A judge who presides, along with Danforth, over the witch trials.

...falls into a strange stupor after Parris catches her and the other girls dancing in the forest with Tituba

...committed Christian and a hater of witchcraft. His critical mind and intelligence...his arrival sets the hysteria in motion

The minister of Salem’s church...paranoid, power-hungry, yet oddly self-pitying figure...Many of the townsfolk...dislike him,

John Proctor’s wife...extremely virtuous and cold...

Presiding judge at the witch trials. Honest and scrupulous, at least in his mind,

What is the definition of Scrupulous?

...he hesitates to expose Abigail as a fraud because he worries that his secret will be revealed and his good name ruined.

She is a timid girl, easily influenced by those around her, who tried unsuccessfully to expose the hoax and ultimately recanted her confession.

He was the target of ______ for his unpopular beliefs.

She sued the boys who lied on her for _________ of character.

My sister took too long in the bathroom, which made me late for school, so I decided to be _____________after school and do the same thing when she had to use the bathroom.

An elderly but feisty farmer in Salem, famous for filing lawsuits, and his wife Martha, was accused of witchcraft (it may have been his fault too).

...a wise, sensible, and upright woman, held in high respect in the Salem community. She is accused of witchcraft by the Putnam's.

Reverend Parris’s black slave from Barbados, agrees to perform voodoo at Abigail’s request.

A wealthy, influential citizen of Salem...He uses the witch trials to increase his wealth by accusing people of witchcraft and then buying up their land

...has given birth to eight children, but seven died before they were a day old. She is convinced they were murdered by supernatural means (witchery or the devil)

The only surviving child out of eight. Like Betty Parris, falls into a strange deep sleep after Reverend Parris catches her and the other girls dancing in the woods at night.

A crucible is a ....