Important Characters:
• Reverend Parris: He is the minister of Salem’s church. Reverend Parris is hysteric, and depressed man. Many people dislike him, and that makes him very concerned.
• Betty Parris: She is Reverend Parris’s daughter. She experiences strange symptoms after Parris catches her and the other girls dancing in the forest with Tituba. Her illness starts the first rumors of witchcraft.
• Tituba: She is Reverend Parris’s slave from Barbados. She agrees to perform voodoo to Abigail’s request.
• Abigail Williams: Reverend Parris’s niece. She was the servant for the Proctor household, but Elizabeth Proctor fired her after she discovered that Abigail had an affair with her husband.
• Mrs. Putnam: She’s Thomas Putnam’s wife. She …show more content…
Putnam: He’s a wealthy citizen of Salem. He uses the witch trials to his advantage by accusing people and then buying their land.
• John Proctor: He’ s local farmer who lives just outside town, He committed adultry with Abigail Williams. When the hysteria begins, he hesitates to expose Abigail because he worries that his secret will be revealed and his good reputation ruined.
• Rebecca Nurse: She becomes a victim to the accusing when the Putnams accuse her of witchcraft because she refuses to confess.
• Francis Nurse: He is wealthy, influential man in Salem. Francis is well respected by most people in Salem, but he also is an enemy of Thomas Putnam and his …show more content…
Often times reputation didn’t matter anymore when people were accused. This is what made Reverend Hale begin to feel uncertain about whether the accused people were actually guilty. Reputation also was close tied to religion; if people were good and trustworthy then they were pat of the church. In John Proctor’s case his reputation was so important to him that he would rather die then soil it.
Good vs. Evil
The entire town of Salem based its belief system on good vs. evil. When Tituba confesses her sins of witchcraft she claims that she wants to be a good person now and that she will stop hurting people. She says she needs to stop serving the Devil.
Most people are eventually confused about which side is actually good, and which is evil.
Jealousy:
In The Crucible many of the characters are driven by jealousy and greed. Abigail is jealous of Elizabeth Proctor, and she wants her to die so that she can marry John Proctor. Thomas Putnam, for example, is jealous of other people’s property, that’s why he wants George Jacobs to die because he possesses great property of land.
Symbols/Motifs
Motifs:
• Reverend Parris: He is the minister of Salem’s church. Reverend Parris is hysteric, and depressed man. Many people dislike him, and that makes him very concerned.
• Betty Parris: She is Reverend Parris’s daughter. She experiences strange symptoms after Parris catches her and the other girls dancing in the forest with Tituba. Her illness starts the first rumors of witchcraft.
• Tituba: She is Reverend Parris’s slave from Barbados. She agrees to perform voodoo to Abigail’s request.
• Abigail Williams: Reverend Parris’s niece. She was the servant for the Proctor household, but Elizabeth Proctor fired her after she discovered that Abigail had an affair with her husband.
• Mrs. Putnam: She’s Thomas Putnam’s wife. She …show more content…
Putnam: He’s a wealthy citizen of Salem. He uses the witch trials to his advantage by accusing people and then buying their land.
• John Proctor: He’ s local farmer who lives just outside town, He committed adultry with Abigail Williams. When the hysteria begins, he hesitates to expose Abigail because he worries that his secret will be revealed and his good reputation ruined.
• Rebecca Nurse: She becomes a victim to the accusing when the Putnams accuse her of witchcraft because she refuses to confess.
• Francis Nurse: He is wealthy, influential man in Salem. Francis is well respected by most people in Salem, but he also is an enemy of Thomas Putnam and his …show more content…
Often times reputation didn’t matter anymore when people were accused. This is what made Reverend Hale begin to feel uncertain about whether the accused people were actually guilty. Reputation also was close tied to religion; if people were good and trustworthy then they were pat of the church. In John Proctor’s case his reputation was so important to him that he would rather die then soil it.
Good vs. Evil
The entire town of Salem based its belief system on good vs. evil. When Tituba confesses her sins of witchcraft she claims that she wants to be a good person now and that she will stop hurting people. She says she needs to stop serving the Devil.
Most people are eventually confused about which side is actually good, and which is evil.
Jealousy:
In The Crucible many of the characters are driven by jealousy and greed. Abigail is jealous of Elizabeth Proctor, and she wants her to die so that she can marry John Proctor. Thomas Putnam, for example, is jealous of other people’s property, that’s why he wants George Jacobs to die because he possesses great property of land.
Symbols/Motifs
Motifs: