Characters
This character has an affair with Abigail Williams.
Who is John Proctor?
This appears to be Reverend Parris's primary concern in Act I of the play.
What is his job/reputation?
John Proctor forgets this commandment when he is being questioned by Reverend Hale in his home.
What is adultery?
This evidence is used to accuse Elizabeth Proctor of witchcraft.
What is...The poppet Mary gave her with a needle in it.
This is the reason Rev. Hale returns to Salem jail in act 4.
What is to beg the condemned to save their lives by confessing/lying?
This is the first character to admit to practicing witchcraft and effectively begins a witch hunt.
Who is Tituba?
Before the action of the play begins, Betty Parris and her friends have been . . .
What is caught dancing in the woods?
John tells Hale that his youngest child has not been baptized because
What is ... John doesn't like Rev. Parris? ("I see no light of God in that man.")
Giles Corey refuses to respond to the charges against him so that
he cannot be convicted and his sons will get his land
What events in the 1950s inspired the author to write The Crucible?
This character arrives in Salem to investigate charges of witchcraft, but eventually begins to doubt the guilt of many of the accused.
Who is Reverend Hale?
Tituba ultimately confesses to witchcraft for this reason.
What is to save her life?
Elizabeth's act that sealed John's fate on whether Danforth would accept his testimony about the girls putting on an act.
What is.... lying and denying John's affair with Abigail?
This will delay Elizabeth's hanging.
What is.... her pregnancy?
This is the reason Proctor, in the end, refuses to sign the confession.
Save his name
This character accuses Rebecca Nurse of witchcraft and names her as the one responsible for murdering seven babies shortly after birth.
Ann Putnam
Elizabeth states that Abigail wants her accused as a witch for this reason.
Jealousy/ Abigail wants John for herself
When Elizabeth is arrested, John insists that Mary Warren do this.
What is ... come to court and tell the truth?
Elizabeth Proctor places blame for John's affair on this person.
Who is herself?
Parris has to admit that Abigail has done this to him.
Robbed him
This character gives Elizabeth a poppet doll that eventually leads to her arrest.
Who is Mary Warren?
When Betty is unresponsive, Rev. Parris does not want to conclude that witchcraft is to blame because...
it will ruin his reputation
At first Mary Warren enjoys her role in the courts because . . .
What is she likes the power and status she has now.
At the end of act 3, Rev. Hale is so disgusted with the process that he does this.
What is....he denounces the proceedings and quits the court?
The reason Danforth wants Proctor to confess
"he needs the confession of a prominent citizen to justify the hangings"?