Fall Final Exam 2006 Review
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- Giles Crey
- died-crushed by large stones and refused to admit to being a witch
- Judge Danforth
- Reputation more important to him than anything; knew his daughters were witches
- Sarah Good
- Thought trial was a joke and laughed when they accused her of being a witch
- Reverend Hale
- expert in witchcraft; came to salem, and new at the end girls wer pretending
- Elizabeth Proctor
- Judges her husand's integrity until she witnesses his incredible morale resolve
- Reverend Parris
- preached that the devil was in Salem and realized if he stopped the trial he would look stupid
- John Proctor
- farmer/landowner;refuses to confess to witchcraft and this becomes a symbol of truth in a hypocritical world
- Mr. Putnam
- tells people they are witches so he could get their land and his estate would grow
- Mrs. Putnam
- She blamed witchcraft for her babies' death(7)
- Tituba
- The slave from Barbados and was forced to confess
- Mary Warren
- She knew people wer making stones up but supported the girls' claims.(accused them but did not want to lose her place in society).
- Abigail Williams
- started the witchcraft hunt becasue she wanted revenge against John Proctor.
- What was Miller's purpose in writing the crucible?
- An allegory to show communism (1950's red scare)
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Mary Rowlandson:
Waht is subjective language and how is it used in this piece? - Emotionally charged language; trying to make us feel bad about her and he rlife.
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Mary Rowlandson:
What was the major event described in Rowlandson's narrative - being kidnapped by native americans
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Mary Rowlandson:
In what ways wer the Native Americans kind to Rowlandson? - They gave her a bible
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Mary Rowlandson:
What got Rowlandosn through her experience - her faith in god; her experiences revealed god's purpose
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Jonathan Edwards:
How does Edwards persuade his audience to listen to his argument? - the fear of burning in hell
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Jonathan Edwards:
How does Edwards portray God in his sermon? - As an 'Angry' God; vengful, evil
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Jonathan Edwards:
who is Edwards referring to when he speaks of the "unconventional presons in this congregration?" - people who do not believe in god
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Benjamin Franklin:
How does franklin rank his virtues? - Master each one, then go down his list
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Bejamin Franklin:
Why did Franklin leave Boston? - To work; to become a printer
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Benjamin Franklin:
What was Franklin's work ethic like? - He wanted to prove himself to be a hard worker
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Benjamin Franklin:
Frankilin's logical and orderly mind reveal him to be a... - member of rationalism
- What is Rationalism?
- A movement in Europe; rely on reason and logic, did not rely on past authority or religion
- Waht did Rationalists believe?
- to think logically
- What is Deism?
- That god is a clockmaker; God created the earth and let us have free will and live on our own
- Is the Declaration of Independence an example of Puritan literature? Why or why not?
- No, because it was logical; puritan literature was not logical at all it was all about god.
- Who is Jefferson's intended audience for the Declaration of Independence?
- The colonists at the time
- What is the mean idea of the Declaration of In dependence?
- To get rid of the government; that we have the right to overthrow that isn't doin us any good
- In plain terms, The Delcaration of Independence can be seen as what?
- a five paragraph essay
- What are the main ideas of Romanticism?
- Value of intuition over reason, love of nature, individual freedom (non conformity)
- What is transcendentalism?
- A belief in human perfectability, little interference with gov., belief in individuality
- Who practiced transcendentalism?
- Emerso and thoreau
- What is Dark Romanticism?
- all about signs and symbols as well as human nature, saw evil in humanity, and believed in the original sin
- Who were the major pracitioners of Dark Romanticism?
- Melville, Hawthorne, and Poe
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Rip Van Winkle:
Where does the story take place? - kaatskill mountains
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Rip van Winkle:
How did Rip and his wife get along - They didn't
- What alternate name did Washington Irving use when he wrote "Rip Van Winkle"
- Deidric Knickerbocker
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Emerson's Self Reliance:
Emerson compared society to what? - a wave
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Emerson's Self Reliance:
What does Emerson believe about being misunderstood? - To be great is to be misunderstood
- Who does Emerson say we should trust?
- Ourselves
- What is conformity? Why did Emerson dislike this idea?
- to be lie everyone else; Emerson did not like being like everybody else.
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Thoreau's Civil disobedience:
Waht does Thoreau think aobut the government? - He thinks the best kind of government is the kind of governemtnt that governs the least.
- Why was Thoreau arrested?
- for not paying his poll taxes