| Abigail Williams | Orphan; neice of Parris; tauntress; mistress of Proctor; leads “crying out” during the trial. |
| Tituba | Parris’s slave from Barbados; first accused witch. |
| Reverend Parris | A minister of Salem who is more worried about his reputation than the life of his daughter or the lives of his parishioners. |
| Betty Parris | Parris’s young daughter; stricken at the beggining; one of the girls who “cry out” during the trial. |
| Thomas Putnam | Vindicative, bitter villiager who believes he has been wronged and cheated; leading villiage voice against the witches. |
| Ann Putnam | Wife of Thomas Putnam; first plants the idea that Betty has been witched. |
| Ruth Putnam | Daughter of the Putnam’s; one of the girls who “cry out” at trials. |
| Mercy Lewis | Putnam’s servant; also involved in accusation of witches; one of the girls who “cry ot” during the trial. |
| John Proctor | Good man with human frailities and hidden secret; often the voice of reason in the play; accused of witchcraft. |
| Elizabeth Proctor | Wife of John Proctor; a cold but upright woman who at first cannot forgive her husbands frailities; an accused witch. |
| Mary Warren | Proctor’s servant; an easily swayed young girl who plants the evidence of witchcraft on Elizabeth; one of the girls who “cry out during the trial. |
| Reverend Hale | A minister who is a recognized authority on witchcraft; at the end he tries to save the accused. |
| Giles Corey | Old, garrulous villiager; inadvertently causes his wife to be accused. |
| Martha Corey | Giles Corey’s wife who likes to read; accused witch. |
| Sarah Osborne | Midwife at birth of three Putnam babies who were born dead; accused witch. |
| Rebecca Nurse | Wife of respected Francis Nurse; midwife; exemplary Christian; accused witch. |
| Francis Nurse | Husband to Rebecca; had land dispute with the Putnams. |
| Deputy Governor Danforth | Deputy Governor of Massachusettes who is taken in by the testimony’ attempts to get confessions of accused witchs. |
| Judge John Hathorne | Another one of the judges in trials |
| Judge Samuel Sewell | One of the judges in trials |
| George Jacobs | A viliager who owns land next to Putnam’s. |
| Sarah Good | Accused witch who cracks under the strain of imprisonment. |
| Ezekiel Cheever | Charged with arresting the witches. |
| Marshal Herrick | Also charged woth arresting the witches; acts as jailkeeper. |
The Crucible Characters
March 1, 2020