November 4

SAT vocabulary list 1 (from another teacher's deck on Quizlet)
Some of you might want to review The Crucible considering that you have a test over the play tomorrow. The test isn't as difficult as some (think Scarlet Letter!), but still . . .
Sparknotes: The Crucible
As you know, Arthur Miller's The Crucible isn't historically accurate. Modern science still has a difficult time explaining exactly what happened to the "bewitched girls," but here are a few theories: What Really Happened in Salem, 1692?

As you know, Miller was writing about the communist witch hunt perpetrated by Joseph McCarthy and others in the early 1950's. Miller himself was accused, as were many of his fellow actors who were blacklisted in Hollywood. In the film The Majestic, Jim Carey portrays a blacklisted actor who stands up for truth in precisely the way that Miller wanted his contemporaries to do.
The Majestic
Here's a 4 minute version, but it's missing the very important final 30 seconds! Oh, and it's in French, so . . . Majestic