Friday, September 17, 2010

Crucible study guide [v5 - Google Docs

Crucible study guide

10. One of Miller's most powerful devices in this play is his use of irony. Irony is a contrast or discrepancy between expectation and reality. In verbal irony a writer or speaker says one thing , but really means the opposite. In situational irony, what actually happens is the opposite of what is expected or appropriate. In dramatic irony, the audience or the reader is aware of something important that the character does not know. Explain how each of the following is an example of verbal, situational, or dramatic irony:

a. John's warning to Elizabeth at the beginning of the act, "Pray now for a fair summer."

b. Mary's gift of a poppet to Elizabeth

c. Proctor's reliance, early in this act , on the good offices of Ezekiel Cheever

d. The one Commandment out of ten that John Proctor can't remember

e. Proctor's statement toward the end about Abigail, "Good, Then her saintliness is done with."

f. Hale's statement about Parris , "The man's ordained, therefore the light of God is in him."

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