Context (Grade 12 NSC Matric English HL): Flashcards
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Year & place The Crucible is set
Year & place The Crucible is set
1692, Salem, Massachusetts
Theocratic society definition
Theocratic society definition
Church holds power over legal & moral decisions in community
Number arrested in Salem Witch Trials
Number arrested in Salem Witch Trials
Over 150 people
Number executed in Salem Witch Trials
Number executed in Salem Witch Trials
20 individuals
Spectral evidence definition
Spectral evidence definition
Testimony about dreams/visions used as proof of guilt
Year Arthur Miller wrote The Crucible
Year Arthur Miller wrote The Crucible
1953
McCarthyism definition
McCarthyism definition
Campaign to identify & prosecute alleged communists in America
Allegory definition
Allegory definition
Literary technique where one story represents another
Death of a Salesman achievement
Death of a Salesman achievement
Won Pulitzer Prize for Drama (1949)
Arthur Miller's life span
Arthur Miller's life span
1915-2005