Characters
The man who feels guilty about his affair with Abigail
John Proctor
A severe test or trial. Figuratively refers to a heat resistant-container used to melt metals.
Crucible
The year the Salem Witch Trials took place
1692
"How high did she fly, how high?"
Mrs. Putnam
The social phenomenon that causes anxiety, fear, and rumors in a group
Mass Hysteria
The girl who drank chicken blood with the intention to kill Goody Proctor
Abigail Williams
a pale appearance
Pallor
The two girls who started the witch mass hysteria in real life
Abigail Williams and Betty Parris
"My name is good in the village! I will not have it said my name is soiled!"
Abigail
The religion of the characters in The Crucible and the people who contributed to the Salem Witch Trials in real life
Puritan
One of the girls who was lying motionless on the bed and faking that she was possessed
Betty Parris
OR
Ruth Putnam
Punishment inflicted with retaliation; revenge
Vengeance
The author of The Crucible
Arthur Miller
"Have you tried beatin' her? I gave Ruth a good one and it waked her for a minute. Here, let me have her."
Mercy
The group of people most commonly accused of witchcraft
Women
The person who is constantly in fear of losing his position and getting a bad reputation if his daughter is accused of witchcraft
Reverend Parris
To be willing to do what others want
Subservient
One of the three social tensions that made a major contribution to hysteria and the witch trials.
1. Economic issues
2. Political issues
3. Land disputes
Parris
Reverend Hale's job specialty
Spiritual/witch doctor; SORT OF an exorcist
The voice of reason
Rebecca Nurse
To be strange or unusual
Prodigious
The amount of people that were executed in the Salem Witch Trials
20 people
"I never thought you had so much iron in you."
Giles Corey
The religion that Puritans rejected
Roman Catholicism