Characters
This character, a slave from Barbados, calls out Sarah Good and Sarah Osborne as witches.
Tituba
A leading character states about her, “The promise that a stallion gives a mare I gave that girl!”
Abigail Williams
Early in Act 2, John Proctor remarks, “It is winter in here yet,” and asks his wife to gather some flowers. The cold, bleak house symbolizes
Elizabeth’s unforgiving attitude toward John.
Who said the following quotation: “I may think of you softly from time to time. But I will cut off my hand before I ever reach for you again. Wipe it out of mind. We never touched” (23).
John Proctor
An accused witch can escape hanging by
Confessing the charge and lying to God
This character lies in court, saying, “I never saw anyone naked.”
Reverend Parris
She resolves her inner conflict when she says, “Whatever you will do, it is a good man does it.”
Elizabeth Proctor
The statement, “where she [Abigail] walks the crowd will part like the sea for Israel” is a/an
Simile
Who said the following quotation: “He have his goodness now. God forbid I take it from him”?
Elizabeth Proctor
In Act 3 Giles Corey tells the court that Thomas Putnam is:
Using the witchcraft trials to get more land.
This timid soul protests that she “cannot charge murder on Abigail.”
Mary Warren
Another character comments to this man, “I can see (Lucifer’s) filthy face! And it is … yours.”
Judge Danforth
The event of John forgetting a Commandment is an example of what literary element?
Irony
At the beginning of the play, Rebecca Nurse says, “There is a prodigious danger in the seeking of loose spirits.” This quotation is an example of which literary element?
Foreshadowing
Reverend Parris becomes uneasy about the hangings when:
Rebecca Nurse and John Proctor are sentenced to die.
Challenged to name names, this courageous man replies, “More weight.”
Giles Corey
In the end, he sees there is goodness in himself—“not enough to weave a banner with, but white enough to keep it from such dogs.”
John Proctor
When Elizabeth is asked if her husband has committed adultery, her answer is an example of irony because
John has told the court, “My wife cannot lie.”
What does Giles Corey reveal to Reverend Hale?
He cannot pray while his wife reads.
How does Reverend John Hale change from the beginning of the play to the end?
He comes to town seeking out witchcraft, but then tries to save the accused.
She is hanged on the same day as John Proctor “for the marvelous and supernatural murder” of Ann Putnam’s children.
Rebecca Nurse
He expresses his shame when he comments that he, a minister of the Gospel, is “counsel(ing) Christians they should belie themselves.”
Reverend John Hale
John Proctor demands that the Puritan authorities “leave [him his] name.” To Proctor, his name symbolizes his
Identity
When Reverend Hale says, “There is blood on my head!” he is feeling:
Guilty
During dinner at Reverend Parris’s house, Abigail falls to the floor and screams. Parris pulls a needle out of her stomach. This event will be connected to
The poppet that is found in Elizabeth Proctor’s house and Elizabeth’s arrest for witchcraft.