At the start of the play, Tituba's beloved 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 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 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 may have been the reason Thomas Putnam named Sarah Osburn as a witch.
What is because she was the Putnam's midwife?
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 Goody Proctor's blood in the woods.
Who is Abigail?
Rev. Hale brings these to Rev. Parris's house. He says they are "weighted with authority."
What are books on demonic arts?
He is an expert on demonic arts. He tells others not to look to superstitions.
Who is Rev. Hale?
These are the kinds of lawsuits Giles Corey was involved in around Salem.
What is land ownership?
This is the punishment for dancing in the woods.
What is being whipped?