Favortie Presentation

-After watching the presentations today, which one was your favorite? Why?

-How do you think your Crucible Project turned out? What could you improve on for next time?

My favorite presentation was Mailei, Cindy, Irving, and Rahel's project. I like how they compared Abigail to modern day teenage girls. I thought that was really creative and funny. They also had good examples from the story.

I think my Crucible Project turned out really good. We had good examples of the story and the videos turned out to be good. One thing that I could have improved on would be to not say umm so much in the video.

Crucible Test

13 Ways of Looking at The Crucible

1

In 1692 Puritans in Salem only cared about their name

When something threatened that they’d do anything to prevent it

It all started with one little lie that destroyed the whole town

2

Abigail Williams was the ring leader

She had committed adultery with John Proctor and wanted him all to herself

And she would do anything to get him all to herself

3

She was caught dancing in the woods and wanted to cover up her name

The girls in the town didn’t want to get punished so they started telling lies

Reverend Hale was called to deal with this witchcraft

4

Reverend Hale came to Salem in search of witchcraft

He originally planted the idea of witches in Abigail's head

Once he realized this he quit the jury and tried to save the innocent people

5

One by one innocent people in the town were blamed for witchcraft

The trials got out of hand

The girls would pretend to see spirits to get the court to believe them

6

Puritan beliefs made the girls fear getting in trouble

They didn’t want to get their name blackened because of what they had done

These girls caused innocent people to die

7

John Proctor was a well respected man in the town

He had strong beliefs and it was important for him to keep a good name

That all changed when the town found out that he had committed adultery

8

Elizabeth Proctor was his wife

She was cold and uncaring in the beginning

But as the novel goes on she starts to show her sensitive side

9

She knew her husband had committed adultery

But when asked in court she denied it

This shows she really cared for him and didn’t want blacken his name

10

When told to confess so Proctor wouldn’t get hanged he couldn’t

They wanted to hang his confession on the church door

But to keep his name good for his future generations he ripped up the confession

11

He had finally forgave himself for the sins he had committed

Elizabeth was ok with him being hanged because she knew he finally had goodness

Proctor died an innocent man but kept his dignity and pride

12

Giles Corey accused his wife of reading strange books

Then he later he tells the court that Thomas Putnam is a liar

He wouldn’t confess who told him this and dies with rocks crushing him

Corey died and innocent man but also kept his dignity like Proctor

13

Abigail flees the town making her look guilty

She ended up killing many innocent people because of her own desires

Since she could manipulate people and was a good actress everyone fell for her tricks

If she would have just confessed this whole situation wouldn’t have gotten out of hand

Reflection

Reflect on the class so far. What have you learned about American Literature? What do the books have in common? How are they different? What have you learned about writing? What are some of the things you would still like to learn?

Read the posts of three other students. Write three comments.

This class is pretty cool! I feel like I've learned how to write a little bit better and how to not just to summarize the story but to analyze the story instead. I still want to become a better writer and to learn how to analyze the story better. The two books we read during the summer were alike because the main characters had similarities in their backgrounds. Those two were different from The Crucible because it was based mainly on religion.

Arthur Miller's Quote

"Most of us do not have the choices we think we have. We are responsible for our behavior, but men don't have limitless choices. Given our characters, maybe fewer choices than we think."

-Arthur Miller

Do you agree or disagree with this idea? Free write about it.

I disagree with this statement because I think that we can do whatever we want to if we put our mind to it. We're not limited to choices just because of our character. As we get older our attitude and character can change as we learn new things. So I think that if you really want to do something that might be out of character then you'll be able to.