Samuel Parris, the town’s reverend, found the girls dancing in the forest.Betty Parris is stricken with a disease that Dr.Mary Warren- She is seventeen, a subservient, naïve, lonely girl.Thomas Putnam- “a well-to-do, hard-handed landowner near fifty” who dislikes Reverend Paris.Ann Putnam- “She is a twisted soul of forty-five, a death-ridden woman, haunted by dreams.”.Abigail Williams- Cousin of Betty, currently living with the Parris’s, 17 yrs old.Betty Parris- Daughter of Reverend Parris, 10 yrs old.His daughter Betty, aged 10, is asleep in it. As the curtain rises we see Parris on his knees, beside a bed. SETTING: A bedroom in Reverend Samuel Parris’ house, Salem, Massachusetts, in the Spring of the year, 1692.Which do you prefer most: freedom or order? Why? What is the consequence of taking them to the extremes? Must be at least four sentences?.

The association of extreme heat with extremely challenging experiences can be found in many other expressions, such as trial by fire.Short Answer Question: Act 1 What reasons does John Proctor have for no longer attending church? How have others affected his view of religion? REMEMBER TO USE THE A.R.C. Crucible is usually applied to a situation that tests a person’s character and perhaps changes them forever. However, crucible has been used to mean “a severe test” since the 1600s. The figurative use of crucible is closely associated with Miller’s play, which uses the Salem Witch Trials of the late 1690s as a metaphor for the persecution of supposed Communist sympathizers in the United States (known as McCarthyism) that was happening around the time the play was written.

During the American gold rush, makeshift crucibles were used to process gold. In the Middle Ages, when the practice of alchemy was turning into chemistry, early scientists used different forms of crucibles to perform experiments with metals.

The first part of the word may be based on the root cruci-, meaning “cross-shaped” (as in crucifix), but it’s not known for sure.Ĭrucibles have been used for at least hundreds of years. It comes from the Medieval Latin crucibulum, which meant “pot used for melting metals” or “night lamp,” but its ultimate origin is uncertain. Crucible is first recorded in English in the 1400s.

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