Crucible+Class+Notes


 * //Weekly class notes are due online by 7 am the following Tuesday//**

Week of October 3 - 5
=**10/3/07**= - laws are for saftey -religion is a choice - breaking laws are done on compulsion =**10/5/07**= -came to the new land for religious freedom -ostracized (shunned) non-puritons -hard working -NO days off instead they prayed -FUN = WORK -NO HOLIDAYS -children would not speak unless spoken to -had the choice of either converting or dieing -Puritons thought they worked with the devil -cold -right on water
 * Takes place in Salem, Ma
 * In 1692
 * Government is a Theocracey - led by religion
 * Breaking the law = committing a sin
 * The people are all Puritans
 * Native Americans
 * Weather
 * The bad weather resulted in illnesses and death

Week of October 8 - 12
=**10/10/07**= -unconscious -doctors can't find reason think it is "unnatural things"
 * Betty
 * Parris - STRONGLY believers it's NOT witchcraft
 * Goody means good wife or a good man

=**10/12/07**= -Thomas Putnam's wifes brother-in-law -Thomas Putnam --tries to get revenge --comes from money --oldest son
 * Historical fiction - Fiction based in historical fact
 * Abby tries to turn tables on Paris when he accuses her of witch craft
 * Bayley

Week of 15-19
=**Nurse VS Putnam**= - fought over land ownership - Nurse stopped Bailey (Putnams man) from being minister - Nurse protested against church and Putnams complained - Nurse has 11 kids 26 grandchildren Putnam has 7 dead and 1 dogmatized child

=**John(actually 50)**= -mid thirties -farmer -not easily led -stubborn -dislikes Parris because he is to focused on material goods such as money and fire wood

=Abby(actually 11-12)= -17 orphan -lives with Parris -drank blood to kill goody proctor

=**Dress**= -fully clothed -long draped dark clothes -boys and girls dress the same -boots -girls wore head covers

=**Geography**= -no roads -on water -horse and carriage -no orderly layout

=**Arcitecture**= -houses with stone foundation and wood on top -rolling hills -exposed beams -buildings are all built the same -low ceilings -large fire places -no interior doors =**POWER**= -Money -Intelligence -network -given by others -business -Gender -religious authority -race -money -age -property
 * Now**
 * Back then**

=**Accused**=

-You can lie,and admit to witchcraft then get helped - Or tell the truth, deny witchcraft and get hanged.

=**Elizabeth and John**= -Strained, tense -highly emotional -awkward silence, not comfortable -boring, dull -Elizabeth is mad because John cheated -John is mad because she judges him and she is never happy