Character List

Abigail: a seventeen year old girl, an orphan, lives with her uncle Reverend Parris, had an affair with John Proctor, tries to win him back, but he doesn’t want her, practices witchcraft, danced and drank blood, accuses Tituba for making her do this, after Tituba confesses, she confesses too, and then blames people for being witches
Tituba: honest, slave from Barbados, practices witchcraft with the girls, confesses to this, and then accuses other people of being followers of the devil
Reverend Parris: the current minister of Salem, many people dislike his sermons, several of them want to replace him, his daughter is sick and he calls Reverend Hale to help her
Betty: Reverend Parris’s daughter, young, quiet, thought to be a victim of the devil, does not say much because she is lying in bed,once Abigail admits her sins and accuses people of being witches, she does the same
Mr. Putnam: doesn’t like the Nurse’s because they prevented his brother-in-law from becoming minister
Mrs. Putnam: seven children died in childbirth, only one surviving is very sick, she thinks they were murdered by “evil spirits”
Rebecca Nurse: Francis Nurse’s wife, kind, very religious
Hail: Reverend from Beverly, intelligent, can detect the devil easily, and supposedly an expert on witchcraft
Corey Giles: old, suspicious of his wife, Martha, experienced the stoppage of prayer
John Proctor: a farmer, married to Elizabeth, cheated on his wife with Abigail, doesn’t believe in witches
Elizabeth Proctor: John Proctor’s wife, fired Abigail from her job as a servant because she had an affair with her husband, Abigail wants to get back at her