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Crucible Characters
Characters Description
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abigail | Reverend Paris Neice. Ran away with Mercy Lewis on a ship. |
| John Proctor | Does not like Rev. Parris. Cannot plow on Sunday |
| Elizabeth Proctor | Husband had an affair. Wife of John |
| Mary Warren | Works for Proctor. Official of the court |
| Tituba | Slave |
| Ann Putnam | has 7 dead babies |
| Francis Nurse | Rebecca's Husband. Well respected |
| Rebecca Nurse | Accused of murdering 7 babies. |
| Giles Corey | Pressed to death |
| Rev Parris | Whose household. witchcraft was discovered |
| Rev John Hale | Investigate the witchraft |
| Deputy Gen Danforth | He wants to punish the people acused of the witchcraft |
| A local farmer who lives just outside town; A stern, harsh-tongued man, When the hysteria begins, he hesitates to expose Abigail as a fraud because he worries that his secret will be revealed and his good name ruined. | John Proctor |
| was once the servant for the Proctor household, but Elizabeth Proctor fired her after she discovered that Abigail was having an affair with her husband, John Proctor. Abigail is smart, wily, a good liar, and vindictive when crossed. | Abigail Williams |
| A young minister reputed to be an expert on witchcraft. Reverend Hale is called in to Salem to examine Parris’s daughter Betty. Hale is a committed Christian and hater of witchcraft. | Rev John Hale |
| fired Abigail when she discovered that her husband was having an affair with Abigail | Elizabeth Proctor |
| Many of the townsfolk, especially John Proctor, dislike him. The minister of Salem’s church. | Reverend Parris |
| wise, sensible, and upright woman, held in tremendous regard by most of the Salem community. However, she falls victim to the hysteria when the Putnams accuse her of witchcraft and she refuses to confess. | Rebecca Nurse |
| The deputy governor of Massachusetts and the presiding judge at the witch trials. Honest and scrupu-lous, at least in his own mind, Danforth is convinced that he is doing right in rooting out witchcraft. | Deputy Gen Danforth |
| An elderly but feisty farmer in Salem, famous for his tendency to file lawsuits. his wife, is accused of witchcraft, and he himself is eventually held in contempt of court and pressed to death with large stones. | Giles Corey |
| has given birth to eight children, but only 1 survived. The other seven died before they were a day old, and she is convinced that they were murdered by supernatural means. | Ann Putnam |
| Reverend Parris’s black slave from Barbados. He agrees to perform voodoo at Abigail’s request. | Tituba |
| The servant in the Proctor household and a member of Abigail’s group of girls. She is a timid girl, easily influenced by those around her, who tried unsuccessfully to expose the hoax and ultimately recanted her confession. | Mary Warren |
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