The+Crucible+Vocabulary+and+Important+Terms

//List One – Dramatic Literary Terms//


 * 1) Act – a division within a play, like the chapters of a novel
 * 2) Aside – lines that are spoken by a character directly to the audience
 * 3) Cast – a listing of the characters who appear on the stage
 * 4) Comedy – a humorous work of drama
 * 5) Dialogue – Conversation between two or more characters
 * 6) Drama – a work of literature designed to be preformed in front of an audience
 * 7) Dramatic Irony – when the audience or reader knows something that the characters in the story do not know
 * 8) Foil – a character who is much like another character in class, rank, and background, but has opposite traits which provide a contrast and conflict between the two characters
 * 9) Monologue – a long speech spoken by a character to himself, another character, or to the audience
 * 10) Scene – a division of an act into smaller pieces
 * 11) Stage Directions – italicized comments that identify parts of the setting or the use of props or costumes, give further information about a character, or provide background information
 * 12) Tragedy – a serious work of drama in which the hero suffers catastrophe or serious misfortune, usually because of his/her own actions
 * 13) Tragic hero – a protagonist with a fatal flaw which eventually leads to his/her demise

//List Two – Time Period Vocabulary//

Hearty – well Bid – told Aye – yes Opened – been honest Nay – no Sport – a game Goody – Mrs. Blink – pay no attention to Naught – nothing Mark – listen to; remember Clapped in the stocks – placed in the stocks (a punishment device in which the offender was secured by the hands and feet or head and hands and was left outside to be publicly humiliated or abused) Wintry – unfriendly Charge – accusation or reason Writ – court order Pray – please Incubi and Succubi – (plural form for incubus and succubus) male and female demons, respectively, who were believed to abuse people when they were asleep Irons – iron restraints
 * Act One**

Strip – cut into smaller pieces, disassemble Would – wish; wish to Bewitchin’ – putting a curse on; using magic or other supernatural force against Fraud – lie or person who lies Let you – you should Be – were; are Weighty – important Base – immoral How comes it – why is it Quail – show fear or apprehension Text – pretext; a made-up reason or excuse
 * Act Two**

Broke charity – broke trust; turned against Put-upon – treated badly Ipso facto – because of that very fact Suck a scream – accuse What say you – what do you have to say
 * Act Three**

With child – pregnant Marked – scheduled Bridegroom – groom or male suitor
 * Act Four**

//List Three – Text Vocabulary//

Abomination Conjured Contention Deference Innate Licentious Manifestation Paradox Prodigious Vindictive
 * Act One**

Ameliorate Avid Blasphemy Crone Flailing Indignant Pallor Poppet Vengeance Wily
 * Act Two**

Abundant Auger Deposition Effrontery Gait Imperceptible Incredulously Plaintiff Vestry Wrath
 * Act Three**

Agape Beguile Cleave Disputation Excommunication Gaunt Gibbet Indictment Reprieve Sibilance
 * Act Four**