Characters
This character has an affair with Abigail Williams.
Who is John Proctor?
This appears to be Reverend Parris's primary concern in Act I of the play.
What is his job/reputation?
Who wrote the Crucible?
Arthur Miller
What evidence is used to accuse Elizabeth Proctor?
The poppet Mary gave her with a needle in it.
What were people afraid of during the Red Scare in the 1940s and 1950s?
The rise of communism in the United States.
This character confesses to witchcraft during a beating and effectively begins a witch hunt.
Who is Tituba?
Before the action of the play begins, Betty Parris and her friends have been . . .
What is caught dancing in the woods?
John Proctor forgets this commandment when he is being questioned by Reverend Hale in his home.
What is adultery?
What did McCarthy do that brought him fame and notoriety during the 1950s?
He claimed to have a list of names of suspected communists in the government and started hearings to uncover them.
This character arrives in Salem to investigate charges of witchcraft, but eventually begins to doubt the guilt of many of the accused.
Who is Reverend Hale?
Tituba ultimately confesses to witchcraft for this reason.
What is to save her life?
Elizabeth Proctor claims that she doesn't believe in witches because of this.
If Hale believes that Elizabeth could be a witch then she doesn't believe in witches.
You may wager all, some, or none of your points.
This will delay Elizabeth's hanging.
What majority similarity did the accusations against suspected communists have to the accusations against witches in The Crucible?
There was little to no evidence to support the accusations.
This character accuses Rebecca Nurse of witchcraft and names her as the one responsible for murdering seven babies shortly after birth.
Who is Thomas Putnam or Ann Putnam?
Elizabeth states that Abigail wants her accused as a witch for this reason.
What is so that Abigail can have John to herself?
Describe how Elizabeth's testimony before the court hurts or hinders John Proctor's claims about Abigail.
What is ... (answers vary) ...needs to say something about Elizabeth hurting John's testimony by denying the affair, to which he has already confessed.
At the end of the play, Elizabeth Proctor places blame on John's affair on this person.
Who is herself?
Which character best represents Joseph McCarthy allegorically in The Crucible?
Abigail Williams
This character gives Elizabeth a poppet doll that eventually causes her arrest.
Who is Mary Warren?
In Act 1, Tituba accuses them of being influenced by the devil.
Who are Goody Osburn and Sarah Good?
Who was Joseph McCarthy?
The senator who began the hearings to root out Communism in the U.S. in the 1950s.
Rebecca Nurse advised Reverend Parris to send Reverend Hale back immediately because ...
What is she knew Hale's presence in town would scare people and cause mass hysteria.
What is an allegory?
A story that has a deeper political or moral meaning.