Characters Flashcards
Tituba
the Reverend Parris’s slave, is a woman from Barbados who practices what the Puritans view as “black magic.”
Reverend Paris
very greedy, preaches about hell
Ann Putnam
wife of Thomas Putnam. She believes that a witch is responsible for the deaths of her seven infant children. Her jealousy of Rebecca Nurse leads her to accuse Goody Nurse of being a witch.
Thomas Putnam
he accuses John Proctor of chopping down trees on his land
Elizabeth Proctor
wife of John Proctor
Betty Paris
daughter of Reverend Parris, falls il l after Reverend Parris finds her dancing in the woods with Abigail and the other young women of Salem
Rebecca Nurse
think that witchcraft is due to the girl are board
Rev. Hale
he approaches the situation precisely and intellectually, believing that he can define the supernatural in definitive term’s
John Proctor
a farmer in Salem, Proctor serves as the voice of reason and justice in The Crucible, had an affair with Abigail
Mercy Lewis
servant in the Proctor household, Mary is one of the girls found dancing in the woods and is complicit in Abigail Williams’ schemes. Although weak and tentative, she challenges the Proctors when they forbid her to go to court
Giles Corey
is the scapegoat, accidentally accuses his wife of witchcraft