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What are some of the Hallmarks of Realism?

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What are some of the Hallmarks of Realism?

Oppression, war, death

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What are some of the Hallmarks of Naturalism?

  • Nature vs Man (nature wins),

  • The naturalistic view of humans is that they respond to the natural world much like animals, -reacting to natural forces they neither understand nor control,

  • Naturalism embraces sociological and economic determinism,

  • Human beings are often portrayed as victims of destiny or fate

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What are some of the Hallmarks of Regionalism?

dialect, setting, cultural problems

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What are some pieces that best represent this genre?

“Ain’t I A Woman?” “The Yellow Wallpaper” “The Story of an Hour” “Frederick Douglas” “Desiree's Baby"

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What are some pieces that demonstrate the conflict of oppression associated with feminism?

“Ain’t I a women”, “Desiree’s Baby,” “The Yellow Wallpaper,” and “The Story of an Hour”

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What are some pieces that demonstrate the conflict of false reality or imagination that comes with death?

“The Occurence on Owl Creek Bridge” “To Build A Fire”

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what are some themes we can see across all of the Feminism, naturalism, and regionalism pieces we've read?

The effects of gender roles on oppression, power of deceiving appearances, the reality of death is apparent

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In the crucible what major role did Abagail have in the play

She started the whole issue with witches, she blamed a lot of people for witch craft and it got out of hand

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In the crucible what was Abigail's relationship to others?

Rev Parris's niece, had an affair with proctor

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In the crucible what was Rev. Parris relationship to others?

preacher to the town, Abigail's uncle, Betty's dad

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In the crucible what major role did Rev Parris have in the play

He tried blaming people for witch craft as well, helped start the witch hunt

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In the crucible what major role did Mary Warren have in the play

tried bringing justice but eventually folded and blamed people again

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In the crucible what was Mary Warren's relationship to others?

Proctor's house maid

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In the crucible what was John Proctor relationship to others?

had an affair with Abby, married to Elizabeth Proctor

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In the crucible what major role did John Proctor have in the play

Tried showing what the truth of what Abby was doing and ultimately died

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In the crucible what was Elizabeth Proctor relationship to others?

Proctor's wife, Abby's top person she wanted to blame

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In the crucible what major role did Elizabeth Proctor have in the play

Tried showing the truth as well and was honest.

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In the crucible what was Hale's relationship to others?

advisor to the town, knew all about witches

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In the crucible what major role did Hale have in the play

gave advice on witchcraft, tried saving those who were blamed

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In the crucible what was Danforth relationship to other characters?

Judge of the trials

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In the crucible what was Danforth's major role in the play

He wanted to be in control of everything and just wanted to have a reason to jail everyone

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