Question

THE CRUCIBLE ESCAPE ROOM CHALLENGE #2

Using the abbreviations below, identify the literary device that best describes each quote. Your code is formed by the letters in order, IN CAPS.

IRONY = I
SIMILE = S
SYMBOLISM = SY
HYPERBOLE = H
METAPHOR = M
ALLUSION = A
PERSONIFICATION = P

1. (Act 1) HALE: The Devil is precise; the marks of his presence are definite as stone, and I must tell you all that I shall not proceed unless you are prepared to believe me if I should find no bruise of hell upon her.

2. (Act 2) ELIZABETH: Abigail brings the other girls into the court, and where she walks the crowd will part like the sea for Israel.

3. (Act 2) HALE: Theology, sir, is a fortress; no crack in a fortress may be accounted small.

4. (Act 2) ELIZABETH: “Adultery, John.”

5. (Act 2) PROCTOR: “Elizabeth, your justice would freeze beer.”

6. (Act 2) PROCTOR: “I’ll tell you what’s walking Salem—vengeance is walking Salem.”

7. (Act 3) DANFORTH: We born a hot fire here; it melts down all concealment.

8. (Act 3) DANFORTH: This is a sharp time, now, a precise time—we live no longer in the dusky afternoon when evil mixed itself with good and befuddled the world. Now, by God’s grace, the shining sun is up, and them that feat not light will surely praise it.”

9. (Act 4) HALE: “I come to do the Devil’s work. I come to counsel Christians they should belie themselves. His sarcasm collapses. There is blood on my head! Can you not see the blood on my head!”

10. (Act 4) HALE: “I came into this village like a bridegroom to his beloved, bearing gifts of high religion; the very crowns of holy law I brought, and what I touched with my bright confidence, it died…”

Answer 1

The literary devices identified in the quotes from 'The Crucible' for the Escape Room Challenge #2 include metaphor, allusion, hyperbole, personification, and irony. The complete code formed by these devices is MAMHHMPAMI.

For The Crucible Escape Room Challenge #2, we need to identify the literary device used in each provided quote. Here are the literary devices identified for each respective quote:

METAPHOR (M): Hale compares the certainty of the Devil's marks to the definiteness of stone.

ALLUSION (A): Elizabeth compares Abigail's influence to the parting of the Red Sea, which is a Biblical allusion.

METAPHOR (M): Hale describes theology as a fortress, emphasizing its strength and impenetrability.

HYPERBOLE (H): Elizabeth uses exaggeration for emphasis on the sin of adultery.

HYPERBOLE (H): Proctor exaggerates to emphasize Elizabeth's harshness.

PERSONIFICATION (P): Proctor gives the abstract concept of vengeance human qualities.

METAPHOR (M): Danforth uses fire to represent the intense scrutiny of the court proceedings.

ALLUSION (A): Danforth uses an allusion comparing the clarity of truth to the shining sun which implies a Biblical reference to truth and light.

IRONY (I): Hale's statement is ironic because he's saying the opposite of what he intends to do.

METAPHOR (M): Hale compares himself to a bridegroom with religion as his gift, which turns tragic.

The complete code, in order, would be MAMHHMPAMI.

Analyzing literature and identifying different literary devices, such as metaphor and allusion, enhances our understanding of the text and its thematic elements. When we examine the use of hyperbole, simile, personification, or irony, we gain insight into the author's intent, the characters' motivations, and the plot development.