The Crucible Characters

well-respected Salem farmer considered a pillar of the community

• John Proctor

• Mary Warren

• Rev John Hale

• Abigail Williams

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a Salem minister and the instigator of the witch hunt

• Rev John Hale

• Rev Parris

• Elizabeth Proctor

• John Proctor

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John Proctor's partner in adultery

• Abigail Williams

• Mercy Lewis

• Elizabeth Proctor

• Rebecca Nurse

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the devoted wife of John Proctor and the mother of their three boys

• Abigail Williams

• Rebecca Nurse

• Elizabeth Proctor

• Martha Corey

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highly respected and pious Christian woman

• Goody Booth

• Mercy Lewis

• Rebecca Nurse

• Elizabeth Proctor

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is bitter over the deaths of seven children who died in infancy.

• Betty Parris

• Ann Putnam

• Ruth Putnam

• Tituba

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Reverend Parris's daughter, is comatose after being caught dancing in the woods.

• Mary

• Elizabeth

• Abigail

• Betty

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is a court clerk who delivers the arrest warrants to the accused

• John Proctor

• Ezekiel Cheever

• Thomas Putnam

• Giles Corey

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Reverend Parris's black slave from Barbados who confesses to practicing witchcraft.

• Tituba

• Abigail

• Betty

• Elizabeth

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Proctors' servant who breaks away from the girls and tells the judges their playacting is fraudulent.

• Ann Putnam

• Betty Parris

• Goody Good

• Mary Warren

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