Girls in the Woods
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?
This man is the new minister in Salem. He preaches hellfire and is very concerned with his reputation.
Who is Rev. Parris?
She is the Parris's slave from Barbados.
Who is Tituba?
What does the doctor tell Reverend Parris to look toward for the cause of Betty's condition?
What is unnatural causes?
This place The Crucible takes place.
Where is Salem?
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?
He had an alleged affair with Abigail but now wants nothing to do with her. He doesn't attend church.
Who is John Proctor?
She accuses Abigail of drinking chicken's blood.
Who is Betty Parris?
This is the person who has been slandering Abigail's name around Salem.
Who is Elizabeth Proctor?
The Salem Witch Trials began in this year.
What is 1692?
This mother blames an evil murdering witch for the death of 7 of her children.
Who is Ann Putnam?
What is John Proctor's major complaint regarding Parris' preaching? How does he say it affects the people of the town?
Parris preaches too much about "hellfire and bloody damnation." He says that people stay away from church because he "hardly ever mentions God anymore."
Who is Ruth? What is wrong with her? How do the Putnams' tie her problem to Betty's?
Ruth is the Putnams' only daughter. She is sick and in the same state as Betty. They think it's due to witchcraft also. She lies motionless and her eyes are opened
Abigail is accused of doing something to harm Elizabeth Proctor. What is she accused of and what is the reason she did this action?
Abigail is accused of drinking blood for a charm to kill Elizabeth Proctor.
Rev. Hale brings these to Rev. Parris's house.
What are books on demonic arts?
Who is Abigail? How would you describe her character?
She is Reverend Parris' niece. She is strong and manipulative. She changes how she acts in different situations.
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?
She was Ann Putnam's midwife and is blamed for the death of Ann's 7 children during childbirth.
Who is Sarah Osburn?
This is the reason that Tituba is accused of witchcraft by the Putnams.
Ann Putnam sent Ruth to Tituba to conjure the spirits of her dead siblings.
Rev. Parris claimed to see this animal in a kettle in the woods.
What is a frog?
This girl is the Putnam's servant. She was witnessed by Rev. Parris running naked in the woods.
Who is Mercy Lewis?
He is an expert on demonic arts. He tells others not to look to superstitions.
Who is Rev. Hale?
She is a 72-year old woman. She is sensible and claims the girls are just going through "silly seasons."
Who is Rebecca Nurse.
Who dismissed Abigail from the Proctor household? Why does Abigail say she was dismissed from the Proctor household? What is the real reason she was dismissed?
Elizabeth dismissed Abigail from the household.
Abigail says it was because she refused to be Elizabeth's slave.
Elizabeth really dismissed her because she suspected the relationship between Abigail and John.
There are 3 signs that Betty is bewitched in Act I, list these 3 signs.
1. She is unconscious
2. She screams when she hears the psalms (religious songs)
3. She is seen trying to fly
4. She says she is going to fly to her dead mother