TR3.5

Crucible Act One Notes in Class

Huxley Marvit 2021-09-27 Mon 12:00

#flo #inclass


1 The book? at home.

~annotations? right here.

  • all the girls
    • who:
      • mary abigail betty rebeccaNurse
    • different when alone
      • tension: public vs private
    • physical movement
      • very rarely still
    • older woman are more stuckup? ~nico
      • older woman are more idealized
  • nameplay
  • tituba
    • characters treat her badly?
    • typical, middle age slave
      • in her 40s
    • racism, and ageism!
  • rebecca
    • in her 70s!
      • people like her!
    • pillar of society
    • represents the opposite..?
  • spectrum:
    • young girls with withcery
    • old girls with moral centeredness
    • john proctor?
      • religion? wha?

names: they are actual people! so reading into it is hard to do

  • bunch of the girls are servants
    • closer to the devil are servants?
      • slaves to the devil?
        • tie to servitude ~mia
    • power imbalance ~oran

1.1 abigail and john dynamic?

uh..

abigail attacked johns wife, and proctor is angry at himself and abigail ties back to public vs private irl: 11 and 60! wtf! itb: 17 and 35

talking around something

  • what does "touch" mean:
    • physical? souls?
    • "cut off my hand before i reach for you again"
    • spent many nights together
**know** in the olden context
sexual connotations! not good!

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