"The Crucible" Act 1, Character Match

Betty

• Rev. Parris' daughter who has become afflicted
• lost 7 children and is convinced that the Devil is in Salem
• a charm was made and blood drank to kill this character
• servant to the Giles'

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Reverend Parris

• servant to John Proctor
• local farmer who committed adultery with Abigail
• understands that the children are just playing games and are not really "witched"
• minister of Salem

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John Proctor

• understands that the children are just playing games and are not really "witched"
• first person to accuse someone of witchcraft
• a charm was made and blood drank to kill this character
• local farmer who committed adultery with Abigail

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Elizabeth Proctor

• homeless town beggar
• a charm was made and blood drank to kill this character
• reads "strange books" at night
• servant to Rev. Parris

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Thomas Putnam

• wealthy, influential citizen of Salem who uses the witch trials to gain land and power
• farmer that questions his wife's reading of "strange books"
• understands that the children are just playing games
• minister in Salem

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Goody (Mrs.) Putnam

• servant to John Proctor
• slave to Rev. Parris
• had an adulterous affair with John Proctor
• lost 7 children in childbirth and is convinced that the Devil is in Salem

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Rebecca Nurse

• has 11 children of her own and realizes that the children are just playing  and are not really "witched"
• homeless, beggar in Salem
• slave to Rev. Parris
• servant to the Putnams

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Tituba

• drank blood to kill Goody Proctor
• lost 7 children in childbirth
• good friends with Goody Proctor
• slave to Rev. Parris; charged with conjuring  spirits in the forest

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Giles Corey

• farmer that questions his wife's reading of strange books
• local farmer who committed adultery with Rev. Parris' niece
• wealthy, influential citizen of Salem who uses the witch trials to gain land and power
• minister of Salem who is paranoid and egocentric

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Abigail

• conjured spirits in the forest to talk to her dead sisters
• caught the girls dancing in the forest
• loves John Proctor and believes he comes to watch her in her window
• lies motionless in her bed

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