Ben shared an insightful and interesting analogy, referencing how the characters in 'The Crucible' are much like spies, and that it reminds him of a spy story. We then summarized the main events that transpired in Act II, which we finished today. As hysteria continues to feed itself and grows, people read that people are now confessing to non-existent witchcraft. The people accused are able to escape being hung by confessing, and is this supported by reading that the character, Sarah Good, confessed- as it was the only way for her to save herself. We made a connection to the discipline of civics by commenting how the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was designed to eliminate this sort of forced confession. As the curtain falls in Act II, we read how Miller had written a second scene in this act but had deleted it from the published reading version. However, it is included as an addendum in the book, pages 139-143. I asked Ben to read it for homework and discuss it with me in class on Tuesday.