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Assignment:
1. Rebecca Nurse is able to quickly calm Betty when others could not comfort the girl. There are two different ways (one good, one not) of viewing Nurse's power here, Explain them both.
2. How many children and grandchildren does Rebecca Nurse have? How many does Ann Putnam have? Explain how people in Salem might view this as the hand of God working in the two women's lives.
3. What reason does John Proctor give for his reluctance to regularly attend church? What is another likely reason he hasn't been attending?
4. Mrs. Putnam says that there are wheels within wheels in this village, and fires within fires!" Explain what she means.
5. In his opening remarks, how does Hale establish his authority?
6. Explain how Tituba is in a no-win situation. How does Tituba defend herself? us about Tituba?
7. Why, do you suppose, Tituba gives the names of Sarah Good and Goody Osburn? What does this move show.
8. How does Hale contribute to the emotional fever of the end of the act, when the girls begin naming individual who were seen with the Devil?