The Crucible Characters

The minister of Salem's church. The Reverend is a paranoid, power-hungry, yet oddly self pitying figure.

• John Proctor

• Reverend Hale

• Reverend Parris

• Thomas Putnam

A local farmer who lives just outside of town. He had sinned and cheated on his wife.

• John Proctor

• Thomas Putnam

• Giles Corey

• Herrick

Reverend Parris's ten-year-old daughter. Her illness and that of Ruth Putnam fuel the first rumors of witchcraft.

• Abigail Williams

• Rebecca Nurse

• Betty Parris

• Mercy Lewis

A young minister reputed to be an expert on witchcraft. His arrival sets the hysteria in motion, although he later regrets his actions and attempts to save the lives of those accused.

• Reverend John Hale

• Ezekiel Cheever

• Judge Danforth

• Reverend Parris

A man from Salem who acts as clerk of the court during the witch trials. He is upright and determined to do his duty for justice.

• Ezekiel Cheever

• Herrick

• Tituba

• Thoms Putnam

This character is supremely virtuous, but often cold. She believes she led her husband to cheat.

• Elizabeth Proctor

• Ann Putnam

• Rebecca Nurse

• Martha Corey

He uses the witch trials to increase his own wealth by accusing people of witchcraft and then buying up their land.

• Thomas Putnam

• Judge Danforth

• Ezekiel Cheever

• Tituba

The marshal of Salem

• Herrick

• Tituba

• Ezekiel Cheever

• Judge Danforth

A wise, sensible, and upright woman, held in tremendous regard by most of the Salem community. She falls victim to the hysteria when the Putnams accuse her of witchcraft and she refuses to confess.

• Rebecca Nurse

• Abigail Williams

• Elizabeth Proctor

• Anne Putnam

The servant in Thomas Putnam's household. She runs away at the end of the play.

• Mary Warren

• Mercy Lewis

• Tituba

• Abigail Williams