https://padlet.com/noshea/h1lm1z5eic78 en-us 2016-07-11 12:34:14 UTC 2016-07-14 14:21:50 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Lightdecrease.png noshea https://padlet.com/noshea/h1lm1z5eic78/wish/116201678 1. Read Arthur Miller's overture (pp.13-17).


2. Look up any new words and create a glossary for yourself.

3. Post a comment explaining something you have learnt from reading the overture.


Do not repeat any points already made by your classmates. ]]> 2016-07-11 12:37:52 UTC https://padlet.com/noshea/h1lm1z5eic78/wish/116201678 https://padlet.com/noshea/h1lm1z5eic78/wish/116254125 The overture explains many practices of the Puritans. One such practice is that of the "two-man patrol" who searched for and questioned anyone who for whatever reason did not attend Church that day. Upon finding these people they would have to answer for themselves in court. This is a conformist and traditional ideal that is held up to and mentioned throughout the play by characters, presenting a basic insight into the severity of Puritan lifestyle.]]> 2016-07-12 07:17:37 UTC https://padlet.com/noshea/h1lm1z5eic78/wish/116254125 edwartb13 https://padlet.com/noshea/h1lm1z5eic78/wish/116330571 2016-07-13 08:09:39 UTC https://padlet.com/noshea/h1lm1z5eic78/wish/116330571 https://padlet.com/noshea/h1lm1z5eic78/wish/116339947 Perverse: Showing a deliberate and obstinate desire to behave in a way that is unreasonable or unacceptable.

I learnt that the lifestyle of the Puritans was a lot harsher than I thought. I learnt that the Puritans did not celebrate any modern day holidays, even Christian ones. If there were any rest days from work, they would be spent in prayer "No man had very much time for fooling around". The only time the schedules of the puritans ever changed was when a new farmhouse was built. A celebration, one much like a party would be held, to "raise the roof."]]> 2016-07-13 11:38:25 UTC https://padlet.com/noshea/h1lm1z5eic78/wish/116339947 https://padlet.com/noshea/h1lm1z5eic78/wish/116401195 A segment of the overture explains how the Puritans' strong beliefs may have proven useful given the challenges they faced as a frontier community. It compares the Puritans in Massachusetts to a group of Englishmen in Virginia who had arrived hoping to trade goods for profit. In their harsh environment the Puritans' strict adherence to religious teachings provided them with discipline, unity and a willingness to endure hardship;

"So their self-denial, their purposefulness, their suspicion of all vain pursuits, their hard-handed justice, were altogether perfect instruments for the conquest of this space so antagonistic to man"

By contrast the traders in Virginia all strove toward their own goals, their selfish nature preventing them from creating a cohesive society, and as a result, 'Virginia destroyed them'. ]]> 2016-07-14 11:03:44 UTC https://padlet.com/noshea/h1lm1z5eic78/wish/116401195 https://padlet.com/noshea/h1lm1z5eic78/wish/116404269 The overture introduces us to Reverend Parris who is said to have "very little good" to say about him. It provides us with the belief that Reverend Parris was not a very popular man in Salem and there are certain people who would benefit from his demise. The overture also portrays the lifestyle experienced by the Puritans as a strict, work filled environment in which every wrong move you made resulted in the entire community turning against you. Arthur Miller illustrates his comparison with the witch trials and the communist hunt in America in the 1950s by commenting on the abuse of power people possessed, as they were able to accuse whoever they had a personal vendetta against. ]]> 2016-07-14 12:29:50 UTC https://padlet.com/noshea/h1lm1z5eic78/wish/116404269 https://padlet.com/noshea/h1lm1z5eic78/wish/116409341 It was learnt that the overture on pg 15 clearly emphasises Thomas Putnam as a person that believes he is "superior" to everyone else in town. It can be assured that the description of his character was subjected as one that seeks revenge due to the rejection of his family's name and honour. Thomas Putnam has clear motifs for revenge as many false accusations "are in the handwriting of Thomas Putnam" which is the trigger of the witch 

(not sure if this is the right overture)


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