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?
What evidence is used to accuse Elizabeth Proctor?
The poppet Mary gave her with a needle in it.
Who wrote the Crucible?
Arthur Miller
This character confesses to witchcraft during a beating 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?
Elizabeth Proctor is accused of "freezing beer" by her husband because of this aspect of her personality.
What is she does not show her emotions well; she seems 'cold'?
Giles Corey refuses to identify his source who accused Putnam of murdering for land because of this fear.
What is all witnesses will be arrested and questioned?
What events in the 1950s inspired the author to write The Crucible?
He was criticizing McCarthyism and the mass hysteria it caused - which later got him called before the HUAC and blacklisted.
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?
Describe how Elizabeth's testimony before the court hurts or hinders John Proctor's claims about Abigail.
What is ... (answers vary) ...needs to say something about Elizabeth hurting John's testimony by denying the affair, to which he has already confessed.
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This will delay Elizabeth's hanging.
The "Hollywood 10" were arrested during McCarthyism and this angered people because. . .
What is they refused to answer questions, and many believed their 5th amendment rights were infringed upon.
This character accuses Rebecca Nurse of witchcraft and names her as the one responsible for murdering seven babies shortly after birth.
Who is Thomas Putnam or Ann Putnam?
Elizabeth states that Abigail wants her accused as a witch for this reason.
What is so that Abigail can have John to herself?
This is what Reverend Hale says when when John Proctor is arrested during the trial.
What is Hale says, "I denounce these proceedings. I quit this court!"
John Proctor's confession was so important to Danforth and Parris for this reason.
What is he was still respected in the town and they wanted to use it to convince people of the validity of the trials?
This character gives Elizabeth a poppet doll that eventually causes her arrest.
Who is Mary Warren?
In Act 1, Mrs. Putnam has clear jealousy for Rebecca Nurse for this reason.
What are her many living children?
At first Mary Warren enjoys her role in the courts because . . .
What is she likes the power and status she has now.
Mary Warren accuses John Proctor of witchcraft - thereby continuing to lie about being bewitched - for this reason.
What is Abigail and the other girls pretended she was bewitching them?
This character said the line "I am innocent to a witch; I know not what a witch is."
Who is Martha Corey?