orphaned child wears a locket around her neck. Half of the heart-shaped metal is missing and so serves as a reminder of the parents who left her, offering Annie hope that they will one day return for her. The locket also reveals Annie’s positivity about finding satisfaction in life (“The sun’ll come out, tomorrow…”) as well as her longing to be loved.

So, in a few sentences, identify the character you have selected, the item you’ve thought of, and a piece of direct textual evidence (cited!) to link the item to the character (and what the item reveals about him/her). Be original! (Don’t use an object already noted in the play, like Abby clutching a needle jabbed into her stomach. Also, avoid something like Hale carrying a cross b/c he is a minister; that isn’t honors-level insight.)

John Elizabeth Abby Mary Hale Rebecca Ann PutnamCHARACTE

ROBJECT TEXTUAL EVIDENCE (cited) EXPLANATION

2. MOOD Examine the pages below from Act III when Mary begins to crumble under peer pressure and John calls Abby a whore. As you identify mood, focus on John’s actions/thoughts/feelings. Then, complete the prompts.

MOOD WORD (1 or 2 words) for passage:

EVIDENCE: You can, in the passage above, paste in underline “shapes” for now if you’d like, and then when you print, highlight your evidence.EXPLANATION: Write 2-3 sentences that explain how the evidence you noted in the passage above does indeed work to establish/prove your identified mood.

3. CONFLICTExamine the passage below from Act III as Danforth questions Mary. Then, complete the following chart.

INTERNAL CONFLICT (whose? Over what?)

EVIDENCE: You can, in the passage above, paste in underline “shapes” for now, and then when you print, highlight your evidence in the actual passage.EXPLANATION: Write 2-3 sentences that explain how the evidence you noted in the passage above does indeed work to establish/prove your identified conflict.

4. THEMESelect TWO of the strongest theme statements developed in class (check the boxes below) and complete the chart that follows. In The Crucible by Arthur Miller…

1. those who are willing to sacrifice their lives preserve their dignity2. characters manipulate one another for their own personal gain3. it is demonstrated that even the most righteous are vulnerable to corruption 4. it is demonstrated that even the most righteous are vulnerable to temptation5. characters demonstrate that jealousy often leads to vengeance6. going against conformity could result in punishment

THEME ONE piece of direct textual EVIDENCE from text (be sure to cite)

EXPLANATION in your words (2-3 sentences) of how the evidence illustrates/proves the theme

statement. Be sure to prove all aspects of the theme statement.

Thematic idea and statement

1(Note which

number from above)

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Thematic idea and statement

2 (choose a

second one and note the number from

above)

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