Act One Characters Flashcards
Respected and feared man of Salem who feels the shame of a sinner
John Proctor
Parris’s seventeen-year-old niece
Abigail Williams
Reverend of Salem
Parris
Married to John Proctor
Elizabeth Proctor
Has buried seven of her children
Mrs. Ann Putnam
Old woman who is highly respected and religious
Rebecca Nurse
Argues with people over land
Thomas Putnam
Old man who likes to sue people
Giles Corey
Had an affair
Abigail Williams and John Proctor
The Proctors’ servant
Mary Warren
Parris’s daughter
Betty
The Putnams’ servant
Mercy Lewis
Parris’s slave from Barbados
Tituba
Threatens to hurt the girls if they tell the truth
Abigail Williams
Discovered the girls in the woods
Parris
Threatens to kill Tituba if she doesn’t confess to witchcraft
Parris
Midwife who is accused of murdering babies
Sarah Osburn
Comes from Beverly to determine if what is happening in Salem is witchcraft
Reverend Hale
Farmer in his middle 30s
John Proctor
Calms Betty with her presence
Rebecca Nurse
Says his wife reads strange books that stop his prayer
Giles Corey
Abigail tells this person that the events have nothing to do with witchcraft.
John Proctor
Abigail Williams drank a charm to kill this person.
Elizabeth Proctor
Cares more about his reputation than his family
Parris
Angry with people in Salem because his brother-in-law didn’t become minister
Thomas Putnam
Believes the children will stop this game when they are tired of playing it
Rebecca Nurse
Introduces the idea of spectral evidence to the people of Salem
Reverend Hale
The Putnams’ daughter
Ruth