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.
Who 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?
This is the setting of the opening of Act I.
What is Rev. Parris's house in Betty's room?
This man wrote The Crucible.
Who is Arthur Miller?
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 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?
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?
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 girl is the Proctor's current servant.
Who is Mary Warren?
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 is a 72-year old woman. She is sensible and claims the girls are just going through "silly seasons."
Who is Rebecca Nurse?
This may have been the reason Thomas Putnam named Sarah Osburn as a witch.
What is because she was the Putnam's midwife?
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 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 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?
This is who drank chicken's blood in the woods.
Who is Abigail?
Rev. Hale brings these to Rev. Parris's house.
What are books on demonic arts?
This girl delivers the news to Rev. Parris that the doctor can find no medical reason for Betty's illness.
Who is Susanna Walcott?
He is an expert on demonic arts. He tells others not to look to superstitions.
Who is Rev. Hale?
She was the midwife in most of Mrs. Putnam's deliveries.
Who is Sarah Osburn.
These are the kinds of lawsuits Giles Corey was involved in around Salem.
What is land ownership?
This is the war that was occurring when Arthur Miller wrote The Crucible.
What is the Cold War?