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John Proctor is the protagonist of Arthur Miller's drama The Crucible. The play is set in the puritanical town of Salem and aspects of this cultural background help to drive Proctor's actions. He is a middle-aged man who is both a husband and a farmer.

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A weak, paranoid and suspicious demagogue, Parris instigates the witchcraft panic when he finds his daughter and niece dancing in the woods with several other girls. Parris is continually beset with fears that others conspire against him

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Elizabeth Proctor has a complex role in Arthur Miller's “The Crucible,” the 1953 play that uses the Salem Witch Trials of the 1600s to criticize the witch-hunt for communists during the “Red Scare” of the 1950s. ... Instead, she emerges as the rare character, albeit a flawed one, in “The Crucible” with a moral compass.

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Abigail is vengeful, selfish, manipulative, and a magnificent liar. This young lady seems to be uniquely gifted at spreading death and destruction wherever she goes. She has an eerie sense of how to manipulate others and gain control over them

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Judge Danforth is the deputy governor of Massachusetts and he presides over the witch trials in Salem alongside Judge Hathorne. The leading figure among the magistrates, Danforth is a key character in the story.

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He is the "spiritual doctor" summoned to evaluate Salem. His job is to diagnose witchcraft if it is present, and then provide a necessary cure through conversion or by removing the "infected" inhabitants from Salem. Hale devotes himself to his faith and his work.

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Giles is a noble character in the play. He represents strength of will to the other characters, who end up looking up to him or feeling cowed by him, depending on how they have acted themselves. Early on the play, Giles sees the possibility of witchcraft in town as intriguing

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Ann Putnam Wife of Thomas Putnam. She believes that a witch is responsible for the deaths of her seven infant children. Her jealousy of Rebecca Nurse leads her to accuse Goody Nurse of being a witch. Thomas Putnam A greedy landowner in Salem.