Crucible  49 Terms "Crucible-pretense (skip ingratiate and reckon)
"menacingly" to "penitence" for vocab test next time.

Crucible. Finish and finish movie.
Questions:
1. Rank the following people from "best" person to "worst."
Hale, Danforth, John Proctor, Thomas Putnam, Parris, Abigail, Rebecca.
Write 2 sentences for each explaining why you place them where you do on the continuum. 
2. In what ways is "The Crucible" an appropriate title for this play?

Crucible:a vessel in which substances are heated to high temperatures and impurities rise to the surface;  a severe trial or test. To answer these questions, you must find three specific examples (with page numbers).

3. John Proctor is the hero of the story. In what ways does he change and become a better person?
Find three examples with page references.

The McCarthy hearings and The Crucible
In the film The Majestic, Jim Carey plays the part of a Hollywood screenwriter who was accused of being a communist. Watch this moving speech that he delivers. It is similar to Proctor's speech.
The Majestic, HUAC hearing