The Crucible- Act Three

Giles enters the court and interrupts it by saying he has evidence that that the girls have been lying. he is immediately taken out of the court then Mr. Proctor arrives with Mary Warren in attempt to make the judge hear his "evidence" against the girls. He makes Mary tell the judge how they never saw spirits and that they were just pretending. The judge seems surprised but he begins to question Mr. Proctor as Parris begins to say things that go against Proctor.

Danforth: "You are in all respect a Gospel Christian?"
Proctor: "I am, sir."
Parris: "Such a Christian that will not come to church but once in a month!" (pg84)

Proctor has "no love for Mr. Parris" and through this it is evident that Reverend Parris has no love for Proctor. While the judge is attempting to get to the conclusion of whether or not he will listen to the evidence Proctor says he has, Parris continues to interrupt. He makes the judge not really want to listen to Proctor nor believe him.

Level Questions: 
How do you think Proctor finally made Mary go with him to the court to declare that the entire time they were just pretending?


Is Mr. Proctors "evidence" enough to free his wife and the rest of the accused? 

The Crucible- Act Two

After the accusations that the girls made, they started up the court in which the people would be asked to confess that they participated in witchcraft or they would be hung. The girls continued to accuse many others among the people accused was Elizabeth Proctor, who was accused of trying to kill Abigail by using a doll and stabbing it with a needle.

Mary Warren: "She'll kill me for sayin' that! Abby'll charge lechery on you, Mr. Proctor!"
Proctor: "She told you!"
Mary Warren: "I have known it, sir. She'll ruin you with it, I know she will."

Cheever and others have warrants of arresting accused people and taking them back to Salem. He arrives to Proctor's house and take Elizabeth. he tells them what she has been accused of and takes the doll Mary made as "evidence" of her witchcraft against Abby.
John Proctor tries to stop them from taking his wife but is unsuccessful at it. He tells her he will go to Salem to bring her back home. After they leave with Elizabeth Proctor demands Marry to go with him to the court and prove Elizabeth innocent by accusing Abigail of all her lies. Mary refuses which shows how much power Abigail really has over her and how she's scared.

Level Question:
What do you think Proctor will do to prove that Abigail is lying? Is there really any evidence that can be used against Abigail other than the other girls, since they seem to be scared to ever go against her.

The Crucible - end of act one

My 1st blog pot was intended for all  of act one................

The girls still continue to hide their secret and for their own sake and for the sake of Reverend Parris. They decide to blame other people in the town of being "witches".

Abigail: "I saw Goody Hawkins with the Devil!"
Betty: "I saw Goody Bibber with the Devil!"
Abigail: "I saw Goody Booth with the Devil!"

The girls begin to act weird and scared and begin to yell out that they saw certain people with the devil. They accuse others of being witches so that the attention will go towards those people instead of them. In a way it shows how much control Abigail has over the other girls and how she would put others in danger just to make sure she is protected and found completely incapable of doing witchcraft.

Level Question: What might the girls have against those specific people that they accused of being with the Devil?

The Crucible Act One

      In Act One of the Crucible we are introduced to many character with conflicts. The focus goes towards Betty Parris, Reverend Parris’ daughter, who “is lying on the bed, inert.” The doctor can’t seem to find whats wrong with Betty, therefore people begin to say whatever is wrong with her must have something to do with witchcraft. The Reverend refuses to have that said since he has plenty of “enemies” and it would not be good for there to be such corruptness in his home. He questions his niece, Abigail about what it is that Betty and her were doing in the Forest. She claims that they only danced but there is more to what really happened in the forest and Abigail insists for it to remain a secret.

Abigail: “Listen, now; if they be questioning us, tell them we danced--- I told him as much already.” (Pg17)

Abigail tells Mercy that her uncle knows that she danced in the forest with Betty and warns her to not tell about anything else that happens. She doesn’t want it to be known that they did in fact do “witchcraft.”

Abigail had drank blood in hopes of killing John Proctor’s wife.

Question:  Why would Mercy, Ruth, Mary, Tituba, and Betty help Abigail with the “witchcraft” to try to kill Goody Proctor?

last part of the book

Precis:

 Near the end of Stiff, Mary Roach talks about canibalism. She tells stories such as one about two brothers whom worked together in taking human meat to a restraunt and serving it as dumplings. She also talks about the options people have for what should be done with their dead body. She goes on to talk about how cadavers can also be turned into fertalizer. She continues to use anecdotes while explaining by using facts and examples of how cadavers can help earth itself. Finally, she decides to give her opinions and talks about her wanting to become a lemon tree after death. During this last section she talks about the dead persons family being harmed about the idea of their loved ones cadavers being used for science, research, art, and so on. She says that a person can choose what they want to have done with their cadaver but they must also think about the effect it will have on loved ones because ultimately they are the ones that stay behind and suffer. She encourages people to donate their bodies to help in some way and she does so by telling the facts and what really happens with the bodies. She basically doesn’t leave the audience with much doubt about what happens to a body if they donate it to a school or even if they go for cremation and get turned into fertilizer. Her writing style makes her book comfortable enough to get through and still wishing there was more.

