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  1. What fuels a mob? Page 58 Background: Visualize a mob of people rampaging through the streets, whipped into a frenzy by hysteria. The fear, anger, and panic produced by hysteria can make otherwise reasonable people do irrational things. In The Crucible, for example, the hysteria created by the Salem witch trials makes neighbor turn against neighbor. Quickwrite: What makes people act as a mob? What are some of the results of mob action? Think about news reports or historical accounts of mobs that you’ve come across. Discuss what caused these mobs to form and how they behaved.

  2. Objective • By the end of this class, you should be able to: • Analyze an author’s structure by complete a mini quiz for Act 1 of The Crucible.

  3. Essential Question What structure does the author use to set up the play?

  4. Author Profile: Arthur Miller Page 59 Early Life Personal Drama Arthur Miller Later Life

  5. Drama Notes Page 60 Drama Stage directions Dialogue Types of characters Plot Reflection:

  6. Cast of Characters Parris: Hale: Betty: Francis Nurse: Tituba: Cheever: Abigail: Marshall Herrick: Proctor: Hathorne: Mrs. Proctor: Martha Corey: Susanna: Danforth: Mrs. Putnam: Sarah Good: Putnam: Mercy: Mary Warren: Rebecca Nurse: Giles Corey:

  7. Act 1 Mini Quiz 1.) Reverend Parris’s main concern about his niece Abigail is that A. she is eating all of the food in the house B. her actions will reflect badly on him C. she pays little attention to Betty D. her previous employer has fired her 2.) Further increasing the conflict in the plot of the drama is Thomas Putnam’s A. curiosity over Abigail’s murky reputation B. suspicion that Rebecca Nurse killed his children C. special consideration for his wife’s feelings D. insistence that witchcraft exists in Salem

  8. Act 1 Mini Quiz 3.) What problem in Salem encourages the people to turn against each other? A. Wood for building new houses and cooking is scarce. B. The town does not have enough books for everyone to read. C. The children are not welcome to listen to the preaching in church. D. Some people are quick to take offense and sue others in court. 4.) What does Rebecca Nurse say will cure the girls’ apparent illnesses? A. Reverend Hale casting out the loose spirits B. the girls admitting their actions in the forest C. the girls tiring of their silly behavior D. Doctor Griggs’s special medicine

  9. Act 1 Mini Quiz 5.) What conclusion can you draw about Hale from the following lines of dialogue? Hale. . . . The Devil is precise; the marks of his presence are definite as stone, and I must tell you all that I shall not proceed unless you are prepared to believe me if I should find no bruise of hell upon her. A. He wants no one to question his authority. B. He expects to find the Devil’s mark on Betty. C. He is unsure of how to proceed. D. He is precise in his education.

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