The Crucible
The Crucible, Act One
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1. Reverend Parris is the minister of the
village. He is Betty’s father and Abigail’s
uncle. Abigail lives with them.
2. Tituba is the servant from Barbados for
the Parris family.
3. Betty is in bed pretending to be sick. She
is unresponsive and seems to be sleeping.
The Crucible, Act One
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4. The doctor can’t find a medical reason
for Betty’s behavior.
5. The Putnams are neighbors who have a
sick daughter, Ruth. They suggest Betty is
witched because Tom Putnam is angry his
brother in law didn’t become minister.
6. He worries that she has jeopardized his
position as minister.
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7. Ruth is the Putnams’ daughter. She is
acting the same as Betty. The connection is
they were both in the forest the night
before.
8. The girls were in the forest dancing.
They were with Tituba who made a potion
and Abigail wished that Proctor’s wife
would die. Some drank blood.
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9. She says she will bring a pointy
reckoning in the dark night. This reveals
she is manipulative, violent, and a bully.
10. Proctor is handsome, upstanding in
the community, and strong. He speaks the
truth and calls out others who are false.
The Crucible, Act One
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11. Abigail and John had an affair.
12. She said Elizabeth told lies about her
and called her a cold, sniveling woman.
13. Francis Nurse was in a land battle
with Putnam. The Nurses also prevent
Putnam’s brother in law from becoming
minister.
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14. Rebecca says Betty is playing and will
come around when she bores of this
game.
15. Parris only speaks about hell and
damnation during his sermons. They also
say he is only concerned about money
and the deed to his house.
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16. Putnam’s father left the largest portion
of land to the stepbrother and was denied
when he tried to break the will.
17. Giles is old, new to religion, and
grumpy.
18. Reverend Hale is educated and takes
his role as demonologist very seriously.
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19. Hale fires questions at Tituba and
makes her nervous. During the
conversation, Tituba realizes that to save
herself, she must accuse others.
20. The girls join in on the accusations
when they see Tituba is not in trouble. The
girls are motivated by their involvement in
dancing in the woods and want to get out of
trouble. Eleven are accused.
The Crucible, Act Two
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1. They have issues in their marriage
because of John’s affair and Elizabeth
doesn’t trust him. She is a good housewife
and he is trying to earn her trust again.
2. This scene is to show the reader how
tense their relationship is from the affair.
The Crucible, Act Two
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3. Mary brings her a poppet (a rag doll).
4. She reports that many are being
accused of witchcraft. Her role in the trial is
to report whether or not she has witnessed
any witchcraft. John doesn’t want his
household involved in the trials.
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The Crucible, Act Two
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6. You have to confess that you are a witch.
7. Mary Warren has a role in the trials now
and she is threatening Elizabeth with this
comment.
The Crucible, Act Two
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8. Hale comes to investigate the Proctor
household. He may be called as a witness
during the trial.
9. Abigail accused Elizabeth because she
wants John Proctor as her own.
10. He forgets adultery. This is significant
because he committed adultery with
Abigail.
The Crucible, Act Two
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11. Walcott bought the pig from Corey and
she won’t give the money back to Walcott.
He says she bewitched the pig and that’s
why it died.
12. allusion: reference to another piece of
lit. He compares Hale to PP because he
knows something is wrong but won’t stand
up and speak the truth.
The Crucible, Act Two
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13. He wants Mary to tell that she put the pin in
the doll because Abigail told her to. She won’t tell
because she is afraid of what Abigail will do to
her.
14. Her motives are to keep Abigail happy. She
gave her the poppet to make Elizabeth look guilty.
15. She confesses.
16. They believed she was out of the Devil’s
control if she confessed.
The Crucible, Act Two
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17. Vengeance
18. Abigail’s motivation for accusing Elizabeth;
Walcott’s accusation of Corey.
19. Proctor says this ironic statement because the
trials themselves are black mischief and evil.
20. She is a kind and a good Christian woman.
21. He is the one that Elizabeth told John to go to
about Abigail.
The Crucible, Act Three
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They are trying to gather
evidence to prove Martha Corey
is innocent.
 2. The others accused present
evidence on behalf of Martha
Corey.
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They accuse whoever comes
to the defense of being a witch.
 4. He confesses to adultery.
 5. He tries to explain the
motivation behind Abigail’s
accusation of her to save
Elizabeth.
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Mary tells him it was all pretend.
 7. Elizabeth tells him John never
committed adultery, and John is
imprisoned as a liar.
 8. He tells John she is pregnant.
 9. They will not hang Elizabeth until
after the baby is born.
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It is a testimony of the
good qualities of Elizabeth,
Rebecca and Corey. There are
91 signatures.
 11. Mary has never seen
spirits or experienced them.
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This is true because you can’t
be in the middle when it deals
with the law or the courts.
 13. If you do what is right, no
harm will come to you because
you are honest with God.
The Crucible, Act Three
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14. Corey claims that Putnam wanted
Jacob’s property and accused him. He
mentions a witness to this but won’t give the
name.
15. He withholds the name of the witness.
16. If they signed the Devil’s book.
17. Hale is beginning to realize that the trials
are evil, and people are making false
accusations.
The Crucible, Act Three
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18. Mary cannot faint. Hathorne points out
that if she can’t pretend faint, she must
have fainted earlier from the witches.
19. He had an affair with Abigail.
20. Elizabeth tries to say John is lying
about the affair in order to save her.
21. She says John is a witch and has been
bewitching her.
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22. Hale says Abigail seems false to him
and he views Proctor as an honest man.
23. The girls start to repeat Mary’s words
and act like Mary’s spirit is attacking them.
Mary is confused and bullied.
24. Opinion
The Crucible, Act Four
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1. Morning
2. Mr. Hale and others in the town urge
those accused to confess to save
themselves.
3. Herrick is drunk.
4. Abigail because the truth is out about her
having an affair with John.
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5. 12 have hanged and it’s not fair that the
others accused are still alive.
6. orphans are wandering house to house;
abandoned cattle are loose on the roads;
rotting crops and making the town smell; no
one knows if they will be accused and die.
7. John Proctor
The Crucible, Act Four
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8. No
9. His property would stay in family and he
kept his good name.
10. more weight
11. He will not sign a document confessing
to witchcraft.
12. whether or not to confess
The Crucible, Act Four
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13. She doesn’t want her husband to die,
but she won’t order him to confess.
14. He will not incriminate others who have
been accused.
15. He will not tarnish his name; it is all he
has.
16. Proctor thinks Danforth is using him to
get others to confess.
The Crucible, Act Four
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Proctor tears it up.
 18. He does not sign a confession, so
he is hanged.
 19. Proctor has remained true to
himself and not lied and confessed.
 20. opinion
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