The Crucible Characters
This character is a farmer, married and has three sons. He had an affair with Abigail.
Who is John Proctor?
Mrs. Putnam has Ruth go to Tituba to do this.
What is, conjure her dead babies?
Mary Warren reveals to the Proctor's this information.
What is, Elizabeth Proctor has been accused of witchcraft?
What Parris accuses Proctor, Giles and Francis of trying to do with their evidence.
What is, overthrow the court?
The real historical event that The Crucible is based on.
What is, the Salem Witch Trials?
This character is well respected in the town of Salem. He owns 300 acres of land.
Who is Francis Nurse?
The liquid that Abigail accuses Tituba of "making" her drink.
What is, blood?
Reverend Hale does this after finding Elizabeth has been accused of witchcraft.
What is, visits and questions Elizabeth and John?
Reverend Hale does this at the end of Act 3.
What is, storms out of the meeting house angrily slamming the door behind him?
Which state is Salem in?
What is Massachusetts?
This character serves the warrant for Elizabeth's arrest and questions the Proctor's about having poppets in their home.
Who is Ezekiel Cheever?
Thomas Putnam and John Proctor disagree about this.
What is property?
This is the commandment which Proctor forgets when questioned.
What is "adultery?"
What Mary is asked to do in court to prove that she and the girls were faking their accusations.
What is, faint?
This character would be considered the antagonist (villain) of the The Crucible.
Who is, Abigail Williams?
This character refused to refund a farmer after selling him a pig that died.
Who is Martha Corey?
This is what Abigail intended to do that night in the forest with Tituba and the other girls.
What is kill Elizabeth Proctor through witchcraft?
This is the "proof" that Cheever was looking for in order to arrest Elizabeth.
What is a poppet?
What does Elizabeth lie about in court?
What is, John cheating on her with Abigail?
The period of history when Arthur Miller was accused of being a "communist sympathizer".
This character is "seen" up in the rafters of the meeting house by the girls.
Who is the yellow bird / Mary's spirit?
This is why Abigail targets Tituba.
What is an easy target / marginalized ("othered") person?
What John Proctor does to the warrant when Elizabeth is to be taken under arrest.
What is, rips apart the warrant?
This is what Putnam's plan was during the Salem Witch Trials.
What is have Ruth Putnam accuse certain people of witchcraft and then take their land when they hang?
The time period when Arthur Miller wrote The Crucible.
What is, the 1950's?
This character is considered a very good Christian. She has many children and grandchildren.
Who is Rebecca Nurse?
The kind of government that operated in Salem in 1692.
What is a theocracy?
The reason why Mary Warren sobs over and over "I cannot" at the end of Act 2.
What is, accuse Abigail of lying / murder?
What prompts John Proctor to confess to his affair with Abigail?
What is, Abigail accusing Mary Warren of witchcraft?
What was McCarthy's job during the red scare?
1. What is a US senator?
This character is "a grave man in his sixties, of some humor and sophistication..."
Who is Danforth?
The two women that Tituba claims she saw with the devil.
Who are Goody Osburn and Sarah Good?
What does John Proctor mean by "we are only what we always were, but naked now... Aye, naked! And the wind, God's icy wind, will blow!"?
What is he now understands that all of their sins and secrets will come out while seeking justice / he accepts his fate of his sin coming to light?
Why does Mary accuse John Proctor of working with the devil at the end of Act III?
What is she feared for her life that she would hang?
True or False: Abigail and John Proctor had an affair in real life.
False