Remake of Per 5: The Crucible: Big Ideas by Michael Bouzolin https://padlet.com/22mbouzolin/nf7mee0fksyuk0xe Create a post to add an answer. Add evidence from the text in the comments. en-us 2020-12-01 18:07:05 UTC 2025-12-05 21:44:51 UTC hello@padlet.com "Witch Hunts" 22mbouzolin https://padlet.com/22mbouzolin/nf7mee0fksyuk0xe/wish/976869861 The term "witch hunt" is thrown around whenever people say they are being unfairly accused of something.  The Crucible was actually an allegory for McCarthyism that was happening in the 1950s. 

For your response, identify another "Witch Hunt" in history or in the present day and discuss some similarities that it has with The Crucible.]]> 2020-12-01 18:07:05 UTC https://padlet.com/22mbouzolin/nf7mee0fksyuk0xe/wish/976869861 Symbol = Title (The Crucible) 22mbouzolin https://padlet.com/22mbouzolin/nf7mee0fksyuk0xe/wish/976869870 Use the link below to read about what the term crucible means. 

For your response, discuss whether this is an appropriate symbol for what happened during the Salem Witch Trials.]]> 2020-12-01 18:07:05 UTC https://padlet.com/22mbouzolin/nf7mee0fksyuk0xe/wish/976869870 Characteristics of a Tragic Hero 22mbouzolin https://padlet.com/22mbouzolin/nf7mee0fksyuk0xe/wish/976869884 Read the document below, then apply these characteristics to John Proctor to determine whether or not he was a tragic hero.

For you post, choose one characteristic of a tragic hero and explain how John Proctor fits that characteristic.]]> 2020-12-01 18:07:05 UTC https://padlet.com/22mbouzolin/nf7mee0fksyuk0xe/wish/976869884 To be or not to be... 22mbouzolin https://padlet.com/22mbouzolin/nf7mee0fksyuk0xe/wish/976869897 The Crucible ends with John Proctor marching off to a martyr's death. By refusing to lie and confess to witchcraft, he sacrifices his life in the name of truth. At the end of the play, Proctor has in some way regained his goodness.

The last two lines of the play raise interesting questions. It's interesting that, though this is Proctor's story, Miller doesn't give him the last word. Instead, Reverend Hale and Elizabeth Proctor get the honor. Miller writes:

HALE: Woman, plead with him! […] Woman! It is pride, it is vanity. […] Be his helper! What profit him to bleed? Shall the dust praise him? Shall the worms declare his truth? Go to him, take his shame away!

ELIZABETH: […] He have his goodness now. God forbid I take it from him! (IV.207-208)


Hale does have a pretty good point. Though the character of Proctor is often lauded for his integrity, is he really helping his family by dying? His wife, sons, and unborn child will have to make it in the world without him. This is none too easy in the harsh Massachusetts wilderness. His choice of death could also be viewed as a form of suicide, which is forbidden for Christians. His death might also be interpreted as inherently selfish... because he's placing his own self-image above the good of his family.

Was Hale right to say that Proctor should lie and save himself?  Or is Elizabeth right to allow Proctor to lose his life for what he believes is right?  Take a stance and discuss in your response.
]]> 2020-12-01 18:07:05 UTC https://padlet.com/22mbouzolin/nf7mee0fksyuk0xe/wish/976869897 Other than symbolism 22mbouzolin https://padlet.com/22mbouzolin/nf7mee0fksyuk0xe/wish/976869902 In the play, Arthur Miller uses different literary devices to help highlight his theme, build tension, and engage the audience. 

