| A large, Merciless girl who intimidates others and is the one who runs naked in the forect | Mercy Lewis |
| A wealthy business man who uses the Witch Trials to profit from | Thomas Putnam |
| A neighboring town where the citizens begin to overthrow the courts | Andover |
| A man who speaks too loudly and often but has a good heart; dies by being pressed | Giles Corey |
| A slave from Barbados who is whipped until she names people who supposedly conspired with the devil | Tituba |
| A local reverend who seems to care more for wealth and prestige than for family and holiness | Samuel Parris |
| a young, inexperienced reverend who attempts to root out witches but ends up condemning others to die | John Hale |
| Her husband mentions that she reads unapproved books and acts secretly at times (Causes her conviction later) | Martha Corey |
| named Tituba as a witch only after Mr. Putnam supplies her with the name | Goody Osburn |
| A man who gains wealth and respect on his own. Mr. Putnam is jealous of him. | Francis Nurse |
| A woman known throughout new England for her good works and charity | Rebecca Nurse |
| A man who condemns others to die after hearing their claims | Judge Hathorne |
| A guard at the jail | Hopkins |
| the local constable who shows his shame by drinking to forget the pain; oversees the jail | Marshal Herrick |
| a young girl who is first “Afflicted” by spirits | Betty Parris |
| A tragic hero who chooses moral goodness ad spiritual purity despite the consequences | John Proctor |
| a homeless woman accused and convicted of witch craft | Sarah Good |
| A jealous bitter woman who lost many babies early in their lives | Ann Putnam |
| A stubborn selfish man who would rather allow innocent people to die then admit any wrong doing | Judge Danforth |
| a morally upright woman whose only lie dooms her husband and others | Elizabeth Proctor |
| A former friend of the Proctors who soon does the bidding of the unjust court | Ezekiel Cheever |
| Setting of the Crucible | Salem, Massachussets |
| a timid, weak girl who gives inot the other girls’ false accusations against the innocent | Mary Warren |
| A teenager whose desire for a married man dooms the village | Abigail Willaism |
The Crucible Crossword
February 27, 2020