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Character Trading Cards: Assignment and RequirementsDUE: TUESDAY DECEMBER 15
For your midterm project, you will create trading cards for five characters in Arthur Miller’s play, The Crucible. This assignment requires you to be familiar with the ways in which Miller gives audiences insight into his characters. This assignment also requires you to go beyond the text and make sophisticated inferences about the people of Miller’s Salem.
Directions: Choose five characters from The Crucible for whom you will create trading cards. Choose 3 major characters and two minor characters. Complete the print-out insert for each character (in complete sentences)..
Major CharactersReverend Samuel ParrisAbigail WilliamsJohn ProctorThomas PutnamAnn PutnamReverend John HaleRebecca NurseMary Warren
Minor CharactersTitubaGirls of SalemGiles CoreyFrancis NurseMercy LewisJudge HathorneDeputy Governor DanforthSarah Good
Requirements: Each trading card must be:- fully colored and illustrated- fully completed- neatly handwritten (in pen) or typed- turned in in hard copy- similar in design and layout to typical trading cards
Name:
Attacks, defensive moves, abilities
Type (think elements: ice, fire, water, air, rock, etc. What symbolizes this person?) and rarity (how much power does this person have? how important are they?)
What was this person’s job or work?
Picture or Illustration
Symbol/illustration that represents the play as a whole
Name:
Attacks, defensive moves, abilities
What was this person’s job or work?
Character’s main conflict or problem (2-3 sentences)?
Character’s motivation– what makes them tick (2-3 sentences)?
Who are your character’s rivals? What “types” or attacks are they effective or ineffective against (2-3 sentences)?
Type (think elements: ice, fire, water, air, rock, etc. What symbolizes this person?) and rarity (how much power does this person have? how important are they?)
MAJOR CHARACTERS: In this section, please include three character traits with direct quotations from the text (including line numbers) and explanations of those quotations (how does this piece of text demonstrate the character trait?)
MINOR CHARACTERS: Same, include one trait
Did the person succeed? What happened as a result? (2-3 sentences)
What outcome or end result was the person trying to achieve (2-3 sentences)?