Design Elements
Designing oppression, theocracy, and mass hysteria
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Set Design
Heavy timber, claustrophobia, and the courtroom rostrum.
Costume Design
Puritan repression, drab wools, and prison deterioration.
Lighting Design
Hearth/firelight, severe shadows, and cold jail light.
Sound Design
The whispering forest, courtroom echoes, and the final drumbeat.
Design Essentials
Four model paragraphs + terminology that actually earns marks.
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Themes, scenes, characters, synopsis and context.
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Synopsis & Journeys
From whispered rumours to the gallows.
Context & History
1692 Salem, Puritanism, McCarthy allegory.
Characters & Acting
Status, control, and ensemble hysteria.
Key Scenes & Proxemics
Forest / farmhouse / courtroom / jail staging.
Themes & Quotes
Reputation, fear, authority — performance-led.
Design Elements
Set / lighting / sound / costume.