The Crucible

Arthur Miller

Threads/Moore

 

Internet Assignment________________________________________

 

Before we delve into the fun filled world of the Puritans in Arthur miller's play about the Salem witch Trials and the Red Scare, we need to get our historical bearings (or in other words, a sense of the setting and events involved in the play).  YOUR ASSIGNMENT:  Using the miracle of the internet, and your favorite search engine (Ms. Moore recommends Google or Yahoo), find information on Salem, Massachusetts and the witch trials of 1692.  When you have found the answers to the questions:

**Type the answers to the questions on a separate piece of paper.

**AND make sure you also type the website on which you found the information.  We always must cite our sources properly.  Just type  the website name in parenthesis (witchtrials.com) next to each answer.  Find the answers and you will be sublimely rewarded…with knowledge!  YES!  I love knowledge!!!!

QUESTIONS:

1.  Make a list of the accused in the Salem Witch Trials.  List their names, gender, age and occupation.

 

2.  What kind of evidence, particularly, was presented in the trials?  Describe this kind of evidence for your answer.

 

3.  Were Elizabeth Parris and Abigail Williams among the accused?

 

4.  A man name Giles Corey was also killed during the trials.  What is different or unique about his case?  How was he executed?  Explain in detail.

 

5.  How were most people executed?

 

6.  What happened to those who confessed to being witches?

 

7.  What is strange or ironic about the fate of those who confessed? 

 

8.  Were there any trials in 1693 or 1694?  What happened during those trials?