Described by Miller as " a well-to-do, hard-handed landowner, near fifty " p. Francis is described by Miller as "one of those men for whom both sides of the argument had to have respect," although "as he gradually paid for [the land he'd originally rented] and raised his social status, there were those who resented his rise" p. Basically, Francis is seen as a fair and upstanding citizen of Salem, although there are some who resent his social-climbing.
Act 1 : Thomas Putnam floats her name as a possible witch p. Act 4 : The first and only time Sarah Good appears onstage is at the beginning of this act: she is hanging out with Tituba in the jail, acting a little crazy, and seeming to see the Devil.
Elizabeth that he "knows [John Proctor] well" p. Act 2 : Cheever comes to arrest Elizabeth Proctor on orders from the court; he is convinced of her guilt when he finds a poppet with a needle stuck in it p. Act 3 : Cheever testifies about his experience with Goody Proctor and John Proctor in the previous Act finding the poppet after Elizabeth denied keeping them, John ripping up the arrest warrant ; though he prefaces his testimony with an apology to Proctor.
Herrick is the marshal for the court system in Salem, which is to say that he is the person sent to gather up prisoners, stop people from leaving the court and from attacking other people in the court, and lead convicted witches to be hanged.
Act 2 : Along with Cheever, Herrick comes to the Proctors' house to take Elizabeth Proctor away to the jail, as per orders of the court. He also shepherds the prisoners Elizabeth Proctor, John Proctor, and Rebecca Nurse back and forth between the cells, the main room, and ultimately the gallows.
Judge Hathorne is a Salem judge presiding over the witchcraft trials. Judge Hathorne appears in Acts 3 and 4 of The Crucible. Act 3 : Hathorne is very concerned with all civilians showing the proper respect to the court and the law although he's less shrill about it than Parris is. Fun fact : The character of Judge Hathorne is based on the historical Hathorne who was so reviled that his descendant, author Nathaniel Hawthorne The Scarlet Letter, House of the Seven Gables , changed the spelling of his last name to avoid being associated with him.
At the time of the events in the play, Danforth is the Deputy Governor of the entire Province of Massachusetts. Danforth oversees all of the court proceedings in the play as the highest legal authority. He is described by Miller as " a grave man in his sixties, of some humor and sophistication that do not, however, interfere with an exact loyalty to his position and his cause " p. While no one in the play seems to like him, exactly, he does command respect from most of the characters, at least at first - as the play continues and it becomes clear that Danforth is more concerned about procedure than justice, characters including Giles Corey and John Proctor vocally display their loss of respect for Danforth.
Act 3 : The audience first sees Danforth in his position as the presiding court judge for the witch trials. Act 4 : Danforth fills the audience in on what has been going on in Salem between Acts 3 and 4. He continues to lack detectable emotions and base his decisions on legality e. When he senses that John Proctor might not be entirely aboveboard in his confession, he warns that if Proctor is lying about being a witch, then he can't stop Proctor from hanging; when Proctor rips up his confession, Danforth feels no qualms about sending him to the gallows p.
Hang them high over the town! Who weeps for these, weeps for corruption! He sweeps out past them. In one case, a character actually has more lines from offstage Martha Corey than another character does onstage Hopkins , while in other cases these offstage, unseen characters are used to move along the action of the play. Martha Corey is the third wife of Giles Corey, accused of witchcraft directly by Walcott and indirectly by Giles himself.
We learn through Francis Nurse that Martha Corey is highly thought of in town - or at least, she was until she was accused of witchcraft p. While Martha never appears onstage, she is mentioned in all four acts and has three offstage lines in Act 3. Act 1 : Giles first brings up his suspicions that Martha's bookishness is somehow causing him to falter at his prayers despite the fact that he only started regularly going to church when he married her, and so "it didn't take much to make him stumble over [his prayers]" p.
Act 3 : Martha is heard from offstage being questioned by Judge Hathorne about witchcraft at the opening of the act; later, she is mentioned as being one of two accused witches who 91 people declared their good opinion of in a petition p. According to Ruth's parents, Ruth was sent by her mother to Tituba to figure out who supernaturally murdered Ruth's seven dead infant siblings; this is no doubt the reason why Ruth "never waked this morning, but her eyes open and she walks, and hears naught, sees naught, and cannot eat" p.
