Abigail

1
Abigail Williams
Betty Parris
2
Thomas Putnam (5)

• Vindictive and rich member of the community
• Giles Corey accuses him of accusing his neighbors
  in order to obtain their land
• Wife has lost multiple children in childbirth
• Endorsed his brother-in-law, James Bailey for
  minister and was offended when the stupid
  townspeople didnt listen to him
• Unfairly jailed a Salem minister for being in
  debt for his wifes funeral

3
Mrs. Putnam (4)

• Lost several children after birth
• Accuses her midwives of witchery
• Grief has made him/her a bit crazy
• Believes witchcraft is to blame for daughters
  behavior

4
Reverend Parris (7)

• Paranoid minister
• Solely concerned about his reputation
• Extremely concerned about displays of welath
  (golden candlesticks) and receiving proper
  payment
• Preaches sermons about Hell and damnation
• Accuses Abigail of earning her bad reputation
• Owns Tituba, the slave who knows how to conjure
  spirits
• Proud of his Harvard education

5
Ruth Putnam (2)

• Afflicted girl who is awake but unresponsive
• Only surviving daughter

6
Betty Parris (4)

• Reveals that Abigail drank blood and cursed Goody
  Proctor
• Wants her dead mama
• Says, You drank blood Abby. You didnt tell him
  that.
• Indicates witchcraft exists when she cries out
  when a psalm (prayer) is said

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Abigail Williams (7)

• Claims to love John Procter
• Says there is no blush about her name
• Saw parents killed by Indians
• Leader of the Salem mean girls
• Steals and leaves Salem, making him/herself look
  suspicious
• Claims Goody Proctor is blackening her name in
  the village.
• Removes a pin from her abdomen which she says is
  evidence a witch has put a curse on her

8
John Proctor (7)

• Hasnt been to church for some time
• Believes Reverend Parris is too intense in his
  sermons concerning sin
• Knows he has sinned and feels like a fraud
• Employs Mary Warren, a girl who fears him
• Concerned about his name
• Confesses, but refuses to condemn his friends
• Has a much better reputation than those first
  accused of witchcraft

9
Elizabeth Proctor (6)

• Dismissed Abigail Williams as her servant
• Says, It were a cold house I kept.
• Pardoned for a year because she is with child
• Lies to the court to protect his/her family
• Has not been to church because of another
  parishioner
• Sickly for the past year

10
Rebecca Nurse (4)

• Believes there is no witchcraft in Salem
• Mother and Grandmother of many
• Agrees with Proctor concerning Reverend Parriss
  sermons
• Known by people outside of Salem as a moral woman

11
Francis Nurse

• Rented and eventually purchased three hundred
  acres of land
• Townspeople resent his familys rise in status
  (even though they worked for it)
• Associated with the group which prevented James
  Bailey from being the minister of Salem and
  eventually broke away to form Topfield (which
  made Salemites resentful)
• Brings proof to the court of his wifes innocence

12
Giles Corey (5)

• Provides only comic relief of the play
• Has been to court so many times that he is as
  good as a proper lawyer
• Literally pressed to death because he will not
  answer the indictment of his witchcraft
• Foolishly questions his wifes reading habits
• Final sacrifice is for his family so that they
  may have his land as inheritance

13
Mary Warren (4)

• Grows braver after she is caught up in the
  accusations
• Gives Goody Proctor a poppit
• Accused of sending up a bird with her spirit in
  the courtroom
• Proud to be an official of the court

14
Reverend Hale (4)

• Considers himself an educated, intelligent man
  who uses logic and books to determine witchcraft
• Changes dramatically from believing there is
  witchcraft to believing many have been wrongly
  accused
• Seeks out John and Goody Proctor to inquire about
  their Christian habits
• Pleads with John Proctor and the other accused to
  confess to their sins to save their lives

15
Danforth (3)

• Shows evidence that s/he may realize the
  accusations have grown out of control, but will
  not change the course of action
• Has to have the confession signed
• Called to Salem to proceed over the witch trials

16
Cheever (3)

• Proctor initially believes he is a friend who may
  help
• Despite Proctors furious objections, he arrests
  Elizabeth in chains
• Required by the court to do his duty as the
  clerk, even if he feels guilty about it.