character quiz
john proctor
-local farmer outside of town, elisabeth proctors gusband
-stern man, hates hypocrisy
-had affair eith abaigial williams tjat leads to his downfall
-with hysterteria hesittates ti expose abagial as a fraud because worried secreat will be revealed and good name ruined
abagail williams
-revered parris neice
-abagial wad serbrnt for proctor household but elizabeth proctor fired agter she discovefed the affair with her husband
-abagail is smart good liar wily anf vinfidictive when crossed
reverend john hale
-minister reputed to be an expert on witchcraft
-called in salem to examine parris daughter betty
-hale is commited crhistian and hater of witchfraft, his mind and intellegnece save him from falling into blind fervor
-his arrival setd the hysteria although he later regrets his actuons and atyempts to save the lives of those accuses
elizabeth proctor
-john proctors wife
-elizabeth fired abaigial when she discovered her husband was having affair with abavigal
-elizabeth is supremely virtuous but often cold
reverend parriss
-minister of salem chruch
-powerhungry, paranoid, oddly self pitying
-many, espcually john proctor dislike him and parriss is concerved building his position in the community
rebecca nurse
-francis nurses wife
-wise, sensible and upright, held in tremendous regard by most salem community
-she falls victim to the hysteria when the putmans accuse her of witchcraft anf she refused to confess
francis nurse
-a weathy influential man in salem.
-nurse is well respected by most people in salem but an enemy of thomas putman and his wife
judge danforth
-deputy govenor of massachusetts and the presiding judge at the witch trails
-honest and scrupulous at least in his own mind, dangorurh is convinced that he is doing right in rooting out witchcraft
giles corey
-an elderly but feisty farmer in salem
-famous for tendancy to file lawsuits
-giles wife martha is accused of witchcraft and he himself is eventually held in con-tempt of court and pressed to death with large stones
thomas putman
-a weathly inlfluential citizen of salem, -putman holds a grudge agaisnt francis nurse for precenting putmans brother in law from being elected to the office minister.
-he used the witch trials to increase his own wealth by accusing people of witchcraft and buting up their land.
ann putman
-thomas putmans wife
-ann has given birth to 8 children but only ruth survived
-the other seven died before they were a day okd
-ann is convinced they were murdered by supernatural means
ruth putnam
the putmans lone surviving child out of eight
-like betty parris ruth falls into a strange stupir after reverend pariss catches her and other girls dancing in the woods at night
tituba
-reverend parriss black slave from barbados
-tituba agrees to perform voodoo at abagails request
marry warren
-the servent of john proctors household and a member of abagails group of girls
-she is a timid girl, easily influenced by those around her
betty partis
-reverend parriss ten year old daughter
-betty falls into a strnage stupur after partis catches her and the other girls dancing in the forest with tituba
-her illness and thay of ruth puan fuel the first rumours of witchcraft
martha corey
-giles coreys third wife
-martha reading habits lead to her artest and conviction for witchfraft
ezekial cheevar
-a man from salem who acts as clerk of the court during the witch trials
-his is upright and determined to do his duty for justice
judge hathone
-a judge who presides, along woth danforut over the witch trials
herrick
the marshal of salem
mercy lewis
the servant in thomas putmand househokd
mercy belongs to abigails group of girls
creed
a system of christian or other religious beleifs, a faith
prediction
a thing predicted, a forecast
parochial
relating to a church parish
citadel
a fortress typically on highground, protecting or dominating a city
autocracy
a system of grovermeny by one person with absolute power
ideology
a system of ideas espicially one which forms basis of othet economic or politcal theory a policy
junta
a military or policyal group that riles a country after taking power by force
deed
certificate of ownership
faction
a small organized dissenting group with a latger one, espically in polticia