Tuesday, Oct. 17 Agenda

*Bell Ringer: Finish A2 56/58-81

*Focus Points: Trial, Motivations, Hysteria, Empowerment

*Focus Points Discussion and more:

*What happened with Abigail and the doll? Did Mary know what Abby was going to do? What makes you say this?

*Discuss John’s comments on pg 77: What does he mean, what does this show about him? Discuss all parts, translate every part (write it down)

*Pontius Pilate? Why?

*Pg 79 Hale’s speech interpretation (write it down)

*What about what Hale said affected John most? Why? What does he think about himself?

*Re-read John’s last lines in A2 (pg 80-81)- Interpret what he means by that. (write it)

*Talk about what you’ve seen as examples of different focus points

*Act 2 quiz (tomorrow)

*Homework:

*Scene 2 (pg 148) –read on own –done by tomorrow

*in WN: What was the author’s purpose in writing the scene (Act 2 Scene 2)? Why has this scene been cut out of basically all performances of The Crucible? What do readers/viewers gain from the possible addition of the scene, what do they lose/why is it unnecessary? Need min. two full paragraphs.  Give multiple reasons.