1. (a) Determine two themes and explain how they interact and build on one another to produce a complex account.
Identify two themes, or central ideas, in The Crucible, Act I. To find the themes,
look for ideas in the text related to government being influenced by religion and
the way in which people react when they feel threatened. Then, use details from
the play to explain how the author develops these themes over the text.

Read the excerpt from act v, scene iii of romeo and juliet. juliet: go, get thee hence, for i will not away. [exit friar laurence.] what’s here? a cup, clos’d in my true love’s hand? poison, i see, hath been his timeless end. o churl! drunk all, and left no friendly drop to me after! i will kiss thy lips; haply, some poison yet doth hang on them, to make me die with a restorative. [kisses him.] which tragic flaw of juliet’s character is reflected in this excerpt? a) her optimistic way of seeing the world b) her tendency to act without forethought c) her tendency to act out of vengeance d) her carefree way of living life