1. Please view the following clips from the 1996 film version of The Crucible and select one that you would like to write about. Underneath each is the page number that it can be found in the play, along with a brief description.
2. Respond to the clip by answering the following question:
What does the passage mean? Focus on individual words and/or phrases. How does it serve to develop or enlarge the character or characters speaking it? Please focus on the text and not so much on the film-related aspects of the scene.
Your response should be no more than three sentences. Please indicate which clip you've chosen (#1, 2, etc). Keep in mind that some clips skip or omit a few words or phrases, but overall the scenes retain most if not all of the text.
The deadline for this assignment is Friday, 11/18/11 at 11 PM
1.) This is the scene in which Abigail talks to the other girls about what happened in the woods. (Top of pg. 20)
2.) This combines Hale's two speeches on pgs. 38 and 39.
3.) This is Proctor's speech after ripping up the arrest warrant. (pg. 77)
4.) Danforth's "Invisible Crime" speech on pg. 100.
5.) Proctor and Elizabeth's scene. (pg. 136)
6.) Proctor "Name" speech (pg. 143)
Hale's speech on pg 38 and 39 reveals that Hale truly believes in witches which causes him to be part of the witch hunt. Yet, his honest belief also results in him being a fair judge and when people try to take advantage of the witch trials, he stands against it. His justice and calmness is seen when Hale says, "Now let me instruct you. We cannot look to superstition in this" (pg.38) which shows how he accepts that problems are not always caused by witchcraft.
ReplyDelete5) Proctor considers untruthfully pleading guilty to the charges of witchery, therefore he consults his wife and asks her if she would forgive him for his sins. She proceeds to tell him that the most important thing is that he "forgive[s] [him]self" becuase it is "not [her] soul" it "is [his]". The best and most important thing Proctor should do at this point is tell the truth and stick to his morals, which he does, and it saves the community in return
ReplyDelete6.) In this clip, Proctor shows his iron will and dedication to standing by his principles by refusing to sign the document of his confession to the false accusation which was placed upon him. Proctor does not want his name and reputation to be tarnished and would rather die than live a man convicted of a crime he did not commit. He is an innocent man and wants to be remembered by future generations as one.
ReplyDelete1. In this passage Abigale shows what a vile person she is by threatening to bring a pointy reckoning to shutter them. She reinforces her words by telling them that she has experienced worse and is not above harming them.By doing this Abigale instills a great amount of fear in the girls which gives her immense control over their actions.
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ReplyDeleteIn this passage, Abigail is intimidating the other girls out of telling anyone what transpired in the woods by threatening them. When Abigail says the she "can make you [the girls] wish that you [the girls] had never seen the sun go down" (20) she is saying that if anyone dares to say anything more than what has already come out (Tituba conjuring Ruth Putnam's dead sisters) then she will make them pay. This speech highlights the evil in Abigail and sheds light on the idea that Abigail is potentially the antagonist of this play.
This passage of when Abigail is screaming at the girls on the top of pg.20 shows that the girls are hiding something and that there is more to their story then they are confessing. this passage shows how Abigail is the guilty one, the one who is behind all of this, and how she is threatening all of them. When Abigail says "Now Look You. All of You. We Danced." This Shows how Abigail is the one who is in control and how they are all guilty and Abigail wont let them confess.
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ReplyDeletethe passage would be John Proctor was a man with honesty and integrity, he would not let his name leave him. In this scene, John used the phrase "leave me my name!" a lot times, meaning that he would not let no more dishonesty to destroy his reputation. This scene had leave John a character of intrepid, that he does not fear the power of the Judge and was very brave to face his death.
6) In this speech, it tells the readers that Proctor cares greatly about his "name" and he cares deeply about the fact that he is lying about being a witch and "[giving his] soul". Proctor broke down in this passage because he doesn't want to lie rather he wants to stay true to his morals and save the goodness of the community in the midst of all the commotion. By Proctor not wanting to give his name it shows that there is a little dignity left in him and shows that he is knows that he is nothing and not "worth the dust on the feet of them to hang".
ReplyDelete6) Although Proctor found it easy to lie and admit to being involved in witchcraft, in refusing to sign his name, Proctor reveals the importance of his name in the town. His speech also means that by signing the confession would be to change his name into a common one. This line develops Procter by showing how that his name, to him, means more than his soul. He doesn't want his actions to influence the way that people will invariably treat his children in the future.
ReplyDelete1) In the passage we learn Abigail is an individual who likes to posses others in order to cover herself from situations that will bring her trouble. She does this by frighting the young girls and saying if they open their mouth about the event, she herself will "shudder" them. (p.20)Her attitude towards them implies she wants to be secure and not get caught because if she does at any point,Abigail knows the outcomes will not be pleasant.
ReplyDelete3) This passage shows how Proctor has developed throughout the novel from, what he perceived himself as, a hypocrite and sinner to a man that stands up for his wife and beliefs. He accuses Abigail and the other girls of taking "vengeance" just because they are holding the "keys to the kingdom" (77). Proctor opines that the accuser is not always right and/or "as clean as God's fingers" (77).
ReplyDelete(1) This passage focuses on Abigail's threatening speech to the other girls, when she warns them about the consequences that she will enforce if they confess what they actually did in the forest together. The speech gives the reader/audience a basis for Abigail's character, in that they can begin to see how manipulating and convincing she actually is. Later on in The Crucible, Abigail persuades the court to arrest and hang many innocent townspeople by acting as though their spirits and souls terrorize her, and her friends follow along.
ReplyDelete6) Proctor's speech on page 143 shows the value of having a name that does not carry shame with it. Although Proctor is willing to falsely confess to witchcraft in order to save his own life, he understands that "[he] [is] not worth the dust on the feet of them that hang[ed]" (Miller 143). Despite his desire to live, Proctor would not be willing to live with a name that would be recognized as that of a coward who was unwilling to die for what he believed in.
ReplyDeleteProcters "name speech" is an extremely compeling speech because it shows that no matter if you confess or not, your life will still be ruined by the accusations of being a witch. Proctor begs Danforth to not tarnish his name by making him sign a confession, because his name is all he has left and losing his name and reputation in the town is worse than dying. One "cannot have another [name] in [a] life" and "How may [one] live without [a] name?" (pg 143)
ReplyDeleteJohn Proctor is ready to not give himself up. Although he originally decided he was going to give himself up he decides to not confess because he decides to follow his true conscience. All he has left is his name and he doesn't want to confess and stay alive if that means he will lose his name and what it stands for. "I have given you my soul, leave me my name," he cries out!
ReplyDelete1) Abigail's sudden violent threat of "com[ing] in the black of some terrible night and... bring[ing]a pointy reckoning" to the other girls is completely different towards her tone of innocence towards Parris earlier. (20)She informs that this violence was caused by seeing "Indians smash [her] dear parent's heads", revealing that her loss and trauma caused such vengeance and brokenness within her mind (20). By saying, "and that is all", she commands the girls to completely deny what happened in the woods, suggesting that this vengeful anger is suppressed deep within her personality and has only quickly been exposed through her fear of getting caught.
ReplyDelete6) On Pg.143, Proctor gives a speech which shows that whether he confesses falsely or not to save himself from the accusations of being the witchcraft, he will still end up in a possession where he will end up dying. In this passge, Proctor confesses falsely about being in involved with the witchcraft, however in refusing to sign his name for the confession by begging Danforth, The passage develops Proctor by having Proctor reveal the value of his name to the public for that is all he has left in him. He is willing to confess in order to save his own life, however, he knows that he is not worth of staying alive as for he is known as a coward in the town.
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