"The Crucible" - Act 1

The Puritans came to this country for religious freedom; however, when they got here they persecuted others as they had been persecuted. They turned their colony into a place almost as bad as the place they had left.

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Being under such strict laws and commandments, the Puritans had to repress a lot of their anger and spirit of revenge towards their neighbors. When the witch hunts started, it was an excellent opportunity for them to "let their hair down" and get revenge on their neighbors for whatever petty squabbles they had been having.

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Tituba was Proctor's slave woman from Barbados. She went with the girls into the forest and was accused of conjuring spirits, accused of being a witch.

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Abigail was Parris' daughter. She wanted to take Rebecca's place as John Proctor's wife.

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Betty was Parris' daughter. In the opening scene, she has had some sort of a fit, and the only explanation the people of Salem can find for her condition is the presence of witchcraft in their village.

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Mrs. Putnam believed witches put spells on her babies and killed them.

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Thomas Putnam was a greedy, frustrated, bitter man.

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Parris was well-liked and in complete control of his congregation.

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Mary wants Abby to tell the truth about the happenings in the woods.

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Proctor is a weak man, ill-tempered and full of malice.

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