English "The Crucible" Act 1 Flashcards

effect on plot: after Tituba is forced to confess, Abigail jumps in and starts accusing others. Reverend Parris - correct answer main motivation: to keep his reputation clean; to retain his position as Reverend of Salem. main conflict: he is not well liked; has many enemies. personality: self-serving, selfish, arrogant. effect on plot: responsible for calling Hale to Salem; was not honest about events, hoping to save his reputation. John Proctor - correct answer main motivation: to get beyond his guilt; to keep his marriage from falling apart. main conflict: his affair with Abigail. personality: strong, driven, guilty. effect on plot: the driving force behind Abigail's malice and vengeance. Thomas Putnam - correct answer main motivation: to gain as much land and property as possible; to keep order by pointing the finger at others. main conflict: not well-liked, not trusted by the community; daughter he believes has been touched by witchcraft. personality: rude, arrogant, selfish, self-centered. effect on plot: jumps to accusations of witchcraft. Reverend John Hale - correct answer main motivation: to seek and convict witches in Salem. main conflict: getting to the truth. personality: calm, focused, generally stable, educated. effect on plot: seeks out / interviews accusers; tries to get down to the truth of what is happening in Salem. Tituba - correct answer main motivation: to stay out of trouble. main conflict: first to be accused; people want to place the blame on her. personality: concerned, easily influenced. effect on plot: claims she is guilty after pressure and threats; names Sarah Good and Sarah Osburn. Giles Corey - correct answer main motivation: to keep Parris and Putnam honest; to keep order. main conflict: not very well respected since he is old; considered a joke. personality: witty, strong, wise, vacillates. effect on plot: supports John against Parris and Putnam; acts as a mediator. abomination - correct answer object of extreme dislike, hate; noun conjured - correct answer appeal to, summon, implore; verb contention - correct answer competition; noun deference - correct answer respectful submission or yielding to the judgement; noun prodigious - correct answer remarkably great in extent, size, or degree; adj. innate - correct answer existing in one from birth, inborn; adj. paradox - correct answer a statement or proposition that seems self contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth; noun licentious - correct answer unprincipled in sexual matters; adj. vindictive - correct answer showing/ having strong desire for revenge; adj. manifestation - correct answer an event/ action that shows or embodies something else; noun Goody Osborn, Goody Good - correct answer The two people that Tituba accused Reverend Hale - correct answer The person Reverend Parris sent for Mercy Lewis - correct answer The Putnam's servant Mary Warren - correct answer The Proctor's servant