English 11

Over the past few days, we have looked at various elements of The Crucible. Yesterday, we looked at the McCarthy trials and the parallells with the Salem witch trials. We also watched some videos demonstrating the hysteria of the "Red Scare" and nuclear warfare in the 1950's.

Today, we started off with a quiz on Acts 3 and 4. After that, we looked at Aristotle's definition of a 'tragic hero' and discussed how John Proctor could relate to those characteristics. We also discussed the characters' symbolism in the play.  A the end of class, I gave a bit of time to prepare for the in-class essay.

Reminders:

• The Crucible in-class essay: Wednesday, June 10, 2015

First period: Time for preparation
Second period: Essay writing