The Crucible- Character Constellation
Salem
Judge Hawthorne
Governor Danforth
Reverend Parris
- former merchant
- looking for title,
land and money
Tituba
- Parris’ servant
- slave from
Barbados
- tells the girls
about magic and
fortune telling
to entertain
them at night
and dances
- Is the first
suspect who
admits to be a
witch and tells
on others
Betty Parris
-aged 10
- falls ill after a
night out
- went to Harvard
- signs the verdicts
Abigail Williams
Mary Warren
- aged 17
- orphaned niece of
Parris
- servant of the
Proctor until seen
months ago
- helpers to the court
- judges
Mr Hale
AFFLICTED GIRLS
Ann Putnam
- the Proctors’
servant
- gave Elizabeth a
puppet
- tried to testify
on behalf of
Elizabeth but gave
in to the pressure
Ezekiel Cheever
Marshall Herrick
Mercy Lewis
- daughter of
Thomas Putnam
(rich farmer)
- had fits and
parents are
concerned
John Proctor
Elizabeth Proctor
- in his middle thirties
- respected in Salem
as a farmer
- doesn’t support the
church and is
suspicious of Parris
- had an affair with
Abby
- cold towards her
husband
- fired Abigail
- lied for him in the
trials although she
had never lied before
- not hanged because
she was pregnant
WITCHES
- Sarah Good
- Rebecca Nurse
- Giles Corey and his
wife