The Crucible Act 2 Scene 2

In Act II, we see quite a bit going on, and it seems to be the climax of the story. We see Torvald belittle women once again when he says " is it to get about now that the new manager has changed his mind at his wife's bidding." We learn that Torvald expedited Krogstad's dismissal, and thus we see Nora acting really out of sorts as she tries harder and harder to maker sure Torvald never learns her secret- even going as far as to pretend she has no clue how to do the Tarantella to stop Torvald from reading the letter that Krogstad left. Finally, the Act leaves us with Nora stating "Thirty-One" hours to live- so us as readers are left wanting to know- is she going to commit suicide? Will Krogstad kill her? Or is it hypothetical- that she believes

Dylan Miller Chapters 1-4 study guide Chapter 1 Vocab 1. B 2. A 3. D 4. B 5.

Scene 1 Jon - “Peyton we gotta get back to the Lander, the Android sounded worried.” Payton - “What's wrong?” Jon - “Garrett did you get that?”

In chapter 38, Viola reads a letter to Todd written by his mother before she died. Even though Todd’s mom was already dead, I think Viola gave his mom a voice again by reading the letter. As Todd listened, he said he felt as if his whole world transformed into one made up of his mother. This letter taught both Todd and Viola a lot about each other as well as the history of New World (the planet they live on). Back when Todd’s mother was still alive, she wrote about disagreeing with Aaron’s ideas and preaches, implying that he was an extremist from the beginning and that he might have been trying to take power over New World. She wrote, “We’ve been lucky to have him, tho I must admit of late he’s not been saying things I exactly agree with

Betty wakes up screaming, and argument about witchcraft breaks out. An unrelated argument between Proctor, Parris, Giles Corey, and Thomas Putnam starts over land rights. Hale interviews Abigail, and requests to talk to Tituba, who admits that she saw the Devil. Next, Abigail confesses, revealing that she also saw the Devil, but she tries to repent. Betty wakes up and together, she and Abigail name the people they have seen with the

It sets the beginning scene of the story containing a crowd of people in front of a heavy wooden oak door. The building is a prison and outside the wall is a rosebush that represents a symbol of nature's kindness to the condemned, or relief in unrelenting sorrow and gloom.

When Mrs. Putnam is introduced for the first time, she is described as “a twisted soul of forty-five, a death-ridden woman, haunted by dreams”, which is not precisely what you would call an emboldening description. Through her aperture lines, we can facilely optically discern that Mrs. Putnam is a very manipulative and assertive woman, who believes in witchcraft, as she instantly believes that Betty’s quandary has been caused by witchcraft. As far as Mr. Putnam is concerned, albeit his introductive description states “a well-to-do, hard-handed landowner, near fifty”, it does not tell us much about him. However, his description in page 22, he is called “vindictive”, instantly revealing more about his

Miller made the right decision in removing Act 2 Scene 2 as it would have distracted the reader from the larger purpose of power and hysteria in the play and have instead introduced a new conflict of genuine insanity. In the deleted scene, a different side of Abigail is shown, one that is delusional and seems to care for Proctor. In a wishfully disturbing manner, Abigail promises to Proctor that, “I will make you such a wife when the world is white again… From yourself I will save you”, and repeatedly states her belief that her purpose was to “scrub the world clean” of all the hypocrites and eventually be rewarded with Proctor as a husband. This caring and desperate side of Abigail contradicts the selfish and manipulative persona that is seen

When Act II Scene III first started, it was all good vibes. Everyone was laughing and extremely happy. Ruth was excited to move into the new house so she can run herself a nice, warm bath. Then, Walter and Ruth went out on a date to the movies for the first time in awhile. After that, Walter and Travis got Mama a gift each to show their appreciation towards her, “It is the first present in her life without its being Christmas” (Hansberry 123) so it meant a lot to Mama. Walter also came home with a large package. But towards the end of the scene, everyone’s mood switches up to become intensely upsetting. First Linder came over basically telling them to get out and that they are not wanted, although it did not greatly affect them, this is what

The Red Scare provides many ideas of witchcraft, as well as rumors or non-real statements. Rumors play a big part in any matter. Including in The Crucible, which is based on the Red Scare.

Elizabeth sits by the window. Her chair is turned away from the rising sun. She sits still.

Not only is she black but she’s a woman so in the 1950s the whole world was against her. “I know―because that’s what it says in all the novels that men write. But it isn’t. Go ahead and laugh―but I’m not interested in being someone’s little episode in America[...] (page 64)” Beneatha is a feminist and a resilient character but every male figure in her life treats her dream like a joke and a phase. She is belittled by her own brother who tells her to just be a nurse. She is belittled by George Murchinson her boyfriend who tells her that she’s too pretty for thoughts and that her dream is just a girlish fantasy. Even Asagai treats her as lower to himself. But Beneatha has dreams. After seeing a child named Rufus get his face split open and thinking he’d never be put back together, she saw him later all fixed up by doctors. This was a life changing moment. From then on Beneatha wanted to be a doctor and she is working as hard as she can to get there. This money is crucial for Beneatha. In order to become a doctor she needs to go to medical school but in order to go to medical school she needs money. Half of the insurance money was supposed to go towards her college education but instead her brother lost it

In the novel, she is portrayed as independent and in charge, she does what she wants to. Her dream, which is emphasized greatly during the storyline, is to cure people. To be able to do this, she aspires to attend medical school to become a doctor. During the 1950’s, the African-American community was heavily discriminated against, this time period was a struggle as a result of the racism and segregation. According to the novel, during act three, scene one, Beneatha says, “That was what one person could do for another, fix him up--sew up the problem, make him all right again. That was the most marvelous thing in the world… I wanted to do that. I always thought it was the one concrete thing in the world that a human being could do. Fix up the sick, you know--and make them whole again. This was truly being God” (Hansberry 105). To become a doctor during the 1950’s as an African-American woman was almost seen as impossible. This was part of her envision for her own American dream, but the segregation, sexism, and racism held Beneatha back. Not only that, but money also influenced her dream to become a

This chapter is about more of the funeral. It starts by Henrik leaving for an unknown reason. Kirsti went to bed and the other two girls didn’t want to go to bed yet they were exhausted. The peacefulness of the room was disturbed by Nazi soldiers. They were suspicious why the lights were on. Mma describes that they were having a pre funeral gathering. They were asking why the coffin was closed. Mama said that it was because she was very sick when she died so there were a lot of germs, of course she was lying though.Mama got slapped as they said to open it when they leave. Everyone was stunned but had to act normal. Peter started to read something from the bible which was usual at funerals. The part was called number the stars like the title. This went on for a long time until the casket was opened.

In the crucible there has been a character and or characters that were afraid to admit they were wrong. In certain situations I have gone through the same situation before, so I can relate to that. First, with the crucible, Rev. John Hale would be afraid to admit that he was wrong. John Hale is a witch expert from Beverly, he comes to Salem to check out what is going on as far as witchcraft. He thinks he knows everything and is very arrogant about it. He has not seen anything like this before. Things are happening in Salem such as people going into a coma, and people going against each other.