Quotes
“Oh, it be no Hell in Barbados. Devil, him be pleasure man in Barbados, him be singin’ and dancin’ in Barbados. It’s you folks--you riles him up ‘round here; it be too cold ‘round here for that Old Boy. He freeze his soul in Massachusetts, but in Barbados he just as sweet and--”
Who is Tituba?
The person in charge of the court.
The person Parris has asked to come to Salem
Who is Reverend Hale?
The person who has an affair with Elizabeth's husband.
Who is Abigail Williams?
“I look for John Proctor that took me from my sleep and put knowledge in my heart! I never knew what pretense Salem was, I never knew the lying lessons was taught by all these Christian women and their covenanted men!”
Who is Abigail?
“I say-- I say-- God is dead!”
The reason Elizabeth will not be hanged.
What is she is pregnant?
The news Mary Warren brings to the Proctor household from Salem.
What is someone accused Elizabeth of witchcraft?
The first person Abigail claims practiced witchcraft.
Who is Tituba?
“I am your third preacher in seven years! I do not wish to be put out like the cat whenever some majority feels the whim! You people seem not to comprehend that a minister is the Lord’s man in the parish.”
Who is Reverend Parris?
“You think it’s God’s work you should never lose a child, nor grandchild either, and I bury all but one?”
Who is Ann Putnam?
John's desperate attempt to foil Abigail so that the court sees her as a liar.
What is telling the court of their affair?
The kind of government Salem has in The Crucible
What is Puritanism?
The character that Hale urges to confess even though he's innocent.
“He had no right to sell it. It stands clear in my grandfather’s will that all the land between the river and--”
Who is Thomas Putnam?
“It is her dearest hope, John, I know it. There be a thousand names; why does she call mine? There be a certain danger in calling such a name-- I am no Goody Good that sleeps in ditches, nor Osburn, drunk and half-witted. She’d dare not call out such a farmer’s wife but there be a monstrous profit in it. She thinks to take my place, John.”
Who is Elizabeth Proctor?
What the court does with John Proctor.
What is has him hanged?
Abigail does this at the end of the play (answer must have "Salem" in it)
What is she flees Salem after robbing her uncle?
The character that blames witchcraft for the death of her 7 children in infancy.
Who is Ann Putnam?
“Martha, my wife. I have waked at night many a time and found her in a corner, readin’ of a book. Now what do you make of that?”
Who is Giles Corey?
“Twelve are already executed; the names of these seven are given out, and the village expects to see them die this morning. Postponement now speaks a floundering on my part; reprieve or pardon must cast doubt upon the guilt of them that died till now.”
Who is Danforth?
The charge that Giles Corey is arrested on.
What is contempt of court?
Parris's position in Salem.
What is minster?
She makes a poppet while sitting in court.
Who is Mary Warren?
“My duty is to add what I may to the godly wisdom of the court.” Then, later: “I denounce these proceedings! I quit this court!”
Who is Reverend Hale?