Miller, writes Palmer, “is asking questions about what happens to us when we are afraid.” But while that’s true, Palmer believes the 1953 American classic is really about something much deeper, much rawer than McCarthyism or even its other obvious themes of extremism, religious tyranny, or mob mentality. Rebecca Nurse is being charged with murder.In school, many of us learned that Arthur Miller’s The Crucible is “an allegorical lens through which Miller examines the nature of McCarthy’s Red Scare” via a tragedy set during the 1692 Salem witch trials, writes Bag & Baggage Productions artistic director Scott Palmer in his program notes to the company’s new production. What is Miller’s purpose in this scene? (Rising action-things are getting worse.What does Proctor confess? Do you think this will make a difference? Why or why not?.(He forgets the one that is always on his mind because he committed it.) Explain the irony of Proctor’s forgotten commandment.What does Hale ask Proctor to do and why?.What is the significance of the golden candlesticks?.Explain the disagreement between the Proctors and Hale on p.What news does Hale reveal that shocks the Proctors? Why is this so shocking?.How do the Proctors greet Hale? What does this show of their public character versus private?.What themes arise in both the McCarthyism of the 1950s and the Salem Witch Trials of the 1690s?.“At the height of McCarthyism, Ethel and Julius Rosenberg were executed for supposedly handing over American nuclear secrets to the Soviets.” In this sentence, the word “supposedly” serves what purpose?.According to the third paragraph, what is McCarthyism?.What does Elizabeth suspect is Abigail’s motive?.What is Elizabeth suggesting John do on p.What shocking news does Mary Warren give John and Elizabeth at the end of last night’s reading, and what does she mean by it?.Does John Proctor believe Mary Warren when she says Sarah Good is a witch?.Mary Warren brings a lot of news to John and Elizabeth Proctor.
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