At the start of the play, this girl has fallen into a trance. She is assumed to be possessed and screams upon hearing the Lord's name.
What is Betty Parris?
"My name is good in the village! I will not have it said my name is soiled! Goody Proctor is a gossiping liar!"
Who is Abigail?
This character in the woods is from Barbados and was said to be conjuring spirits of the devil. She refers to one of the characters as "My Betty."
Who is Tituba?
He is the first villager to instigate and point to witch craft. He is the father of one child, seven others having died at birth.
Who is Thomas Putnam?
"I like it not that Mr. Parris should lay his hand upon my baby. I see no light of God in that man, I'll not conceal it."
Who is John Proctor?
The Salem Witch Trials and the suspicions and fear that circulated around it can be comparable to this national issue that was circulating around the United States in the 1950s?
Communist activity
"He has his goodness now; God forbid I should take it from him."
Who is Elizabeth Proctor?
Name ONE conflict that Rev. Parris has with the other male characters in the village/Act 1 that makes him very upset.
Not receiving enough pay. A faction/party in the church that is against him.
"I am amazed you do not see what weighty work we do."
Who is Mary Warren?
"It discomfits me! Last night-mark this- I tried and tried and could not say my prayers. And then she close her book and walks out of the house, and suddenly-mark this-I could pray again!
Who is Giles?
Name at ONE ironic situation/event that takes place in this drama.
Proctor forgetting last commandment on adultery;Elizabeth labeled an honest woman but lives to save her husband;Giles being a talkative man but dies because he stands mute;Proctor known for his good name but he is an adulter.