Characters
This character has an affair with Abigail Williams.
John Proctor
This appears to be Reverend Parris's primary concern in Act I of the play.
His job/reputation
John Proctor forgets this commandment when he is being questioned by Reverend Hale in his home.
What is adultery?
This evidence is used to accuse Elizabeth Proctor of witchcraft.
The poppet Mary gave her with a needle in it.
This is the reason Rev. Hale returns to Salem jail in act 4.
To beg the condemned to save their lives by confessing/lying.
This is the first character to admit to practicing witchcraft and effectively begins a witch hunt.
Tituba
Before the action of the play begins, Betty Parris and her friends have been . . .
Ritual in the woods/dancing in the woods
John tells Hale that his youngest child has not been baptized because
What is ... John doesn't like Rev. Parris? ("I see no light of God in that man.")
The only official who believes the girls are faking
Hale
What events inspired The Crucible (HINT: What the first clue in the escape room about)
McCarthyism/Red Scare
This character arrives in Salem to investigate charges of witchcraft, but eventually begins to doubt the guilt of many of the accused.
Reverend Hale
Tituba ultimately confesses to witchcraft for this reason.
To save her life
Elizabeth's act that sealed John's fate on whether Danforth would accept his testimony about the girls putting on an act.
What is.... lying and denying John's affair with Abigail?
This will delay Elizabeth's hanging.
Her pregnancy
This is the reason Proctor, in the end, refuses to sign the confession.
He will not give up his good name
This character accuses Rebecca Nurse of witchcraft and names her as the one responsible for murdering seven babies shortly after birth.
Thomas Putnam or Ann Putnam
Elizabeth states that Abigail wants her accused as a witch for this reason.
So Abigail can have John to herself
When Elizabeth is arrested, John insists that Mary Warren do this.
Come to court and tell the truth
Elizabeth Proctor places blame for John's affair on this person.
Herself
Parris has to admit that Abigail has done this to him.
Ran off with his life savings
This character gives Elizabeth a poppet doll that eventually leads to her arrest.
Mary Warren
When Betty is unresponsive, Rev. Parris does not want to conclude that witchcraft is to blame because...
What is his fear that the congregation will drive him out of Salem for having corruption in his home.
At first Mary Warren enjoys her role in the courts because . . .
She likes the power and status she has now.
At the end of act 3, Rev. Hale is so disgusted with the process that he does this.
He denounces the proceedings and quits the court
Hale wants John to confess. Why?
So, he will not be hanged.