Satire The use of humor, irony, exaggeration or ridicule to expose people, stupidity or vices particularly of contemporary politics or popular culture.

Satire and The Crucible Using your assigned character from The Crucible create a satirical comic/comic strip that exposes and/or ridicules the flaws of that character and/or their actions in the play. Make sure your comic includes text that helps to explain the satirical nature of your comic and knowledge of your character.

Character Assignment by Row Row 1: Rev.Parris Row 2: Tituba Row 3: Abigail Williams Row 4: The Putnams Row 5: Betty, Mary Warren, Mercy Lewis (choose 1 or all of the ‘girls’) Row 6: Rev. Hale Row 7: John Proctor Row 8 : Elizabeth Proctor

Grading Info and Due Date Points: 100 25 points for a drawing that demonstrates effort (not based on artistic ability, but time put into making it a visually appealing comic-example: color, no stick figures, background, size that allows picture to be understood, etc) 25 points for a drawing that shows understanding of character, play and satire 50 points for text that shows understanding of character, dialogue, and the function of satire. Due: Friday October 4, 2013