Events and Plot Structure
Characters and Quotes
Characters and Events
Conflicts
Miscellaneous
100
Elizabeth Proctor is arrested
What is Rising Action
100
"I look for John Proctor that took me from my sleep and put knowledge in my heart."
Who is Abigail
100
This person accuses John Proctor of witchcraft
Who is Mary Warren
100
“You will not judge me more, Elizabeth…spare me! You forget nothin’ and forgive nothin’…”
What is Person vs. Person (John vs. Elizabeth)
100
The setting for this play (time and place)
What is 1692; Salem, Massachusetts
200
Proctor tears up his confession.
What is the Climax
200
"But I will cut off my hand before I'll ever reach for you again."
Who is John Proctor
200
*Daily Double* Learning that Rev. Hale has been summoned, this person expresses concern about the "search for loose spirits."
Who is Rebecca Nurse
200
“Now, Martha Corey, there is abundant evidence in our hands to show that you have given yourself to the reading of fortunes….how do you know, then, that you are not a witch?”
What is person vs. society (Martha Corey vs. the Court)
200
Mary Warren gives this to Elizabeth
What is a poppet
300
Parris and the Putnams want to find ou if witchcraft is in Salem.
What is Exposition
300
"I don't compact with no Devil...I tell him I don't desire to work for him, sir!"
Who is Tituba
300
Abigail first accuses this person of witchcraft.
Who is Tituba
300
“…I have read my heart this three month, John. I have sins of my own to count. It needs a cold wife to prompt lechery.”
What is Person vs. Self (Elizabeth vs. her guilty conscience)
300
*Daily Double* Abigail Williams claims that this happened to her parents.
What is they were murdered by Indians
400
Elizabeth's lie to protect John's reputation
What is the Crisis
400
"Abby, we've got to tell! Witchery's a hangin' error..."
Who is Mary Warren
400
This person complains that his wife reads books and them from him.
Who is Giles Corey
400
“…You think it God’s work you should never lose a child, nor grandchild either, and I bury all but one? There are wheels within wheels in this village, and fires within fires.”
What is Person vs. Supernatural (Ann Putnam vs. God's will or withcraft)
400
How is Giles Corey executed?
What is he is pressed to death.
500
Abigail and the other girls are caught dancing in the forest.
What is Exposition
500
"Here is the invisible world, caught, defined, and calculated. In these books the Devil stand stripped of all his brute disguises..."
Who is Rev. Hale
500
This person sent her daughter to search out loose spirits.
Who is Ann Putnam.
500
Those accused of witchcraft deciding if they should "confess" in order to save themselves.
What is person vs. self (inner conflict)
500
Abigail takes this from her uncle's house at the end of the play.
What is his money.