Characters
This young girl is Reverend Parris’s daughter and is found dancing in the forest with the other girls.
Who is Betty Parris?
The girls were in this location when Reverend Parris discovered them.
Where is the forest?
“There be no blush about my name.”
Who is Abigail Williams?
This emotion spreads throughout Salem and fuels the witchcraft accusations.
What is fear?
The play opens in the home of this minister, where his daughter lies mysteriously ill.
Who is Reverend Parris?
This servant is accused of witchcraft after Abigail turns against her.
Who is Tituba?
Reverend Parris fears this will happen if people learn his household is behind the witchcraft.
What is lose his position as a minister?
“We danced. And Tituba conjured Ruth Putnam’s dead sisters.”
Who is Abigail Williams?
Abigail accuses others partly to protect herself from punishment for this.
What is dancing and conjuring spirits in the forest?
This Massachusetts community is consumed by fear of witchcraft.
What is Salem?
This farmer had an affair with Abigail Williams before the events of the play.
Who is John Proctor?
In the beginning of act one, Abigail claimed this happened in the forest.
What is harmless dancing?
"Wipe it out of mind, we never touched"
Who is John Proctor?
John Proctor’s feelings over his relationship with Abigail contributes to this major internal conflict.
What is guilt?
The fear of the American people when Arthur Miller wrote The Crucible in 1952.
What is Communism?
This minister is called to Salem because of the accusations of witchcraft.
Who is Reverend John Hale?
The reason Abigail threatened the other girls that were in the forest.
What is Abigail didn't want them to say what really happened.
“The Devil is precise; the marks of his presence are definite as stone.”
Who is Reverend Hale?
Reverend Parris’s concern about his reputation demonstrates this theme.
What is concern with reputation?
The year of the Salem witch trials.
When is 1692?
This character is Reverend Parris’s niece and becomes the primary force behind the accusations of witchcraft.
Who is Abigail Williams?
The reason Tituba, Abigail, and Betty began accusing others of witchcraft at the end of act one.
What is to save themselves from consequences and blame?
"I've heard you to be a sensible man, Mr. Hale. I hope you'll leave some of it in Salem."
Who is John Proctor?
Act 1 shows how fear and suspicion can allow accusations to become more powerful than this.
What is the truth?
The reason Arthur Miller wrote this play.
What is to make a political statement against McCarthyism?