Crucible Portfolio Part 2: Act 2

Literary Term
Internal Conflict- A problem or struggle within the mind of the character, causes suspense and drama for the audience.

"And I say, “'You lie, Devil, you lie!”' And then he come one stormy night to me, and he say, “'Look! 
I have white people belong to me.”' And I look, and there was Goody Good" (Miller, 51) 
In this scene, Miller uses Internal conflict to show what Tituba is thinking and bring suspense. While yes, she is saying this out loud to other characters, it is a ongoing conflict in her head on whether she should tell the truth about not being a witch, or make up a lie like this to save her life. If she tells what she was really doing, the society will think she is lying and hang her. This internal conflict Tituba has will be a a big decision for her on whether she lives or dies. In this text she is claiming the Devil told her this information when really she has never communicated with him.

Quotation Elation 

"It is her dearest hope, I know it. There be a thousand names; why does she call mine? There be a certain danger in calling such a name—I am no Goody Good that sleeps in ditches, nor Osburn, drunk and half-witted. She’d dare not call out such a farmer’s wife but there be monstrous profit in it. She thinks to take my place, John" (Miller 1274)

This quote has a significant meaning to this Act.  Abigail wants to take Elizabeth's place as Proctors go to girl. So to get rid of Elizabeth, when Abigail was confessing what she saw she throws Elizabeth under the bus claiming she does witchcraft. Since during these times, if you were accused of witchcraft, you don't have much defense, Abigail made a smart move on her part. Now it leaves you wondering whether Proctor will defend Elizabeth, or instead maybe have a new lover. It will be interesting to see if Proctor changes his mind or holds his ground.

Characters

 Elizabeth Proctor
She is John Proctors wife. Since the begging of the play we see she is a loyal and trustful wife always trying to think the best. As this act goes on she begins to lose trust in Proctor due to the things she notices going on between him and Abigail. Elizabeth is always honest and has a good outlook on stuff, until somebody starts to annoy her constantly like Abigail.


 Purpose: Elizabeth helps create drama between Proctor and Abigail. This brings suspense into the play to test John Proctors character. If Elizabeth wasn't present then it really would matter what Proctor did, and he would stick to Abigail without any problems. Now that she is being accused of witchcraft we will see what happens. 
Outcome: Proctor will need to choose who to side with and how he will approach it. He will go on many trials along with his wife to see if she had actually been doing witchcraft!

Crucible Portfolio Entry 1: Act 1

IA)Conflict- A problem or resistance the protagonist of the story finds in trying to achieve his aims or dreams.
Hale: "You most certainty do, and you will free it from her now! When did you compact with the devil?" (1260) 

IB) A conflict has come up when Tituba has been accused of compacting with the devil. After Betty fell ill, the town declared it due to a witch. When Abigail feels like she will get in trouble for dancing in the forest(a sin in her religion/community) she points her fingers at Tituba. This is a key point in the play. Tituba is threatened to be whipped to death if she doesn't confess. The other added this conflict so that the Priest, Parris, of the town has to decide whats right to do. This conflict give more action and excitement to the story. Now Hale decides to use Tituba to see the Devils plan instead of executing her.

II) Abigail: "Why, I am sure it is. There be no blush about my name."
Reverend Parris is talking to Abigail about her name in the village. Ever since Betty fell ill the whole town is stirring. Abigail, who live in the same house of Reverend Parris, the towns priest, was saw dancing in the forest which is against all the rules in the town, and considered a sin. Since she lives in the same house as the Reverend, his reputation could take a great hit(negative) from this if people were to find out Abigail had some involvement in this. Abigail is pleading that she hasn't done anything bad in the woods and that her name along with her family's will stay without blush(clean).

III) John Proctor- He is tall, attractive, fit, upright, and honest. John is important to the story because the whole town looks up to him. Everyone knows he is a good man and that they can trust him. I am not sure of his outcome since we have only finished act 1, but his outcome looks as if he will be the towns hero. At the end of act 1, John has been to the town to check out the accusations of people being a witch, and run into Abigail where he got into a argument with her.

Blog post 7: Values

It is better to die for what you believe in rather than to lie to save your life. This is a question that questions every persons own values differently. My answer to the question is that its better to lie to save your life then die for what you believe in. You can always ask for forgiveness or say something and not mean it. That's completely understandable. If for example Muslims are terrorizing a Christan with his life telling him to say what "the actual truth is", then saying Islamic faith is the right one is what I would do. I am going to say something that people wanna hear to save my own life. Dying and losing your one and only life if not worth it. You can always say one thing and be completely against it just to satisfy somebody else ears. Losing your life over something you believe in is not really worth it. You can always make it seem like you don't believe in something while you really do believe it to save your life.

Blog 5: Topic for Junior exit

1. Should college athletes get paid.
2. College athletes should be paid.
3. I picked this because I love to play sports and don't want to have to pay to go to college and play sports. Also, its a good subject with many different responses form people.
4. I can use the internet to find information on the subject. I can talk to friends of mine that are college athletes and get their opinion on it. I could also go to a library and find out who decided and why that college athletes shouldn't get paid and see why they choose that.
5.  

• Being a college athlete is a full time job
• The school is paid for from student athletes work on the field/court
• People pay to watch the students performance, so the students should be paid for it.

Blog Post #4

     The sermon, "Sinners in the Hand of God",  exhibited that the whole world was born sinners until they accepted Christ as their lord and savior. If you committed sins or did not comply with what the bible stated, you would be sent to hell and burned up by the flames. They believed that everybody was already predestined by Gods will. If when you were born you knew you were going to hell, there was nothing you could do to change that. In today's value system I can see some similarities. People believe if you live by what the bible says you are going to heaven, and if you cannot live by the bible you will most likely go to hell. I think the proper name for these people are Mormons. The differences I see now are that the tone of speech is a lot different when a sermon or message is being taught. The harsh tone back then was to scare people into doing what was right. If I was to deliver a similar speech, I would have made it so I could check the audiences position with questions that would have them thinking about what was being said. I also would have most likely used a more gracious tone of speech.