Vocabulary
Having low moral standards; inferior.
Base
Cause of the witch trials
Abby
Fraud
deliberate deception for unfair gains
Giles Corey
Pressed to death
Abby wants Elizabeth dead!
So she can have John has her husband.
A law; decree or edict.
Statute
Parris' daughter
Betty
Pretense
The act of pretending.
Danforth
The main judge in the hearings
Elizabeth is arrested.
Had a poppet with a needle in it.
Promiscuity
Lechery
He arrested Elizabeth
Cheever
Indictment
Statement of criminal charges.
Rebecca
Maintained her innocence
Why does Putnam accuse Giles of witchery?
Wants his land.
Loyalty
Allegiance
Parris' slave from Barbados
Tituba
Ineptly
Awkwardly
Hale
Expert spirit remover
Hale came back to Salem.
To encourage the accused to confess and save their lives.
Severe reproof; strong censure.
Condemnation
Had 7 babies die
Thomas and Ann Putnam
Reprieve
Postponement of punishment.
John Proctor
Had an affair with Abigail
Parris does not trust Proctor
He is trying to overthrow the court.