Characters
This character has an affair with Abigail Williams.
John Proctor
This appears to be Reverend Parris's primary concern in Act I of the play.
His job/reputation
John Proctor forgets this commandment when he is being questioned by Reverend Hale in his home.
Adultery
This statement by Elizabeth sealed John's fate on whether Danforth would accept his testimony about Abigail lying
Denying John had an affair
Who was Joseph McCarthy?
The senator who began the hearings to root out Communism in the U.S. in the 1950s.
This character confesses to witchcraft during a beating and effectively begins a witch hunt.
Tituba
Before the action of the play begins, Betty Parris, Abby, and their friends have been . . .
Dancing in the woods
Elizabeth Proctor claims that she doesn't believe in witches because of this.
She does not believe a good woman (a woman of the church) could be so evil/wicked
Elizabeth Proctor places blame for John's affair on this person.
Who is herself?
How many convicted were actual witches?
None.
This character arrives in Salem to investigate charges of witchcraft, but eventually begins to doubt the guilt of many of the accused.
Reverend Hale
Tituba ultimately confesses to witchcraft for this reason.
To save her own life
Rebecca Nurse advised Reverend Parris to send Reverend Hale back immediately because ...
She knew Hale's presence in town would scare people and cause mass hysteria
This will delay Elizabeth's hanging.
Her pregnancy
Why does Rev. Hale return to the Salem jail?
To plead with those accused to confess or admit they lied so they wouldn't be hung
This character accuses Rebecca Nurse of witchcraft and names her as the one responsible for murdering seven babies shortly after birth.
Thomas Putnam or Ann Putnam
Elizabeth states that Abigail wants her accused as a witch for this reason.
So Abigail can take her place
At first Mary Warren enjoys her role in the courts because . . .
What is she likes the power and status she has now.
Giles Corey refuses to identify his sources to the court because of this fear.
He was afraid they would be arrested/accused of witchcraft/hung
Why doesn't Elizabeth try to convince John not to kill himself?
She admires his devotion to do what's right
This character gives Elizabeth a poppet that eventually causes her arrest.
Mary Warren
When Betty is unresponsive, Rev. Parris does not want to conclude that witchcraft is to blame because...
Fear of the town turning on him
Giles Corey says Thomas Putnam is accusing everyone of witchcraft in order to do this.
Buy their forfeited land.
This is what Reverend Hale says when John Proctor is arrested during the trial.
I quit (or I denounce these proceedings)
Who said this? "Because it is my name! Because I cannot have another in my life! Because I lie and sign myself to lies! Because I am not worth the dust on the feet of them that hang! How may I live without my name? I have given you my soul; leave me my name!"
John Proctor