1. Questions
1.1. 5.How many times is the word lie, mentioned in act 3. Do include different word forms and synonyms or lie. Create a tally.
1.1.1. Answer: 32
1.2. 6. In Act 3, Who is actually lying and who is telling the truth? Give one example.
1.2.1. Answer:John Proctor is telling the truth, and Abigail Williams and the girls are lying. Thomas Putnam is lying when they asked if he asked his daughter to cry witchery. John is telling the truth when he admitted to adultery with Abigail. Abigail and the girls pretend to see spirits to avoid telling the truth.
1.3. 7. A crucible is a ceramic or metal container in which metals or other substances may be melted or subjected to very high temperatures. a. In act 3, who is creating the high temperature and who is being melted away? The high temperature is being created by judge, and the person who is being melted away is Abigail Williams. b. What happens when a person(s) is being pressured or subjected to high temperatures? The people in the text try to avoid the question as much as possible and then most likely, they lie to get out of trouble. c. Are there any characters in act 3 that have not melted? I think that Giles Corey has not melted under pressure because of the fact that he didn't give up any names to protect himself.
1.3.1. Answer: In act 3, John Proctor is creating the high temperature and Reverend Hale is being melted away.When a person is under pressure and heated up he or she will blow up as in letting everything out and bursting out in anger. We think Abigail Williams is not being melted away.
2. What do all of these words have in common?
2.1. Answer: Avoiding to tell the truth.
3. Vocab
3.1. Pretense
3.1.1. Definition: an attempt to make something that is not the case appear true.
3.1.2. Synonyms:putting on an act, faking.
3.1.3. Sentence: "But if she speak true, I bid you now drop your guile and confess your pretense, for a quick confession will go easier with you."(102).
3.2. Deceive
3.2.1. Definition: to mislead by a false appearance or statement; delude.
3.2.2. Synonyms: Lie & Untruthful.
3.2.3. Sentence: "I have until this moment not the slightest reason to suspect that the children may be deceiving me." (91).
3.3. Concealment
3.3.1. Definition: The action of hiding something or preventing it from being known.
3.3.2. Synonyms: Disguise & Cover-up
3.3.3. Sentence: "We burn a hot fire here; it melts down all concealment(89)."
3.4. Guile
3.4.1. Definition : sly or cunning intelligence.
3.4.2. Synonyms: trickery, artfulness
3.4.3. Sentence : "But if she speak true, I bid you now drop your guile and confess your pretense, for a quick confession will go easier with you"(102).