The Crucible Intro and Summary

The Crucible

by Arthur Miller

• Cares about reputation

• ​Is a prosecutor (lawyer)

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​Reverend Samuel Parris

• She is the slave of reverend Parris

• She makes love potions

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Tituba

• Abigail is the main antagonist.

• Abigail worked as a maid for John Proctor Abigail was fired.

• Abigail accuses other women of witchcraft.

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Abigail Williams

• She is a servant. She is friends with Abigail.

Susana Walcott

• A rich women.

• Many of her children died of illness.

• She believes in witchcraft and supports Anna.

Ann Putnam

• He is a rich man

• He takes advantage of witchcraft. He takes land from people accused of witchcraft.

Thomas Putnam

• He is the protagonist

• He is accused of an affair with Abigail Williams

• He and his wife are accused of witchcraft by Abigail.

John Proctor

Categorize

Options (4)

Abigial

John Proctor

Ann Putnam

Reverend Parris

Who accuses others of witchcraft? Who is accused of witchcraft?

Accuser

Accused

Plot Summary

In the Puritan New England town of Salem, Massachusetts, a group of girls goes dancing in the forest with a black slave named Tituba. While dancing, they are caught by the local minister, Reverend Parris. One of the girls, Parris’s daughter Betty, falls into a coma-like state. A crowd gathers in the Parris home while rumors of witchcraft fill the town. Having sent for Reverend Hale, an expert on witchcraft, Parris questions Abigail Williams, the girls’ ringleader, about the events that took place in the forest. Abigail, who is Parris’s niece and ward, admits to doing nothing beyond “dancing.”

在马萨诸塞州塞勒姆的新英格兰清教徒小镇，一群女孩和一个名叫蒂图巴的黑人奴隶在森林里跳舞。 跳舞时，他们被当地牧师帕里斯牧师抓住。 其中一名女孩，帕里斯的女儿贝蒂，陷入了昏迷状态。 一群人聚集在帕里斯的家中，而镇上充斥着巫术的谣言。 帕里斯派人去找巫术专家黑尔牧师，向女孩们的头目阿比盖尔·威廉姆斯询问森林中发生的事件。 阿比盖尔是帕里斯的侄女和受监护人，她承认除了“跳舞”之外什么也不做。

Multiple Choice

What are the girls accused of? 女孩们被指控什么？

• playing

• witchcraft

• dancing

• having fun

Open Ended

What happens in the beginning of the Crucible? 坩埚开始时会发生什么？