- How is each character affected by, or responsive to the themes in the play?
- The nature of the characters and how their actions are affected by them. Are they hypocrites? (Parris is supposed to preach simple values, whereas he lectures over and over about golden candlesticks.) Are they honorable? (Giles being pressed to death for his silence.)
- Think about the settings of the play- physical setting temporal(time) setting, theological/societal setting(better understand the puritans!)
- Think about the relationships between the characters, and how their actions are affected by them.
Puritanism(1600's) + Witchcraft(The Salem Witch Trials) + McCarthyism + Arthur Miller
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