While she never appears onstage, Ruth and her strange illness is used in absentia to corroborate the presence of some supernatural evil in Salem during Act 1. Ruth is only brought up again a couple of times during the rest of the play: in Act 3, the audience learns that Ruth is said to have accused George Jacobs of being a witch p. The name of Goody Osburn first comes up in Act 1, when she is suggested by Thomas Putnam as a possible witch p. This suggestion is then corroborated by the accusations of Tituba p.
In Act 2, we learn that Good Osburn is the first witch to be condemned to hang in Salem p. His name briefly comes up in Act 2 as the owner of a heifer John Proctor is thinking about buying for his wife p. The accusation that Ruth had basically handed her father George Jacobs' property by accusing him of witchcraft, however, is never brought to trial because Giles refuses to reveal the name of the person who told him about Putnam's words; therefore, George Jacobs becomes the indirect cause of Giles being arrested for contempt of court and, ultimately, pressed to death.
Bridget Bishop is a tavern proprietor in Salem p. He's also the employer of Susanna Walcott. In addition to all the characters who we've previously discussed, there are also several other people mentioned over the course of the play. Some of these names are useful to know because they give context to character relationships that shape how events unfold in The Crucible for instance, James Bayley is the brother-in-law of Putnam who was passed over for minister of Salem due to opposition by other townspeople, including Francis Nurse, which causes bad blood between the two families.
Some of the other names might be useful if your teacher asks you to list off people accused of witchcraft over the course of the play, or to list people who accused others of witchcraft.
Whatever the reason, if you want a list of every name mentioned in The Crucible , we're here for you: see below for the nittiest-of-the-grittiest table of all the named people in The Crucible. Son of Elizabeth and John Proctor. Is not the person who snared the rabbit eaten for dinner by John and Elizabeth in Act 2. Father or other relative of Susanna Walcott. Accuses Martha Corey of witchcraft against his pigs.
Father of Mercy Lewis; reports he thought his daughter was staying over with Abigail Williams for a night. Now you know all about the characters in The Crucible. But what might you be asked about them? Practice answering them for yourself to gain a deeper understanding of the play even if your teachers don't end up asking you these specific questions.
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Clear your history. John Proctor. Abigail Williams. Judge Thomas Danforth. Elizabeth Proctor. Reverend Parris.
Reverend Hale. Thomas Putnam. Rebecca Nurse. Judge Samuel Sewall. Martha Corey. Judge Hathorne. Betty Parris. Francis Nurse. Ezekiel Cheever. Marshal Herrick. George Jacobs. Goody Osborne. Joanna Preston. Deliverance Fuller. Hannah Brown as Carmella Mulvihill. Rachel Buxton. Lydia Sheldon. Esther Wilkens. Joseph Proctor.
Daniel Proctor. Goody Sibber. Parris warns Abigail that he has enemies who will use this situation against him,; claims that he saw a dress lying on the grass; someone naked running through the trees.
He thinks that Tituba was screeching gibberish when he found the girls, but Abigail says they were singing Barbados songs. Parris demands to know whether Abigail has a good reputation, following up on rumors that her former employee, Goody Proctor, thinks Abigail is corrupt, but Abigail calls. Goody Proctor a gossiping liar.
Ann Putnam; Mr. Their daughter Ruth is also sick,; they assume witchcraft to be the cause. Putnam admits that she sent Ruth to Tituba.
She believes that Tituba knows how to speak to the dead,; she wished to learn who murdered her 7 children during their infancy. Abigail tells Ruth that Rev. Betty suddenly sits up; cries that Abigail drank blood to kill Goody Proctor. As they hear the people downstairs sing a hymn downstairs, Abigail insists that Proctor loves her yet.
He fends her off, firmly but not without sympathy. Abigail calls for Rev. She is skeptical of the claims of witchcraft. Putnam suspects Proctor, because he has not been at Sabbath lately, but Proctor claims there is no need for attendance since all Parris ever talks about are finances.
John Hale of Beverly then arrives, bringing with him half a dozen heavy books. Giles Corey tells Hale that Proctor does not believe in witches, but Proctor says he did not speak one way or another. Hale says that they cannot look to superstition in issues of witchcraft, because the Devil is precise. Putnam claims that witchcraft must be the cause of death for her 7 children.
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