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The Crucible. Act Two. Revision. What has happened so far in Act II?. The Ten Commandments. Where are the ten commandments mentioned in Act Two? Are these commandments followed? When are they broken? List details next to each one. Paradox. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
THE CRUCIBLE
Act Two
REVISION
What has happened so far in Act II?
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
Where are the ten commandments mentioned in
Act Two?
Are these commandments followed?
When are they broken?
List details next to each one.
PARADOX
A statement or proposition that is contradictory in
nature
A paradox is something that appears to be one way
but is the opposite way.
PARADOXES
Why are the following statements paradoxes? Explain one of
them starting with ‘The statement……..is paradoxical
because…’
I never tell the truth
In ‘Nineteen Eighty Four’ by George Orwell he stated that:
"War is peace.""Freedom is slavery.""Ignorance is strength."
PARADOX IN ‘THE CRUCIBLE’
Proctor: ‘We are what we always were in Salem, but now the crazy
children are jangling the keys of the kingdom, and common vengeance
writes the law’.
Mary Warren: ‘I am amazed you do not see what weighty work we do.’
Proctor: ‘It’s strange work for a Christian girl to hang old women!’
What is Proctor suggesting is paradoxical? Write a short paragraph
explaining your ideas.
FROM ACT 1
Abigail: ‘I look for John Proctor that took me from my sleep and
put knowledge in my heart! I never knew what pretence Salem
was, I never knew the lying lessons I was taught by all these
Christian women and their covenanted men!’ pg. 30
Evidence that there are people in the two that can see the
hypocrisy in what is being preached at them and how people live
their lives.
It links to the comments Proctor makes about Parris in Act II
PARADOX IN ‘THE CRUCIBLE’
Explain the 10 commandments and how they are followed
in the town connect to the idea of paradox?
What does this tell us about the nature of the community
and their laws?
Can truth and justice be present in this type of
community?
Answer these questions in a paragraph using evidence
from the play.