Characters
Rev. Parris' niece, and the leader of those who accuse the town people of witchcraft
Who is Abigail
The author of "The Crucible"
Who is Arthur Miller
"Spare me! You forget nothin' and forgive nothin'. Learn charity woman."
Who is John Proctor speaking to Elizabeth Proctor
Holds a grudge against Francis Nurse for preventing brother-in-law from being elected to the office of minister. He uses the witch trials to increase his own wealth by accusing people of witchcraft and then buying up their land
Who is Thomas Putnam
This theme is seen throughout the play, but is most evident when Tituba is framed for witchcraft by Abigail.
What is prejudice.
The main protagonist of the novel, he has had an affair and does not believe in the witch trials
Who is John Proctor
A historical event that occurred during the time the book was written, when many people were accused of being Communists.
What is the "Red Scare" or "McCarthyism"
"Is the accuser always holy now? Were they born in the morning as clean as God's fingers? I'll tell you what's walking Salem - vengeance is walking Salem."
Who is John Proctor
The speaker of this quote: "I labor the earth from dawn of day to blink of night, and I tell you true, when I look to heaven and see my money glaring at his elbows—it hurts my prayer, sir, it hurts my prayer."
Who is John Proctor
This type of conflict is a major theme throughout the novel, as pressure builds in the town to find more witches, and confess to crimes that were never committed. Person vs. ______
What is Person vs. Society
The Reverend of Salem. Materialistic and not well loved among the town folk
Who is Rev. Parris
The religion practiced in Salem during the setting of the play.
What is Puritanism
This quote refers to whom?
"I think, sometimes, the man dreams cathedrals, not clapboard meeting houses."
Who is Reverend Samuel Parris
The speaker of this quote: "It is my third wife, sir; I never had no wife that be so taken with books, and I thought to find the cause of it, d’y’see, but it were no witch I blamed her for. I have broke charity with the woman, I have broke charity with her."
Who is Giles Corey
Similarly to the Red Scare, this is a major theme throughout the play, as fear and panic spreads in the town of Salem.
What is Hysteria
Has lost all of her babies, but one. Believe it was witchcraft that made all of her babies die.
Who is Ann Putnam
The year the Salem witch trial took place
What is 1692
"A person is either with this court or he must be counted against it, there is no road in between. This is a sharp time now, a precise time - we no loner live in the dusky afternoon when evil mixed itself with good and befuddled the world."
Who is Deputy Governor Danforth
He believes his position in society is not stable, and that there are people in town who would oust him from the church. A paranoid man.
Who is Reverend Parris
Tremendously important in theocratic Salem, where public and private moralities are one and the same, the townsfolk of Salem fear that the sins of their friends and associates will taint their names.
What is reputation
The head of the court during the trials, is driven by his ego.
Who is Deputy Governor Danforth
Abigail is 17 in the play, but historically Abigail was actually this age.
What is 11 years old
"It is blood on my head! Can you not see the blood on my head?"
Who is Reverend Hale
She causes a commotion in the Proctor household for going to the trials and framing Elizabeth with a Poppet.
Who is Mary Warren
Many characters struggle with choices they made before and during the events of the play, trying to understand the results of their actions. Demonstrated by Hale when while he would have once found false confessions a perversion of __________, he now sees false confession as a necessary act of self-preservation.
What is justice