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Date
The Crucible Act II
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Text Analysis
Conventions Of Drama: Dialogue
Dialogue is written conversation between two or more characters. In drama, dialogue moves
the plot forward and provides clues about characters’ motives and relationships.
Directions: Read aloud each passage of dialogue from Act Two that is listed in the first
column of the chart below. In the second and third columns, explain how the dialogue moves
the plot forward and what it reveals about the characters.
Dialogue
How It Moves the Plot Forward
What It Reveals About Characters
Exchange among Mary Warren,
Proctor, and Elizabeth in which
Mary reveals Sarah Good’s
confession of witchcraft (lines
224-319)
The Crucible Act II
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Exchange among Mr. Hale,
Proctor, and Elizabeth in which
Proctor tries to recite the
Commandments (lines 546-567)
Exchange between Proctor and
Mary Warren at the end of the
act (lines 968–1006)
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