Characters
This character is lying inert, at the start of the play.
Betty
Martha Corey engages in this highly suspicious activity.
Reading books.
Putnam and Giles argue about where logs came from during a dispute about this.
Land
Giles Corey refuses to disclose his informant.
Pressed to death
Adultery, John.
Elizabeth
Scares the congregation by constantly focusing on hell during his sermons.
Reverend Parris
Cheever came to the Proctor house looking for the poppet because this happened to Abigail.
She was stabbed in the stomach with a needle.
Townspeople express their desire not to bring children to church for this reason.
Parris terrifies them with his sermons on hell.
91 people signed a petition vouching for the reputations of Elizabeth, Martha, and Rebecca.
All 91 were arrested for questioning
More weight!
Giles Corey
Brought in as an expert on witchcraft.
Reverend Hale
John is accused of doing this on Sunday.
Plowing
Parris is worried more about this than the safety of his daughter, Betty.
His reputation.
Giles mentions his wife likes books.
There is a faction that is sworn to drive me from my pulpit. Do you understand that?
Parris
Drank a charm to kill Goody Proctor.
Abigail
Cheever shows up at the Proctor household looking for this.
A poppet.
Abigail sees this in the courtroom and says it is trying to claw off her face.
A bird
Parris trusted his niece, Abigail.
She ran off with his money
Let either of you breathe a word, or the edge of a word, about the other things, and I will bring a pointy reckoning that will shudder you.
Abigail
Known for her good reputation but accused of murdering seven babies.
Rebecca Nurse
Parris is greedy.
Golden candlesticks. Lumber. Wanting to keep his house.
Danforth demands Marry Warren do this to prove whether or not she pretended witchcraft in the past.
Faint
John Proctor refuses to sign his name to his confession.
Hanging
I have given you my soul; leave me my name!
John Proctor