pages 1234-1247
"raise the roof" pg. 1234 - This phrase was usually used when people from that era celebrates after raising the roof of a newly built building. Compared to way it is used today, it is pretty similar because it means "to party".
"Reverend Parris" - Ge gas a ten year old daughter named Betty, who was one of the girls who danced in the forest. He is in his mid-forties, a widower, and appeared to be very paranoid based on the description in the book. Also he has a niece named Abigail.
"His daughter Betty Parris aged ten, is lying on the bed, inert." pg. 1234 - inert = unable to move. Based on this word, it explains the Betty Parris is not moving which leads me to predict that she must be ill or paralyzed. But why and how did it happen?
"theocracy" pg. 1236 - definition = combination of state and religious power.
"...the American forest was the last place on Earth that was not paying home to god." pg. 1235 - Universal Truth = They believe that the forest is associated with the Devil.
"Reverend Parris...very night of their birth" pg. 1242 - She gave birth to seven babies in the past who all died a few hours after they were brought in to the world. She believes that some evil spirit is murdering her babies.
"I gave Ruth a good one and it waked her for a minute." pg. 1243 - Being able to wake up leads me to a prediction that Ruth might be faking her "illness" or whatever it is that they are trying to prove.
"You drank to kill...Goody Proctor" pg. 1244 - Why did Abigail want to kill Goody Proctor? Was she somewhat envious of her? Is Abigail a witch?
"Calumny" pg. 1245 - definition = false accusation; slander. Proctor is a man that does no side with any one, but will point out one's flaws if he sees it. Because of this reason, many people do not like him and accuses him of many things or slanders him probably as a way of "payback".
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