ELA midterm -Crucible part 1

What Character is:

-honest, flawed, guilt-ridden, courageous

-struggles with his affair with Abigail and his reputation

• -stands up against the hysteria and refuses to falsely confess at the end

• Tituba

• John Proctor

• Reverend Parris

• Judge Danforth

What character is:

• - loyal, virtuous, forgiving, strong-willed

• - a symbol of moral integrity and Christian values

• - accused of witchcraft by Abigail due to jealousy

• Elizabeth Proctor

• John Procto

• Tituba

• Mary Warren

What character is:

• - manipulative, vengeful, deceitful

• - instigates the Salem witch trials to gain power and pursue John Proctor

• - represents unchecked ambition and hysteria

• Reverend Hale

• Tituba

• Elizabeth Proctor

• Abigail Williams

what character is:

• - self-serving, paranoid, materialistic

• - more concerned with his reputation than justice or truth

• Judge Danforth

• Reverend Hale

• Reverend Parris

• John Proctor

What character is:

• - intellectual, initially zealous, conflicted

• - comes to Salem to investigate witchcraft but later regrets his role in the trials

• Reverend Hale

• Reverend Parris

• John Proctor

• Judge Danforth

What character is:

• - authoritative, rigid, self-righteous

• - values the court's reputation over the pursuit of truth and justice

• Judge Danforth

• John Proctor

• Mary Warren

• Reverend Parris

What character is:

• - timid, impressionable, easily influenced

• - initially seeks to tell the truth but succumbs to Abigail's pressure

• John Proctor

• Tituba

• Elizabeth Proctor

• Mary Warren

What character is:

• - vulnerable, scapegoat, fearful

• - the first to confess under duress, representing the powerless

• Mary Warren

• Tituba

• Abigail Williams

• Mary Warren

Key quotes

• Elizabeth Proctor

• "He have his goodness now. God forbid I take it from him!"

• Abigail Williams

• "Because it is my name! Because I cannot have another in my life!"

• Reverend Hale

• "Let either of you breathe a word...and I will bring a pointy reckoning that will shudder you."

• John Proctor

• "I come to do the Devil's work. I come to counsel Christians they should believe themselves."

• Judge Danforth

• "We burn a hot fire here; it melts down all concealment."

Key pet details by act

• Act 3

• • - Proctor wrestless with the decision to confess falsely

  • - chooses integrity, resulting in his execution

• Act 1

• • - Betty Parris is unresponsive, rumors of witchcraft begin

    • - Abigail manipulates the girls and accuses Tituba to shift blame

• Act 4

• • - the court trials intensify

  • - Proctor confesses his affair to expose Abigail but fails to convince the court

  • - Mary Warren breaks under pressure and accuses Proctor of witchcraft

• Act 2

• • - Tension between John and Elizabeth Proctor over his affair

  • - Elizabeth is arrested for witchcraft after Abigail plants evidence