This is the setting of the play in the opening of Act I.
What is Rev. Parris's house in Betty's room?
He is the first villager to instigate a witch hunt. He is the father of one child, seven others having died at birth.
Who is Thomas Putnam?
She has had seven children die at childbirth. Her one daughter is Ruth. She blames Sarah Osburn for the death of the other children.
Who is Ann Putnam?
This may have been the reason Thomas Putnam named Sarah Osburn as a witch.
What is because she was the Putnam's midwife; she didn't go church; is poor/homeless?
She was the midwife in most of Mrs. Putnam's deliveries.
Who is Sarah Osburn. (will accept Sarah Good)
This is the committee created during the Cold War to deter Communism in the United States.
What is the House Un-American Committee? The HUAC.