SAC 2 English : Reading and Comparing Texts (copy)

For VCE English Unit 4 comparing the texts 'The Dressmaker' and 'The Crucible.'

The Dressmaker Author

• Rosalie Ham

The Crucible Author

• Arthur Miller

The Dressmaker Key Details

• Dungatar

• Small Country Town

• Tilly is the main Protagonist of the novel.

• Set in the 1950’s

The Crucible Key Details

• Salem, Massachusetts.

• Small rural town, surrounding by dense bushland

• Abigail is the main protagonist in the play.

• Set in the 1690’s

• Historical Relevance (Witchcraft Trials)

The Dressmaker Key Moments

• Tilly returning to Dungatar

• Teddy McSwineys’ Death

• The Play (Hamlet) by the Dungatar Social Committee)

• Evan Pettymans Death

• The inspector arriving into Dungatar after numerous deaths

• Tilly Burns down the town and flees.

The Crucible Key Moments

• Parris finding the girls in the bush

• Reverend Hale coming to town to investigate witchcraft..

• Abigail blames people of witchcraft

Big Idea: Physical and Social Setting

The Dressmaker:

• Rural town

• Dry climate

• Small community town

• Not religious no church

The Crucible:

• Rural community

• Luscious green community

• Based on the coast

• Puritan Society, the church rules the community

Big Idea: Social Status

The Dressmaker:

• Evan Pettyman being the councillor

• Tilly being an outsider

• Molly being an outsider

• Males taking control over females.

The Crucible:

• All reverends were male

• Abigail blamed Tituba for witchery

• Tituba was of different ethnicity and was a slave in the community.

• Females were not listened to.

Big Idea: Violence

The Dressmaker:

• Tilly destroys the town

• Stuart Pettyman Ramming Tilly like a bull

• The teacher bullying Tilly

The Crucible:

• A Christian community committing hangings ‘Thy shall not kill’

• Males whipping females