Tone: euphemistic, optomistic, passive

Vocabulary:

1.      Feat: noteworthy or extraordinary act or achievement, usually displaying boldness, skill

2.      Pagan:one of a people or community observing a polytheistic religion as the ancient Romans and Greeks; an irreligious person

3.      Atrophy: (n.) a wasting away of the body or of an organ or part, as from defective nutrition or never damage.

4.      Delirium: (n.) a more or less teporary disorder of the mental faculties, as in fevers, disturbances of consciouness, or intoxication, characterized by restlessness, excitement, delusions, hallucinations  

5.      Entity: (n.)something that has a real existence

Rhetorical Strategies:

Personification: “ive enjoyed hanging around rooms doing nothing much, and look, I get to do it after I die.”(pg281)

Rhetorical questions: “Is there a more economical way to dispose of the body? A more environmentally friendly way? Could something useful be done with the remains?” (pg251)

Humor: “I will include a biographical note in my file for the students who dissect me (you can do this), so they can look down at my dilapidated hull and say, “hey, check this. I got that woman who wrote a book about cadavers.” And if there’s any way I can arrange it, I’ll make the thing wink.” (pg 292)

 Questions:

1.      Why did Mary Roach feel the need to include canibalism in her book? Why scare the reader with the thought of humans eating other humans?

2.      Why do something out of the ordinary with a cadaver instead of the easy, traditional burial?

3.      Why does Mary Roach feel her husband should be the one to decide what happens to her body when she passes away if in most cases the family choosed to go by the deceased wished?

Quote: “My reasons boil down to a Harvard Brain Bank donor wallet card, which enables me to say “I’m going to Harvard” and not be lying. You do not need brains to go to the Harvard Brain Bank, only a brain” (pg284)

CH. 5- 9

Precis:

            In Mary Roach’s non-fiction book, Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers, Roach continues to talk about different ways a human cadaver could be used. She also begins to talk about past research experiments and includes historical events and facts. She continues to do so by using anecdotes and she includes imagery in order tohelp the reader be pulled into the book even more. She goes from a dog having two heads to researchers trying to find the exact position in which Jesus was crucified. She includes a bit of religion in this part of her book and despite her beliefs she talks about othersbelieves in a very repectful and careful manner. She conveys her own opinions while still ecouraging the audience to keep their own opinions. In this particular section, Mary Roach really shows the importance of the usage of human cadavers in research that helps living human beings. She talks about cadavers giving more accurate outcomes than animals would. She includes footnotes in everysingle chapter in order to add levity to the topic. They are asides that give further information of the specifics she is talking about while including jokes in order to remove tension for the reader.

Tone:

Respectful, informative, satirical

Vocabulary:

1.      Ballistics: (n.) the science or study of the motion of projectiles, as bullets, shells, or bombs

2.      Osteonecrosis: (n.)death of bone tissue that may result from infection, as in osteomyelitis, or deprivation of blood supply, as in fracture, dislocation

3.      Ersatz: (n.) an artificial substance or article used to replace something natural or genuine

4.      Exasperation: provacation, irritation, extreme annoyance

5.      Gruff: (adj.) low and harsh

6.      Psychoanalytic: (n.)  a systematic structure of theories concerning the relation of conscious and unconscious psychological process

Rhetorical Strategies:

Rhetorical questions: “does that mean I would let someone blow up my dead foot to help save the feet of NATO land mine clearers?” “and would I let someone shoot my dead face wth nonlethal projectile to help prevent accidental fatalities?” “What woulnt I let someone do to my remains?”(pg153)

Personification: “the gelatin sits on he table, soaking up the sunshine, basking beneath the calm, blue Tenesse skies…..this block won’t be bothering anyone anytime soon.”(pg141)

Analogy: “The things that happen to the dead in labs and Ors are like gossip passed behind one’s back. They are not felt or known and so they cause no pain” (pg170)

Questions:

1.      1.Would cadavers really be effective as dummies for car accidents, since during a crash humans have body movements so the impact would be much different?

2.     2. Two- headed dog??? Why try to invent such a species?

3.     3. Isnt it disrespectful to use cadavers for testing weapons? Should this be legal?

Quote:  “If someone cares to think it through, it isnt hard to come to the conclusion that someone in a lab coat will, at the very least, be cutting your eyeball out of your head”(pg147)

"The Scarlet Letter"- Week 3

Quote:

“Here is a child of three years old, and she cannot tell who made her! Without question, she is equally in the dark as to her soul, its present depravity, and future destiny! Methinks, gentlemen, we need inquire no further.”(103)

Explanation:

I found this Passage to be very interesting because it is really harsh! The Govenor says this after Pearl's "shocking" response, but what do they expect she is being treated bad because of a "sin" her mother did, not her. she has all the right to feel bad and of course confused, especially since she is just an innocent child that is being judged simply because no one knows who her father is. What the Govenor tries to do by saying this is make the people really believe that Pearl needs to be atken away from hester.


Questions:
1)Why is Pearl called the "scarlet vision"?
2)Would it be better if Pearl was raised with other people?....keep in mind that she probably wouldnt be as descriminated against as she is now.
3)Does the scene where the slave thinks Hester is good because of her letter have any importance in the novel itself?....Would the story change a little if that wasnt included?