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John Proctor is a tormented individual. He believes his affair with Abigail irreparably damaged him in the eyes of God, his wife Elizabeth, and himself.

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Reverend Parris - The minister of Salem's church. Reverend Parris is a paranoid, power-hungry, yet oddly self-pitying figure. Many of the townsfolk, especially John Proctor, dislike him, and Parris is very concerned with building his position in the community.

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Abigail Williams is the name of a character whose age in the play is raised a full five or six years, to age 17, and she is motivated by a desire to be in a relationship with John Proctor, a married farmer with whom she had previously had an affair.

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Betty Paris is important because she's the one who sparks the Salem witch trials. After she's caught dancing in the woods, she seems to fall ill.

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Thomas Putnams Wife, Ann Putnam is a 'death-ridden' woman who dwells on the loss of seven children. She loves gossip and is eager to sensationalize ordinary things to achieve whatever end she has in mind. Her character provides examples of the ways in which the Salem Witch Trials were able to reach the frenzied pitch they achieved.

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Tituba, the Reverend Parris's slave, is a woman from Barbados who practices what the Puritans view as “black magic.” Of course, she mainly does this because the conniving Abigail manipulates her into doing it

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This is the Reverend John Hale, the idealistic witch hunter. Hale is the compassionate and logical minister who comes to Salem to investigate claims of witchcraft after young Betty Parris is struck with a mysterious illness.

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Mercy Lewis is the Putnam's servant - a fat, sly merciless eighteen year-old girl whom Paris found naked when he spied the girls dancing in the woods. She runs away with Abigail at the end of the play