Characters
She is the play's antagonist.
Who is Abigail Williams?
The first character publicly accused of witchcraft.
Who is Tituba?
This character is introduced as the definiton of vengeance in Act I.
Who is Thomas Putnam?
What is a hyperbole (metaphor)?
What is the setting of Act II of the Crucible?
What is the home of John and Elizabeth Proctor?
She is the servant for the Proctor family.
Who is Mary Warren?
Who is Sarah Osborne or Sarah Good? (also Goody Osborne; Goody Good)
Fearing vengeance, this woman urges her husband to expose Abigail.
Who is Elizabeth Proctor?
What type of figurative language is this: "I will fall like an ocean on that court!"
What is a simile/metaphor?
What secret test does Reverend Hale administer to the Proctors?
What is reciting the 10 commandments?
This character is a wealthy landowner.
Who is Thomas Putnam?
Who is Rebecca Nurse?
The protagonist and antagonist of Act II - the result of rejection and vengeance.
Who is John Proctor and Abigail Williams?
What type of figurative language is this: "It is winter in here yet."
What is a metaphor (hyperbole)?
Jailed for being a witch, it is revealed by Mary Warren that this woman is pregnant.
Who is Goody (Sarah) Good?
Mentioned only briefly, this woman is described as poor and elderly.
Who is Sarah Good?
This character awakes from her stupor and shouts: "You drank blood, Abby! You drank a charm to kill John Proctor's wife!"
Who is Betty Parris?
"Vengeance is alive (at work) in Salem." was said by this man who was suspicious of the accusations very early on.
Who is John Proctor?
What type of figurative language is this:
"We are what we always were in Salem, but now the little crazy children are jangling the keys of the kingdom, and common vengeance writes the law!"
What is an allusion?
This man claims his wife is accused because the pig he sold to a man died after his wife called him "dumb"
Who is Giles Corey?
He is respected, wealthy and an influential landownder who is the target of resentment from the Putnams.
Who is Francis Nurse?
This person accused Tituba to distract attention from her actions in the forest.
Who is Abigail Williams?
This character finds the poppet, an act of vengeance against Elizabeth Proctor, and arrests Elizabeth.
Who is Ezekiel Cheever?
What type of figurative language is this: "Now Hell and Heaven grapple on our backs, and all our pretense is ripped away - make your peace!"
What is a metaphor?
He is sent by the court to the Proctor home to serve a warrant for Elizabeth's arrest.
Who is Ezekiel Cheever?