List of Characters:
Mr. Parris- mid-forties; pastor in Salem; paranoid, everyone is out to get him; fear of others; afraid to believe daughter is bewitched
Betty- Reverend Parris’s daughter; mysterious illness; believed to be bewitched; danced with cousin Abby and others in woods; believed to be doing witchcraft; Screamed when she heard the Lord’s name; Awakes when Rev. Hale comes and starts yelling names of people she saw with the Devil
Tituba- Parris’s servant; with the girls in the woods; talks to the Devil?; loves Betty; threatened to be hanged and gives names of “witches”
Abigail- Parris’s neice; relations with Proctor; drank chicken blood as charm to kill Elizabeth Proctor (John Proctor’s wife); threatens other girls to keep their mouths shut; LIAR; blames others for what happened (Tituba) then goes back and blames others
Mr. Putman- Wealthy landowner; thinks he’s better than everyone; wealthy family; daughter Ruth also sick; believes in Devil
Mrs. Putman- Wife of Thomas Putman; believes Devil killed her children; believes Betty is possessed; accuses many
Mercy Lewis- The Putmans’ servant (16)
Mary Warren- one of girls who was with Abby in the woods
John Proctor- Farmer in mid thirties; Strong, reasonable man; relations with Abby; guilty and feels bad about it; tries to please his wife; does not believe in witches;
Giles Corey- 83 years old; says he cannot pray when wife was home;
Rebecca Nurse- 72 years old; respectable; many children and grandchildren; Midwife to Putman; accused of murdering her children
Reverend Hale- Rev. from Beverly; very intellectual; kind of and exorcist; gets Betty out of sleep
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