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Between ACC English Students
From: An ACC English Student
Hey
Abby. I heard you were the scribe
today. What’d we do?
Oct
7, 4:34 pm
Hey! Well some students were late to class today
due to a Physics test, but we all showed up eventually. Then, Lauren gave her fantastic scribe notes
in Spanish. After this, Mrs. Gill made
me aware I was scribing. Soon Mrs. Gill
told us we had no homework and claimed she was becoming “soft”. After that, somehow the class got on the
subject of reading in class. Mrs. Gill
said that if she were to catch a student reading a book for fun she would just
brush it off. If it were another textbook
she’d be pretty mad though.
To:
An ACC English Student
Sent:
Oct 7, 5:19 pm
From: An ACC English Student
Oh
okay cool! What else happened?
Oct
7, 5:21 pm
Well
then we finished The Crucible. We left off at a really long speech given by
Hale. I read Rebecca, Kayla was
Elizabeth, Max was Hale, Danforth was read by Frankie, Parris was read by Joe,
Herrick was read by Will, and Proctor was read by Tyler.
To:
An ACC English Student
Sent:
Oct 7, 5:28 pm
From: An ACC English Student
What
happened in the play?
Oct
7, 5:29 pm
Hale wanted the men to forgive the prisoners because
they wouldn’t confess. Danforth tell him that this will cause a controversy due
to the accused and the living. Hale warns that the officials are going to start
rebelling. Salem had become chaos.
Everyone started living in fear of being accused of witchcraft, and
there are rumors of revolt. Danforth
hopes that Elizabeth can convince Proctor to admit to wizardry. Elizabeth says
she’ll speak with Proctor but made no promises.
They leave John and Elizabeth.
Elizabeth told Proctor that almost one hundred people have confessed.
She told him that Giles was killed by being pressed to death by large
stones. In order to force him to give a
plea, the court tortured him by pressing him, but he kept refusing, and the weight
eventually crushed him. His last words were “more weight.”
To: An ACC English Student
Sent: Oct 7, 5:45 pm
From: An ACC English Student
Oh, okay thanks!
Sent: Oct 7, 5:50 pm
Wait there’s more!
Proctor asked Elizabeth if she thought that he should confess. He said
that he does not hold out because of religious reasons. After he thought about it, Proctor agrees to
confess. Hathorne and Danforth were happy and the confession had to be written. Proctor wondered why they do this. Danforth
told him that it will be posted on the church door. The men brought Rebecca to
watch Proctor confess. Proctor gave his
confession, and Danforth asked him if he ever saw Rebecca Nurse with the devil.
Proctor said no. Danforth read the other names of the condemned and asked if he
had seen them with the devil. Proctor
again replied no. Proctor hesitated to
sign the confession. He signed his name
but took the sheet from Danforth. Danforth demanded the confession as proof.
Proctor would not allow him to nail the paper with his name on the church door
and tore the confession in two. Herrick
takes the condemned prisoners, including Proctor, to the gallows. Hale and
Parris pleaded with Elizabeth to save Proctor, but she refused.
To: An ACC English Student
Sent: Oct 7, 6:05 pm
From: An ACC English Student
Well that’s interesting!
Anything else?
Sent: Oct 7, 6:13 pm
Well, then there’s the epilogue! Not long afterward, Parris is voted out of
office, leaves Salem, and was never heard from again. There were rumors that
Abigail became a prostitute in Boston. Elizabeth remarried a few years after
her husband’s death. The
excommunications of the dead are taken away. The farms of these people remained
unoccupied for years.
To: An ACC English Student
Sent: Oct 7, 6:20 pm
From: An ACC English Student
Awesome. Did
anything funny happen today?
Sent: Oct 7, 6:24 pm
Yeah! Mrs. Gill’s
phone kept going off. The first time it
rang, she thought it was her daughter.
The second call was from her kids at home so she kind of began to worry.
To: An ACC English Student
Sent: Oct 7, 6:28 pm
From: An ACC English Student
That’s funny. So
anything else about the play?
Sent: Oct 7, 6:31 pm
Mrs. Gill told us who she thought were static and dynamic
characters. She thought the static
characters were Reverend Parris, Abigail, Mary, and Danforth. Parris was always about himself, Abigail was
always slightly insane and blaming others for things she caused, Mary always
seemed like a coward and a follower, and Danforth was always set on court
rules, not ever considering anything beyond that. The dynamic characters were Proctor, Hale,
and Elizabeth. Proctor finally forgives
himself, Hale learns that he is not always right, and Elizabeth admits that the
affair was partially her fault.
To: An ACC English Student
Sent: Oct 7, 6:40 pm
From: An ACC English Student
Was there talk of a movie showing of The Crucible on Sunday?
Sent: Oct 7, 6:42 pm
Yes! She moved it
to Monday though, at noon. There will be
popcorn, pizza, and drinks!
To: An ACC English Student
Sent: Oct 7, 6:43 pm
From: An ACC English Student
Thank you Abby!
Sent: Oct 7, 6:44 pm
You’re welcome. See you Tuesday!
To: An ACC English Student
Sent: Oct 7, 6:46 pm
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