Characters
This character is the protagonist of the play who lives with a secret sin (until Act 3).
Who is John Proctor?
This character is the leader of the girls. She is an orphan, and her uncle is Reverend Parris.
Who is Abigail Williams?
This is what Abigail threatens to do to her friends if they admit to anything other than dancing in Act 1.
What is stab them while they sleep?
This is the mood at the start of Act 2. Provide evidence from the play to support your answer.
Tense, awkward, uncomfortable
-Salt in stew, rejecting kiss, arguing about going to see Cheever/Abigail in Salem
This is what Hale does at the end of Act 3.
What is he quits the court?
This is the wife of the protagonist. Her first name must be provided.
Who is Elizabeth Proctor?
This character's daughter is bewitched during Act 1, and he later uses the court system to gain more land. You must provide his first and last name.
Who is Thomas Putnam?
This is the REAL reason Tituba confesses in Act 1.
Parris threatens to whip her to death if she doesn't confess, and Putnam suggests she should be hanged.
This is WHY and WHEN Proctor confessed to the affair. We learn this information in Act 2, but these events happened BEFORE the play.
Proctor confessed to the affair 7 months ago when Elizabeth questioned him because she was suspicious.
This is how Danforth treats the girls (Abigail, Susanna, Mercy) in comparison to his treatment of Mary Warren.
What is Danforth supports and believes the girls because they support him and the court while he threatens to hang Mary Warren if she's lying since she appears to oppose to the court?
This is the Proctor's NEWEST servant. She was hired approximately 7 months ago after their previous servant was fired.
Who is Mary Warren?
This character arrives in Act 3 and is the judge who holds the most power.
Who is Danforth?
These are the two bewitched girls in Act 1, which causes Parris to bring Reverend Hale to Salem. You must provide the first and last name of each girl.
Who is Betty Parris and Ruth Putnam?
This is why Reverend Hale arrives at the Proctor's house.
This is WHY Elizabeth lies.
What is she didn't know John confessed to the affair and she lied about the affair to protect his name and reputation?
This saintly woman was accused of the supernatural murder of Mrs. Putnam's babies.
This woman lost 7 babies, prompting her to send her daughter into the woods with Tituba. You must provide her first and last name.
Who is Ann Putnam?
When Reverend Hale first arrives in Salem, what are his beliefs concerning witchcraft?
What is he believes that witchcraft exists, yet should be treated as a scientific process? He is not there simply to execute the accused.
This is the DETAILED warrant and story of Elizabeth's arrest in Act 2.
-Mary made a poppet in court while Abigail sat beside her and stored the needle in its belly.
-Mary innocently gave the poppet to Elizabeth, and Abigail stabbed herself in the stomach the same night.
-The poppet = voodoo doll/witchcraft
This is the result of Elizabeth's lie. (What happens after Elizabeth lies and leaves?)
What is John's testimony about the affair and his reputation are ruined?
This woman was arrested for the murder of Walcott's pigs, which happened 4-5 years ago.
Who is Martha Corey?
This woman's life was spared in Act 2 due to her confession and her pregnancy, despite the fact that she was 60 years old with no husband and heavily smoked.
Who is Sarah Good?
When Giles mentions how everyone in town is suing everyone else, he touches upon this theme in the play. Theme - the lesson we are meant to learn
What is division causes people to act in their own self interest or leads to self preservation? Our best intentions can have grave consequences.
Despite her crying, this is WHY Mary Warren agrees to go to court with Proctor in Act 3. (These are the events at the end of Act 2.)
What is Proctor threatens her - grabbing her by the throat and telling her to make her peace with it?
This is WHY Mary Warren turns against Proctor.
What is the girls threaten her through the yellow bird scenario, and she fears Abigail's wrath more than Proctor?