Crucible Questions? I don't understand these.?

Question

1. Describe Revered Hale. What is his primary task?

2. Why is Elizabeth Proctor still suspicious of her husband even though she knows his affair with Abigail is over.

3. Give two examples of the "power and influence" of the Putnams.

Answer 1

2.  I don't think she is suspicious of him, she simply cannot find it within herself to forgive him yet.

Answer 2

1. I think (it's been awhile) that Reverend Hale was the character who felt it was his duty to rout witchcraft, and that he was honest in this, as oppose to the others who just wanted to settle scores and gain personal advantage.

2. Who wouldn't be? He betrayed her.

3. Don't really remember them, but they were probably able to get people they didn't like convicted of witchcraft, and cover up anything they did wrong.

Answer 3

1. Revered Hale is nearly forty, a tight-skinned, eager-eyed intellectual. His primary task is to ascertain witchcraft he felt the pride of the specialist whose unique knowledge has at last been publicly called for.

2. I think Elizabeth Proctor is still suspicious of her husband because she knows Abby is very clever and could dispose of her quickly if Proctor let her.

3. I cant help you on this question because i would have to re-read the book and that would take at least 5 hours but its asking how are the Putnam's powerful and influential? What do they do to prove that?  

Answer 4

1. use sparknotes.com

2. sparknotes.com is a good source for that question

3. try sparknotes once again

Answer 5

I have not ever read The Crucible, but there are a number of online study guides, and quite a few other resources on the web that can help you with this novel.  Most of them have quite a bit of good information.  Have a look at these sites, and you should get some help with your work.  If you do a search here in the Yahoo Answers search window you will find many other sources of help as quite a few questions have been asked here about The Crucible.

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