Act 4 worksheet
Read pages 114 (“good morning, Excellency)-123 (Parris goes
out) with or four or five others.
Large parts: Danforth, Parris, Hale, Narrator
Small parts: Herrick, Cheever, Hathorne, Elizabeth
Proctor, Goody Proctor and Goody Nurse are all soon to be
hung. Does that mean they have or
haven’t confessed to witchcraft?
Hathorne says that Parris, “has a mad look these days.” What is Parris doing that makes Hathorne say
this?
Why might he be acting this way?
What did Abigail do?
How does this affect the Salem Witch trials?
P. 117 they discuss news from Andover. What is the important news from Andover and how does it
affect Salem ?
Why does Parris say that it is so important that they get
Proctor, Goody Proctor or Goody Nurse to confess to witchcraft?
Why won’t Danforth postpone the executions?
Although not directly stated in the play, there is a simple
explanation for cattle wandering the streets, orphans wandering from house to
house and rotting crops everywhere. What
is it?
Again we have a character (this time it is Hale) using vivid
imagery to get his point across. P. 121
“I come to do the Devil’s work. I come
to counsel Christians they should belie themselves (they should lie). There is blood on my head! Can you not see the blood on my head!!”
What does Hale mean when he says that he is counseling
Christians to lie?
What does he mean when he says “There is blood on my head!”?
Explain how Hale’s belief has changed over the course of
this trial.
What do Hale and the others want Elizabeth to do?
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