Acts III and IV of The Crucible Calvin/Risden

Local farmer who lives just outside town; stern, harsh-tongued man, hates hypocrisy; has a hidden sin

• Thomas Putnam

• John Proctor

• Danforth

• Reverend Hale

was once the servant for the Proctor household; smart, wily, a good liar, and vindictive when crossed

• Ann Putnam

• Betty

• Abigail Williams

• Mary Warren

his arrival set the hysteria in motion, although he later regrets his actions and attempts to save the lives of those accused

• Giles Corey

• Reverend Parris

• Thomas Putnam

• Reverend Hale

a paranoid, power-hungry, yet oddly self-pitying figure

Many of the townsfolk, dislike him, quick to accuse others in order to protect himself

• Reverend Parris

• Reverend Hale

• John Proctor

• Giles Corey

deputy governor of Massachusetts and the presiding judge at the witch trials, honest and thorough, convinced himself he is doing right in rooting out witchcraft

• John Proctor

• Reverend Hale

• Danforth

• Thomas Putnam

He uses the witch trials to increase his own wealth by accusing people of witchcraft and then buying up their land.

• Thomas Putnam

• John Proctor

• Danforth

• Giles Corey

has given birth to 8 children, but only Ruth survived; other 7 babies died, convinced murdered by supernatural means

• Abigail Williams

• Marry Warren

• Betty

• Ann Putnam

servant in the Proctor household and a member of a group of girls, timid, easily influenced by others, tried unsuccessfully to expose the hoax and ultimately withdrew her confession

• Abigail Williams

• Mary Warren

• Betty

• Ann Putnam

Reverend Parris' 10 year old daughter, falls into a stupor, her illness fuel the first rumors of witchcraft

• Mary Warren

• Abigail Williams

• Betty

• Ann Putnam

elderly, feisty farmer in Salem, files many lawsuits, held in contempt of court and pressed to death with large stones

• Giles Corey

• John Proctor

• Thomas Putnam

• Reverend Parris