Crucible Act II Study Cards- Romero
How much time has elapsed between
8 days
Acts one and Two?
What has happened in this time period? many people have been accused and
What role does Abigail play in the
official court has been
proceedings?
established…Abigail is running things…
Describe the relationship between John Tense and strained. John feels guilty
and Elizabeth
and Elizabeth seems like she does not
trust him.
Why does John hesitate in exposing
He has no proof of what she actually
Abigail as a fraud?
said. And she could expose him.
Upon returning from town, Mary
Warren is visibly upset. What, in the
day’s events, may have caused such
distress in Mary?
What does Mary give to Elizabeth?
Why?
Why does the court decide to hang
Goody Osburn but not Sarah Good?
She thinks she was afflicted and local
women will die
a poppet—(small doll) it was a sign of
friendship…. because she knew that
Elizabeth may be charged
Osburn would not confess and Sarah
was pregnant
On what evidence does the court
convict Goody Osborn?
Inability to say her commandments
Describe Mary’s reaction when Proctor
forbids her to return to court . What
news does she share
Who accused Elizabeth of witchcraft?
She is indignant that she saved
Elizabeth’s life by saying she saw no
signs of Elizabeth being a witch
Abigail
What does Abigail stand to gain if
Elizabeth is found guilty of witchcraft?
she wants to “win” John back
Why does Reverend Hale visit the
Proctor household?
to test their character
What “softness: does Reverend Hale
find in the church records regarding the
Proctors? What Explanation does John
give?
When asked to recite the
commandments, John remembers all
but one. What is the significance of the
forgotten commandment:
What are John and Elizabeth’s feelings
on the existence of witches? How does
Reverend Hale react to this?
Why do Giles Corey and Fancis Nurse
arrive at the Proctor house?
They don’t go to church enough times
and their youngest is not baptized.
Procters don’t like Parris as a reverend.
What charge has been brought against
Rebecca Nurse?
she “super naturally” murdered
Putrnam’s babies
On what charge is Martha Corey
arrested?
Who is Ezekiel Cheever? For what
reason does he arrive at the Proctor
Household?
Why is the presence of a poppet in the
Proctor house an important peiace of
evidence?
that she cursed the neighbors pigs
Who watched Mary sew the poppet?
What does this reveal?
Describe Reverend Hale’s reaction to
the evening’s arrest.
adultery --he committed it
They don’t believe it exist and Hale sees
this as doubt in the Bible
to warn Procter of the arrest of their
wives
Clerk of courts.
He came to search the house
the needle in the poppet would show
witchcraft by Elizabeth since Abigal said
Elizabeth sprit pushed a needle in her
belly
Abigale
She framed Elizabeth
He seems upset, shaken