Show:
Girls in the Woods
Boys in the Hood
Other Characters
Plot
Historical Background
100
At the start of the play, this girl has fallen into a trance. She is assumed to be possessed and screams upon hearing the Lord's name.
What is Betty Parris?
100
This man is the new minister in Salem. He preaches hellfire and is very concerned with his reputation.
Who is Rev. Parris?
100
She is the Parris's slave from Barbados.
Who is Tituba?
100

This is the person who drank blood in the woods.

Who is Abigail Williams?

100
This man wrote The Crucible.
Who is Arthur Miller?
200

This girl is the oldest and the presumed leader of the group. She witnessed her parents murder. She had an alleged affair with John Proctor.

Who is Abigail Williams? 

200
He is the first villager to instigate a witch hunt. He is the father of one child, six others having died at birth.
Who is Thomas Putnam?
200
She has had six children die at childbirth. Her one daughter is Ruth. She blames Sarah Osburn for the death of the other children.
Who is Ann Putnam?
200

This is the person who has been "slandering" Abigail's name around Salem.

Who is Elizabeth Proctor?

200

This is the committee created during the Cold War to deter Communism in the United States.

What is the House Committee on Un-American Activities?

300
This girl delivers the news to Rev. Parris that the doctor can find no medical reason for Betty's illness.
Who is Susanna Walcott?
300
He had an alleged affair with Abigail but now wants nothing to do with her. He doesn't attend church.
Who is John Proctor?
300
She is a 72-year old woman. She is sensible and claims the girls are just going through "silly seasons."
Who is Rebecca Nurse?
300
This may have been the reason Thomas Putnam named Sarah Osburn as a witch.
What is because she was the Putnam's midwife?
300

This is when the real Salem Witch Trials began.

What is 1692?

400
This girl is the Proctor's current servant.
Who is Mary Warren?
400
He provides the comic relief in the play. He is worried his wife is reading "strange books." He has been involved in many lawsuits concerning land ownership.
Who is Giles Corey?
400
She is the first woman accused of witchcraft. Thomas Putnam asked Tituba if she was with the devil. She is a homeless woman in Salem.
Who is Sarah Good?
400

This is the setting for Act 1.

What is Rev. Parris' house, in Betty's room?

400

This is the person who caused a wave of panic in the United States about communism during the 1950s.

Who is Senator Joseph McCarthy?

500
This girl is the Putnam's servant. She was witnessed by Rev. Parris running naked in the woods.
Who is Mercy Lewis?
500

He is an expert on demonic arts and witches. He tells others not to look to superstitions.

Who is Rev. Hale?

500

She was the midwife in most of Mrs. Putnam's deliveries.

Who is Sarah Osburn?

500
These are the kinds of lawsuits Giles Corey was involved in around Salem.
What is land ownership?
500

This is the term used when people are shunned from society and are unable to get a job because someone has been slandering their name.   

What is blacklisting?