The Crucible: Vocab & Literary Analysis Review

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Accusation

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Charge or claim of illegal/wrongdoing

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Allegory

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A story, poem, or picture revealing a hidden meaning, often moral or political.

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Definition of Communism

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Political theory by Karl Marx; class war; public ownership; work and pay by abilities and needs.

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Dramatic Irony

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Audience knows something the character does not.

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McCarthyism

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Campaign against alleged communists in US government

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Persecution

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Hostility and ill-treatment due to race, political or religious beliefs.

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Situational Irony

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Opposite result from what is expected or intended.

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Red Scare

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Fear of communism or anarchism rise

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Treason

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Crime of betraying one's country; attempting to kill the sovereign or overthrow the government.

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Verbal Irony

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Saying something different than what you mean