**ATTENTION 1st/2nd AP/1102 LONG WKEND RDG/JOURNAL Qu's HW DUE COMPLETED BY CLASS MON. 2/6**

1st/2nd AP LANG/ENG 1102

HW DUE MON. 2/6 

**FIRST: Make sure you've all read the following introductory parts/sections in Arthur Miller's play The Crucible:

• "A NOTE ON THE HISTORICAL ACCURACY OF THIS PLAY" (short first page)

• ACT ONE: An Overture (**NOTE: READ JUST 'An Overture'--ends at the BOTTOM OF pp. 7 **OR** TOP OF pp. 8 with "..and did burst out in general revenge.")
• **AGAIN, in BOTH the paperback copy most of you received in class Thursday and the linked PDF version below (and on the Classroom, you'll be reading through EITHER the bottom of pp. 7 OR the top of pp. 8!!!

•  **LINK HERE TO THE PDF FULL TEXT OF THE CRUCIBLE if you were absent to get a copy (*this is the SAME TEXT AS THE PAPERBACK COPIES)**

**NEXT: on POST-ITS and/or PAPER/TYPED UP ANSWER AS JOURNAL #15 the following five (5) qu's while/after you read (NOTE: post-its, paper notes, pg. # references, jotting down the answer(s) for each is fine, so long as you have THOROUGH responses & GIVE ME YOUR BEST EFFORT); these qu's will guide our PLAY INTRO DISCUSSION MONDAY 2/6 and beyond in class!

ACT ONE, AN OVERTURE Qu's TO ANSWER for J#15:

• FIRST THING, look up the definitionS (<< there are several) of CRUCIBLE and be ready share and connect these to this play, even considering what little (or much!) you may know now about its context.

• Describe with the text and your own words Reverend Parris' beliefs about himself (spiritual, moral, societal, etc.)

• After reading pp. 3-4 of the Overture, describe what seems to be most important to the townspeople of Salem. What text evidence validates your assessment?

• What is a THEOCRACY, and why did the town of Salem essentially create one?

• Based on the final pages (pp. 7-8) of the Overture, why were so many people accusing others of witchcraft? In other words, what were the accusers' motives?