| Why has Reverend Parris sent for a doctor as the play begins? | Betty (daughter) is sick/unconscious |
| What advice does the doctor send back? | Look to the unnatural (witchcraft, Reverend Hale) |
| About what does Parris question his niece Abigail? | What happened in the woods |
| What is Parris’ main concern? | there are a lot of enemies in town and he doesn’t want his pulpit taken away |
| What did Parris see in the woods the previous night? | The girl dancing and Tituba stirring the pot, somebody running around naked |
| What has Elizabeth Proctor said about Abigail? | Abigail is not sure she is soiled; had bad reputation |
| Why does Abigail say she was dismissed by the Proctors? | She doesn’t want to be the Proctors’ slave |
| What rumors have circulated the town about Betty Parris? | they’ve seen Betty flying over Ingersoll’s barn |
| What proof later occurs that “proves” that she(Betty Parris) is a witch? | she attempts to fly (Betty) |
| Why did Mrs.Putnam contact Tituba? | she contacts Tituba to find out about her dead 7 babies |
| Whom does Abigail accuse of conjuring spirits at this points? | Tituba and Ruth |
| What does Betty Parris reveal about what happened in the woods? | Abigail drank blood |
| What threat does Abigail make to the other girls? | if they tell the truth, abigail will kill them |
| What happened in the past between John Proctor and Abigail? How does each of them feel about it now? | John regrets the affair and Proctor feels guilt while Abigail feels love |
| What is the function of Rebecca Nurse in the play? | Center of animosity Putnam vs Nurse |
| Ho does John Proctor feel about Reverend Parris? | He doesn’t like him, Reverend Parris doesn’t talk a lot about God anymore |
| What is the dispute between John Proctor and Thomas Putnam? | Property ownership of meeting house |
| Why is Reverend Hale in Salem? | he is an expert on witchcraft |
| What does Giles Corey reveal to Reverend Hale? | His wife reads books, when she reads he can’t pray |
| “But I will cut off my hand before I ever reach for you again” | John Proctor to Abigail; caught for Adultery |
| “There is a prodigious danger in the seeking out of loose spirit” | Rebecca Nurse to Parris and the Putnams and Proctors about warning them about opening up something they can’t control |
| “You think that is god’s work that you should never lose a child and I bury all but one?” | Mrs. Putnam to Rebecca emphasizing jealousy |
| “Why,then, I must find it and join it.” | Proctor to Doris about joining/finding the faction against Parris |
| “I mean to crush him utterly if he has shown his face.” | Hale to Parris, talking about the Devil. |
| Reverend Samuel Parris | young minister in Salem, paranoid |
| Betty Parris | Parris’ 10 year old daughter |
| Abigail Williams | orphan, 17 year old niece of Parris/ takes advantage of preacher’s neice, beautiful girl, orphan because of Indian attack, manipulative |
| Tituba | Parris’ slave from Barbadoes, in her 40s |
| Thomas Putnam | villager with personal grievances/ eldest son of richest man in the village, very embitter |
| Mrs. Ann Putnam | wife of Thomas, 8 children, 7 dead, angry |
| Ruth Putnam | daughter of Putnams |
| Mercy Lewis | Putnam’s servant; 18 year old |
| John Proctor | farmer; local member of church, mid 30s, partisan of no faction, hates hypocrites |
| Elizabeth Proctor | Wife of John |
| Mary Warren | Proctor’s servant, 17 years old, naive, lonely girl |
| “You will confess yourself or I will take you out and whip you to death”. | Parris to Tituba; he threatens her for the truth |
The Crucible Act 1 Study Set
March 4, 2020