Important Places
What is Salem?
Sister of Governor Bellingham who is thought by many to be a witch
Who is Mistress Hibbins?
"Because it is my name! Because I cannot have another in my life! Because I lie and sign myself to lies! Because I am not worth the dust on the feet of them that hang!"
Who is John Proctor of THE CRUCIBLE?
Plant that resides just outside the prison door which Hawthorne describes extensively in chapter one of The Scarlet Letter
What is the rose bush?
"Leech" who dies shortly after Reverend Dimmesdale's passing
Who is Roger Chillingworth?
Hester Prynne's native country
What is England?
Feline friend of Merricat Blackwood
Who is Jonas?
"this badge hath taught me--it daily teaches me--it is teaching me at this moment--lessons whereof my child may be the wiser and better, albeit they can profit nothing to myself."
Who is Hester Prynne of The Scarlet Letter?
Child-friendly item found in Proctor home that is a damning piece of evidence against Elizabeth
What is a poppet?
Old man who gets "pressed" to death after refusing to confess to witchcraft
Who is Giles Corey?
"Far out" destination where Merricat Blackwood envisions an ideal life.
What is the moon?
Concerned woman who sends her sole surviving daughter (Ruth) to contact spirits of the seven children she lost in infancy
Who is Ann Putnam?
“‘Oh, Constance,’ I said, ‘we are so happy.’”
Who is Merricat Blackwood?
Place where Blackwood family money is kept
What is the safe?
Dies of heart failure when the Blackwood estate goes up in flames
Who is Uncle Julian?
Native home of Tituba, who becomes a scapegoat in The Crucible partly as a result of her status as an outsider
What is Barbados?
Chief firefighter who is the first to throw a rock at the Blackwood house
Who is Jim Donell?
"I came into this village like a bridegroom to his beloved, bearing gifts of high religion; the very crowns of holy law I brought, and what I touched with my bright confidence, it died."
Who is Reverend Hale of The Crucible?
Metallic object at Governor Bellingham that enlarges the appearance of the "A"
What is the armor?
Prominent and respected older woman who hangs rather than make a false confession
Who is Rebecca Nurse?
Coffee shop where Merricat always stops on her way home from grocery shopping
What is Stella's coffee shop?
While performing his nighttime vigil on the scaffold, a delusional Dimmesdale imagines himself calling out to this passerby.
Who is Reverend Wilson?
“I found it nailed to a tree, for God's sake. What kind of a house is this?”
Who is Charles Blackwood?
Item found on the scaffold after Dimmesdale's vigil
What is his glove?
Hester Prynne makes his burial robe.
Who is Governor Winthrop?