The Crucible Swapping Protagonists Project Character Tracker After we read each act of The Crucible, complete this tracker for your chosen SPP character by answering the questions in the boxes provided. My SPP Character: Abigail Williams Act III What three adjectives would you use to describe your character? 1. Untrustworthy 2. Rude 3. Selfish Find a piece of evidence from the play to support each of your adjectives above (make sure to cite the evidence using MLA formatting). 1. “But God made my face; you cannot want to tear my face. Envy is a deadly sin, Mary” (652). 2. “She is a cold, sniveling woman, and you bend to her!” (578). 3. “She made me do it! She made Betty do it!” (592). What do you think your character’s crisis moment/climactic decision is? (If you think you haven’t seen it yet, say so.) Why do you think this? I think Abigail’s climactic decision was when she was accused of witchcraft and had to either accept that she was involved in it or accuse others of her mistake. She chose to accuse Tituba and other women of witchcraft. This was an extensive display of her character early on in the play. Abigail, also in the court, is accused by Mary Warren but she denies the accusations. Overall, Abigail blames others to get out of trouble and avoid punishment. Act III Review and Evidence Collection At the beginning of Act III, what “hard evidence” do Giles Corey and Francis Nurse provide that the girls are frauds? (Write a direct quotation and cite the page number.) “Excellency, he claims hard evidence for his wife’s defense. I think that in all justice you must--” (631). What appears to happen to Abigail and the other girls after they are accused by Mary Warren of pretending? (Explain in your own words.) Abigail pretends to see Mary Warren’s spirit in the form of a bird, and the other girls follow her lead. Abigail begs Mary Warren not to hurt her and repeats what she says. Abigail is trying to avoid trouble and not be hurt because witchcraft has a very extreme punishment. Find one example of dramatic irony and one example of verbal irony in Act III and use them to complete the chart below. Example (quotation) Page # Type of Irony (dramatic or verbal) Explanation (for dramatic irony explain what the effect of the irony is; for verbal irony explain what the character actually means and why they use sarcasm in that moment) “My husband-- is a goodly man, sir.” 650 Dramatic Elizabeth doesn’t know that John Proctor has confessed to having an affair with Abigail Williams. Not knowing this, she lies to help protect him and make sure he avoids trouble. This is Dramatic Irony because the audience knows something she, the character doesn’t. “Their good opinion!” 636 Verbal Parris says this in response to Danforth, but it is sarcasm because he doesn’t actually think his opinion is “good”, he just says this when he actually thinks the opposite.
