Act 1
Reverend Parris slave from Barbadoes, in her forties.
Tituba
This is how many days had passed after Abigail and Betty began accusing individuals of witchcraft.
8 days
The reason Giles Corey is upset.
his wife is being accused,and they say that he was one that accused her.
Abigail runs away because of this
she stole money from Parris and ran away trying to save herself
he wrote the play
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What Parris discovered Betty and Abigail doing in the forest
Betty, and several other girls dancing in the forest in the middle of the night with his slave, Tituba. Tituba was intoning unintelligible words and waving her arms over a fire, and Parris thought he spotted someone running naked through the trees.
This caused John and Elizabeth to argue.
John's adultery and if John should go to Salem.
Giles was arrested because of this.
for refusing to reveal the name of his informant to the court.
Elizabeth blames herself for John's affair because..
she has been a cold, suspicious wife in response to her own insecurities.
Tituba confessed to dancing with the devil why?
to save herself from being beaten to death
What is the relationship between John Proctor and Abigail Williams?
they had an affair
A gift given to Elizabeth by Mary
poppet
Abigail pulls this stunt to defer the blame away from herself
She acts like Mary Warren in projecting her spirit and that it attacks her.
This is why Hale returned to Salem
to convince the condemned prisoners to confess to witchcraft.
Who did John love more Elizabeth or Abigail?
Elizabeth his wife
This jumped into the soup during the dancing in the woods.
a frog
This is why Elizabeth believes Abigail wants her dead.
Elizabeth believes that Abigail wants John Proctor to return to her. and she is her only obstacle
Mary accuses Proctor of this
witchcraft
Danforth reveals this about himself in Act 4
reveals his own deluded belief that he is doing the will of God by condemning innocent people to death.
Did the girls actually see the devil or witches?
no they were just in the woods with Tituba, who was apparently performing love charms for them.
Abigail says that tituba made her do this.
Abigail says that Tituba makes her drink blood, plagues her dreams, and tempts her to sin.
This is how Abigail incriminates Elizabeth.
By stabbing herself with a needle
all of these people could be accused of witchcraft
Single women,Widows, Other women on the margins of society
Parris suggests this to Danforth about the executions
Parris begs Danforth to postpone the executions of John and Rebecca because they're so well-respected that he's received death threats for going along with their hangings.
He wrote 37 stage plays in total.
Arthur Miller