Female Characters
Who is Ann Putnam?
This male character is from Beverly and has a lot of knowledge about witchcraft.
Who is Reverend Hale?
This theme is present in the following excerpt:
PARRIS: Abigail, I have fought here three long years to bend these stiff-necked people to me, and now, just now when some good respect is rising for me in the parish, you compromise my very character... now give me an upright answer. Your name in the town – it is entirely white, is it not?
ABIGAIL, with an edge of resentment: Why, I am sure it is, sir. There be no blush about my name.
What is Reputation?
These items are seen as a symbol of Power and authority, as well as a symbol of the ignorance of the time.
What are Reverend Hale's witch-finder books?
This type of characterization can be determined from a character's actions and stage directions in a play. It also helps us determine a pattern in the character's behavior which reveals their personality.
What is Indirect Characterization?
This woman was the first innocent to be found a witch by Reverend Hale.
Who is Tituba?
This male character is influential in the town because of his position and his role in the community.
Who is Reverend Parris?
This theme is present in the following excerpt:
PARRIS: Why, sir… I discovered my daughter Betty… Abigail, my niece … and ten or twelve of the other girls, dancing in the forest last night.
HALE: You permit dancing?!
What is Intolerance?
This summarizes the mood of the first act, as Miller introduces the duality of each main character and the ease at which small problems become much more weighty.
This type of characterization is used when John Proctor warns Reverend Hale about the people of Salem and he condemns their vain personalities and frequent shallow bickering.
What is Indirect Characterization?
This woman is well-known for being a good person and an extremely experienced child-rearer.
Who is Rebecca Nurse?
This male character is the first to turn his suspicions on his own family by sharing how his wife's presence stopped him from saying his prayers.
Who is Giles Corey?
This theme is present in the following excerpt:
MARY: Abby, we’ve got to tell. Witchery’s a hangin’ error, a hangin’ like they done in Boston two years ago! We must tell the truth, Abby!—you’ll only be whipped for dancin’, and the other thing.
What is Intolerance?
This is the author's tone in the first act of The Crucible, as he depicts each character in a raw and unapologetic way to establish the fact that each is responsible for the events taking place throughout the rest of the play.
Unsympathetic
This type of characterization is used to inform the audience of Abigail's past and a part of her fiery personality that was previously hidden beneath her beauty.
What is Direct Characterization?
This woman was suspected to be a witch because of her reading tastes.
Who is Martha Corey?
This male character is seen arguing with Reverend Parris over who is smarter and deserves higher pay.
Who is Thomas Putnam?
This theme is present in the following excerpt:
HALE: No-no…Now let me instruct you. We cannot look to superstition in this. The Devil is precise; the marks of his presence are definite as stone, and I must tell you all, that I shall not proceed unless you are prepared to believe me if I should find no bruise of hell upon her.
What is Power/ Authority?
This symbolizes the overwhelming presence of evil and the weight of a fight against it. It is vast, untamed, and uncontrollable, similar to the suspicion and paranoia present in Salem.
What is the forest?
The author uses this mode of characterization to reveal which characters he likes most in the story.
What are Actions and Dialogue?