Characters
A highly respected older lady, who is shown to be a very good person.
Who is Rebecca Nurse?
Abigail drinks blood to kill this woman.
Who is Elizabeth Proctor?
This is the dish Proctor adds some seasoning to, attempting to please his wife.
What is rabbit stew?
Abigail denies Mary’s testimony and turns the girls against her by pretending to see this in the rafters.
What is a yellow bird?
Proctor decides to confess at first because he claims this about himself—he is not a ____ ___.
What is a good man?
This young lady sparks the witchcraft hysteria and manipulates other girls to accuse innocent people.
Who is Abigail Williams?
This activity in the forest, seen by Parris, sparks the village’s panic.
What is dancing?
Elizabeth is shocked to hear that even this respected woman has been accused of witchcraft.
Who is Rebecca Nurse?
Hale argues that the fear in the courtroom makes it impossible to distinguish truth from this.
What is hysteria?
This marshal wanders the jail drunk, claiming he “drank cider” with the prisoners.
Who is Herrick?
This farmer struggles with guilt over an affair, and he ultimately chooses integrity over his life.
Who is John Proctor?
Tituba confesses because the townspeople do this to her.
What is threatening her with hanging?
This reason is given for Giles Corey’s wife, Martha, being arrested.
What is reading “strange books”?
This character delivers the warrants and testifies about the poppet from Act 2.
Who is Ezekiel Cheever?
Hale begs Elizabeth to do this for John, even if it means lying.
What is persuade him to confess?
This minister fears for his reputation more than the truth and helps fuel the panic.
Who is Reverend Parris?
Parris sends for this outsider, an expert in "witchcraft", to diagnose the girls.
Who is Reverend Hale?
This commandment is the only one John Proctor forgets when Hale quizzes him.
What is “Thou shalt not commit adultery”?
After his confession fails to convince the court, Proctor shouts this dramatic line, expressing his despair over Salem’s corruption.
What is “God is dead!”?
These are the characters who died at the very end of Act 4.
Who are Martha Corey, Rebecca Nurse and John Proctor?
This character's stubbornness keeps the witch trials going—he believes the court “cannot be wrong.”
Who is Judge Danforth?
The act ends with this “snowball effect” moment as the girls begin doing this.
What is accusing people of being witches?
Hale urges the Proctors to do this, even if they think it is unnecessary, as a sign of faith.
What is baptize their youngest child?
The girls mimic and accuse Mary Warren of doing this in the courtroom, undermining her credibility.
What is bewitching them or using spirits against them?
Danforth insists that a confession must be this in order for him to accept it.
What is "written"?