**ATTENTION 1st/2nd AP/1102: WKEND HW RDG/JOURNAL QU's DUE COMPLETED MON. 2/11**

1st/2nd AP LANG/ENG 1102

HW DUE MON. 2/12 

**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 checked out in class Friday 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, typed/printed/LABELED J#15, 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 2/12 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?