For your response, identify an example of one of the literary terms we researched at the beginning of the year and explain how it is shown in The Crucible (you can summarize or give a quote).  Then, identify the purpose it serves.]]> 2020-12-01 18:07:05 UTC https://padlet.com/22mbouzolin/nf7mee0fksyuk0xe/wish/976869902 Is "The Crucible" an appropriate symbol for what happened during the Salem Witch Trials 22mbouzolin https://padlet.com/22mbouzolin/nf7mee0fksyuk0xe/wish/976883531 The Crucible is in fact an appropriate symbol for what happened during the Salem Witch Trials. During these trials, Salem figuratively turned into a crucible as the town began falling apart while people spiraled into insanity more and more. The people of Salem were accusing each other of what was considered to be a very serious crime back then, Witchcraft. These accusations were made up and had no evidence to back them.]]> 2020-12-01 18:09:44 UTC https://padlet.com/22mbouzolin/nf7mee0fksyuk0xe/wish/976883531 John Proctor is a Tragic Hero 22agerasimopoulos https://padlet.com/22mbouzolin/nf7mee0fksyuk0xe/wish/976890574 John Proctor is a tragic hero because he is like any other person, and he experiences a downfall due to poor choices and judgement. A tragic hero can be described as a normal person that makes poor choices that inevitably backfire in the end, and John Proctor matches that description. He cheated on his wife with Abigail and eventually he admitted to it, but it backfired for him and he was the one who had to pay for it. He was hanged for the mistakes and choices he made, making him a tragic hero.]]> 2020-12-01 18:11:03 UTC https://padlet.com/22mbouzolin/nf7mee0fksyuk0xe/wish/976890574 Why John Proctor is a Hero 22mbouzolin https://padlet.com/22mbouzolin/nf7mee0fksyuk0xe/wish/976950202 John Proctor is a Tragic Hero because he suffered more than he deserved. He was accused of something he did not really do and took the punishment for it which resulted in his death.]]> 2020-12-01 18:22:11 UTC https://padlet.com/22mbouzolin/nf7mee0fksyuk0xe/wish/976950202 22agerasimopoulos https://padlet.com/22mbouzolin/nf7mee0fksyuk0xe/wish/976988072 2020-12-01 18:29:17 UTC https://padlet.com/22mbouzolin/nf7mee0fksyuk0xe/wish/976988072 22agerasimopoulos https://padlet.com/22mbouzolin/nf7mee0fksyuk0xe/wish/976991611 2020-12-01 18:29:59 UTC https://padlet.com/22mbouzolin/nf7mee0fksyuk0xe/wish/976991611 22agerasimopoulos https://padlet.com/22mbouzolin/nf7mee0fksyuk0xe/wish/976995136 2020-12-01 18:30:40 UTC https://padlet.com/22mbouzolin/nf7mee0fksyuk0xe/wish/976995136 22agerasimopoulos https://padlet.com/22mbouzolin/nf7mee0fksyuk0xe/wish/977002581 Imagery is used in the beginning when Reverend Parris wanted to know what Abigail was doing in the woods. He expresses and describes what he saw but Abigail says they were doing something contrary to what he thought. They both paint a picture of what was happening in the woods.]]> 2020-12-01 18:32:06 UTC https://padlet.com/22mbouzolin/nf7mee0fksyuk0xe/wish/977002581 22mbouzolin https://padlet.com/22mbouzolin/nf7mee0fksyuk0xe/wish/977010426 Hale was not right in telling Proctor to lie and save himself because he was probably going to be executed regardless of what he said or his actions. The people of Salem were deluded and could not bring themselves to believing John Proctor]]> 2020-12-01 18:33:36 UTC https://padlet.com/22mbouzolin/nf7mee0fksyuk0xe/wish/977010426 22mbouzolin https://padlet.com/22mbouzolin/nf7mee0fksyuk0xe/wish/977023855 Symbolism is shown in The Crucible because a Crucible is a container used to melt things together in a laboratory and the people of Salem slowly melted apart because as the days passed they were increasingly getting crazier and accusing each other of lies in an effort to try to look innocent themselves.

]]> 2020-12-01 18:36:02 UTC https://padlet.com/22mbouzolin/nf7mee0fksyuk0xe/wish/977023855 22mbouzolin https://padlet.com/22mbouzolin/nf7mee0fksyuk0xe/wish/977040614 An example of a modern day witch hunt is the government vs Edward Snowden. This can be considered a witch hunt because he was a whistleblower and exposed the governments corruption and lies. The result of his heroic actions caused his exile from the United States.]]> 2020-12-01 18:39:10 UTC https://padlet.com/22mbouzolin/nf7mee0fksyuk0xe/wish/977040614