Characters
Miller states that even though this mad was a minister in real life, her "cut a villainous path" through history.
Who is Reverend Parris?
Who is Tituba?
Colony in which Salem was located in 1692
What is Massachusetts?
Elizabeth believes she has been accused by Abigail for this reason.
What is to take Elizabeth's place as John's wife?
During Puritan times, the government was run by church leaders; the name for this type of government.
What is a theocracy?
Miller writes in the character notes about this person: "Gentleness exudes from her."
Who is Rebecca Nurse?
This man tells his wife, "You forget nothin', and you forgive nothin'...Your justice would freeze beer!"
Who is John Proctor?
What is the forest?
The reason Abigail lives with Reverend Parris and his daughter
What is she is an orphan? What is her parents were killed when she was small? What is because no one wants to hire her to work in their home?
What is the Church of England? What is the Anglican Church?
Reverend Parris's neice
Who is Abigail Williams?
The first thing this man asks in Act One is, "Is she going to fly again?"
Who is Giles Corey?
Tituba's island home
What is Barbados?
This piece of evidence seems to point clearly to Elizabeth's involvement in witchcraft.
What is a poppet?
Another name for the Devil in these times
What is Lucifer?
Who is Mrs. Putnam?
He complains in Act One, "Don't a minister deserve a house to live in?"
Who is Reverend Parris?
Act Two takes place eight days later in this locale.
What is the Proctor's home?
Mary Warren's role in going to the court every day
What is an official of the court?
The nearby town that Reverend Hale comes from
What is Beverly?
This character is introduced by Miller as "the most comical hero in history."
Who is Giles Corey?
This man says authoritatively, "We cannot look to superstition in this. The Devil is precise."
Who is Reverend Hale?
Reverend Hale points out that John Proctor has gone to this place twenty-six times in the past seventeen months.
What is church?
Parris's career before becoming a minister
What is a merchant?
This is the usual method of carrying out the death penalty for witchcraft.
What is hanging?