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Someone who disagreed with puritan church

Anne Hutchinson was the most prominent

Fled to Rhode Island because of her feminist beliefs

Deeply religious woman

Led to many more dissenters

Led to the fall of puritan church in addition to the Salem Witch Trials

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Salem was primarily puritan

Heavily anti-witches

Condemned witchcraft

Those who did not follow puritan lifestyle would be accused

Low tolerance

Easy ability to punish anybody due to strict laws

Community supported trials due to fear of witches

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b. 1623 d. 1699
Persecuted
70 years old

Judge observing Salem Witch Trials

Was not the judge that decided the trials

Opposed to the way trials were being handled

Did not agree with quick and harsh judgements

Did not accept spectral evidence

Helped the hysteria to die down

Sympathetic towards victims

Danforth was portrayed as  a man that furthered the Salem witch trials. He ruled to punish witches even though he did not believe in them. He increased hysteria more than anyone else. He executed many people to protect the good name of the court.

He was the judge that saw over every case in the Crucible. He sided with Abigail in order to protect the good name of the court. The court was his only priority and he almost strictly used quick and harsh judgements almost exclusively with rulings of contempt of court. Court was backed by God and therefore was always right.

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b. 1632 d. 1692
Persecuted
60 years old

Farmer

Innocent man

Opposed to trial

Easily targetable due to his opposition to courts

Primarily accused by Abigail Williams

Sentenced to be hung

All of his possessions were taken

Nothing was saved for his family

Proctor was portrayed as a stud in the Crucible. They showed him  to be a 30 year old man that was related with Abigail Williams. He was changed to be a motivation and love interest for Abigail. He was made into a handsome man that was a ladies' man in a sense.

Proctor always wanted to do good and was a main opponent of Abigail. He ended up dying because he decided to not lie. He is a righteous man that usually tells the truth. His one fatal flaw was his affair with Abigail.

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b. 1611 d. 1692
Persecuted
80 years old

Ex-criminal turned farmer

Testified against wife in her trial but took it back later

Accused of witchcraft

Refused to be tried in court

Unofficially pleaded not guilty

Pressed to death with stones (technically illegal)

Helped to start the opposition of witch trials

"more weight"

Giles was portrayed as a blunderbuss. He was a stupid old man that accidentally incriminated his own wife. He meant well and was pressed by stones both in real life and in the play.

Giles' role in the play was as comedic relief. He was simply an idiot that had a relatively small role in the play. He was a loud man that didn't know how to act properly in court. He broke tension consistently and stopped the audience from unnecessary grief.

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b. unknown d. unknown
Persecuted and accuser
Unknown age

Indian slave of Reverend Parris

First to be accused

Beaten into a confession

Mild involvement in witchcraft

First to confess to being a witch

Was not killed

Married to fellow slave John Indian

Put in jail for about a year

Tituba remained the same in the play and in real life. She really didn't do much. She served slightly less relevance in the play.  She was still a slave. She confessed that the devil was telling her that Parris was a witch. She only did so to protect herself. She ended up leaving in the play but she was in jail most of the time.

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1675-1676

War between Natives and English

Final Native attempt to regain land

Bloody uprising

Drained resources from the people of Salem

Gave cause for people to accuse those that continued to drain resources from them

All people had to do was claim they saw a person being a witch in their dreams

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b. 1680 d. 1697
Persecuted and accuser
11 years old

Lived with her uncle, Reverend Samuel Parris

One of the first to be accused as a witch

Many historians believe her parents died

Started playing fortune-telling games with friends

The girls predicted death in one of the games

Screamed in pain

Thought spirits were pinching them

Doctor determined that she was not sick and must have been bewitched

Named women who they thought were bewitching them

Continued to accuse people of witchcraft

Had a thirst for power and continued to accuse people

Abigail was only 11 in real life but in order to make her more promiscuous and entertaining, Miller made her an 18 year old girl that had a crush and affair with John Proctor. She was changed to be an evil person whereas in real life she was simply power hungry and scared.

Abigail was the main prosecutor in the play. She was crazy to lead a witch hunt and was conniving and evil. She loved Proctor and tried to get rid of Goody Proctor so she could have him to herself. She ends up escaping in the play even after being exposed by John Proctor.