Abomination
Something detestable; something despised
Calumny
False charges calculated to damage another's reputation; slander
Incubi
Evil masculine spirits that come to women while women sleep
Magistrates
Local officials
Succubi
Evil female spirits that come to men while men sleep
Theocracy
Government by divine guidance
List some good things about the puritans
They believed that they could make an impact, tight knit, believed in a cause, hard working, disciplined, dedicated
List some bad things about the puritans
View point on females was low, no time for enjoyment, took religion too far, judgmental/intolerant (HYPOCRITICAL), took out vengeance on someone else through witchcraft punishment
Who is Betty Parris?
Reverends Parris' daughter
She and Abigail were in the forest and now she is sick
She is 10
Who is Paris?
He is the reverends
Father of Betty
He isn't well liked in the town
In his mid 40s
Who is Abigail?
Reverend Parris niece
She is 17
Loves her family
Orphan
One of the girls in the forest
Let go by mrs. Proctor
Hardheaded
Who is tituba?
Reverend Parris slave from Barbados
Cares for Betty
Chanting and singing over the pot in the forest
How does goody Putnam move the plot along?
She says that Betty isn't sick and that it's the devils touch and tells about how her own daughter Ruth is sick. She is ready to look for supernatural causes for this
Why is Thomas putnam bitter?
His brother in law, James bayley was rejected as minister
In his fathers will be didn't get as much as he brother
Felt he was intellectually superior to the other people around him
How does Abigail's story of what happened in the forest differ from what she reveals in her conversation with mercy, Mary warren and Betty?
Abigail tells the adults that they just danced in the forest but in reality Abigail drank blood (drank a charm to kill John proctors wife- goody proctor) and mercy ran naked through the woods. They also participated in chanting and dancing with tituba
What is the history of John and Abigail's relationship
They had an affair
What is John and Abigail's relationship when proctor comes to see what's happening with Betty?
Abby is hurt but has not given up
John said 'I would rather cut off my hand before I touched you'
What does arthur miller believe accounts for the continued belief in the devil or demonic forces?
Their organized religion- some principals food so there mist be some evil- polarity
Government- deems things as good and some as evil
Why does tituba confess to Reverend Hale?
Abigail is accusing Tituba of witchcraft. So to save her life she confesses
Why does tituba come up with the names of goody good and goody Osborn as the two women she saw consorting with the devil?
They were poor
Not faithful church goers
Low social status
They were easy targets
Why do Abigail and Betty finally join in with titubas accusations?
So that they don't get in trouble. It makes them important