One should not judge human frailty too harshly.

All people carry the seeds of evil within themselves.

There are no meaningful standards of right and wrong.

Human beings cannot be held responsible for their actions.

When John yells, "I want my life."

When John is asked if he knows anyone else who has compacted with the devil.

When John Proctor’s tear up the confession.

Convincing the judge that he was being honest.

He is afraid to die.

He wants to go home.

He wants his unborn baby to be healthy so he wants to take the place of his wife Elizabeth.

He is going to confess so he can go home and be with his family.

debate or Argument.

remarkably or impressively great in extent, size, or degree.

gallows

Unwilling or unable to believe something.

Beguile

Agape

Prodigious

Sibilance

Incredulous

Prodigious

Disputation

Beguile

True

False

Realism

Allegory

Literary Meaning

Biblical Allusions

Takes the story at its face value.

Invented for the purposes of fiction.

Uses the same characters and story events as stand-ins to tell a second, usually more abstract and elemental story.

References to people, situations, and text from the Bible

Remarkably or impressively great in extent, size, or degree.

The action of harming someone because they have harmed oneself; revenge.

Unwilling or unable to believe something.

A hissing quality of sound, or the hissing sound itself.