Characters
Miller states that even though this man was a minister in real life, he "cut a villainous path" through history.
Who is Reverend Parris?
She asks hesitantly in the first act, "'My Betty be hearty soon?'"
Who is Tituba?
Colony in which Salem was located in 1692.
What is Massachusetts?
Elizabeth believes she has been accused by Abigail for this reason.
What is to take Elizabeth's place as John's wife?
During Puritan times, the government was run by church leaders; the name for this type of government.
What is a theocracy?
Miller writes in the character notes about this person: "Gentleness exudes from her."
Who is Rebecca Nurse?
This man tells his wife, "'You forget nothin' and forgive nothin'... Your justice would freeze beer!'"
Who is John Proctor?
Reverend Parris admits in Act One that he saw the girls in this place the previous evening.
What is in the forest?
The reason Abigail lives with Reverend Parris and his daughter.
What is she is an orphan? (or: What is her parents were killed when she was small? or What is because no one wants to hire her to work in their home?)
The Puritans were trying to purify this particular church, a Protestant sect in England.
What is the Church of England? (or: What is the Anglican Church?)
Reverend Parris's niece.
Who is Abigail?
The first thing this man asks in Act One is, "'Is she going to fly again?'"
Who is Giles Corey?
Tituba's island home.
What is Barbados?
This piece of evidence seems to point clearly to Elizabeth's involvement in witchcraft.
What is a poppet?
Another name for the Devil during these times.
What is Lucifer?
This character admits that she asked Tituba to conjure the spirits of her dead children.
Who is Mrs. Putnam?
He complains in Act One, "'Don't a minister deserve a house to live in?'"
Who is Reverend Parris?
Act Two takes place eight days later in this locale.
What is the Proctors' home?
Mary Warren's role in going to the court every day.
What is an official of the court?
The nearby town that Reverend Hale comes from.
What is Beverly, Massachusetts?
This character is introduced by Miller as "the most comical hero in tbe history."
Who is Giles Corey?
This man says authoritatively, "'We cannot look to superstition in this. The Devil is precise.'"
Who is Reverend Hale?
Reverend Hale points out that John Proctor has gone to this place twenty-six times in the past seventeen months.
What is church?
Parris's career before becoming a minister.
What is a merchant?
This is the usual method of carrying out the death penalty for witchcraft.
What is hanging?