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by Arthur Miller

The Crucible is a fictional retelling of events in American history surrounding the Salem Witch Trials of the seventeenth century. Yet, is as much a product of the time in which Arthur Miller wrote it - the early 1950s - as it is description of Puritan society. The Salem witch trials took place from…

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abigail told parris she no longer worked goody proctor because ?
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why does reverend parris send for reverend hale?
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why does parris exhibit uneasiness in the beginning of act 1?
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who does tituba accuse of witch craft?
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why did abigal and betty start shouting out the names of the people who might be accocitated with witch craft
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who is the person the devil sent tituba to kill?
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what kind of people does the devil want acording to rev. hale
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ann putnam sent her doughter to tituba for what reason?
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when rev. hale summons tituba how does abigal react?
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what does john proctor think of rev. hale?
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what were the daughters in some european town doing at night
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what is the problem between proctor in putnam
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what is the mood at the beginning of act two? why?
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Last updated by: Aslan on May 14, 2012 9:34 AM
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when his daughter goes in a coma,Parris refuses to believe that she has been bewithch because he thinks what
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why was mary warrens testimoney destroyed in the crucible
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describe elizabeths attitude toward her husband provide textual support for your view
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Last updated by: Aslan on Apr 29, 2012 7:40 PM
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after talking to parris about 'hurtful,vengeful spirits layin hands on these children," putnam asks his wife to tell parris what she has done. what does she say.
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After talking to parris about "hurtful, vengeful spirits Layin Honda on these children," Putnam asks his wife to tell parris what she has done . What does she say
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what reason did mary give to elizabeth for going to salem
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in the middle of act two, when reverend hale appears at the proctor home, he tells them that he has some buisness with them. what is his buisness with them? why has he come by?
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Last updated by: jill d #170087 on Apr 25, 2012 8:09 PM
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what did abigail say to proctor when he was in her uncle's house that elizabeth wants ezekiel cheever to hear
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when john proctor arrives in betty's room, he looks at the unconscious betty and asks abigail to expain "this mischief here."what explanation does abigail give him for betty's condition
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what does mary say that stops proctor's hand from wipping her
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what does john promise to buy elizabeth if the crops are good.
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at the end of act one, when reverend hale questions tituba about her having seen the devil, how many people does she tell him she saw with the devil.
Posted by ally h #245703
Last updated by: Aslan on Apr 25, 2012 7:44 PM
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