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-Deputy Governor
-In his 60s
-Loyal to his job and responsibility
-Signed over 400 "witches" and condemned 72 of them to hang
-Fully believes in the girls; has seen supernatural events in the courtroom

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-In his 60s
-Bitter and remorseless

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-Married to Giles
-Secretly reads books at night, apparently disrupts Giles's prayers
-Walcott charged her: sold him a pig 4-5 years ago and it died, now blames her and says it's because she reads

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-Married to John Proctor

-Fears Mary Warren; how she's acting now as a court official

-Rocky relationship with John--knows about the affair w/ Abigail

-Receives a poppet as a gift from Mary

-Also doubts there is witchcraft in Salem; tells Hale to question Abigail, not herself

-Accused of witchcraft: Abigail claims she sent her spirit to push a needle into her stomach; the poppet has a needle in the same place (voodoo doll)

-Pregnant; will have another year to live and deliver the baby

-Always tells the truth, according to John

-Questioned in court about the affair; denies it happened in order to save John

-Sacrificed own virtue (honesty) but ended up betraying John, unknowingly

-Hale wants her to convince John to confess

-Hesitant to speak with John--wants him to do the right thing

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-Sarah Good
-Goody Osburn
-Bridget Bishop
-George Jacobs
-Goody Howe
-Martha Bellows
-Goody Sibber
-Alice Barrow

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-83 years old

-Still sharp-minded

-Asks Rev Hale about his wife, who reads at night

-Her reading interrupts his prayers (not used to praying, anyway)

-Scapegoat for anything wrong in the town

-Brought a signed document that Putnam is accusing his neighbors of witchcraft to get more land; won't say who accused Putnam; arrested for contempt of court

-Still wouldn't say who signed the document at his trial

-Was pressed as a form of execution

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-40 years old

-"Specialist" in witchcraft

-Thinks highly of himself

-Examines citizens who are accused of being witches

-"Is every defense an attack upon this court?"

-Defends the Proctors in the court proceedings

-Quits the court

-Only representative of God who supported the people (victims), not the girls

-Comes back to Salem to redeem himself--feels guilty about being part of the trials

-Also wants to postpone the hangings

-Tries to convince Elizabeth to persuade John to confess

-Wants Elizabeth to beg for John's life

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-72 years old
-Respected in town, well-liked
-Nurse vs Putnam land dispute
-Charged for the "supernatural" murder of Ann Putnam's babies

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-Mid-30s

-Farmer

-Feels like a fraud because he is a sinner, but the public doesn’t know

-Feared and respected in town

-Had had an affair with Abigail, now refuses to acknowledge it

-Hasn’t been to church because he doesn’t like Rev. Parris or his sermons

-Questions the trial process; demands actual proof of witchcraft

-Rocky relationship w/ Elizabeth, but tries to please her

-Not attending church every week; cannot recite all 10 Commandments--forgot about adultery; youngest son isn't baptized; doubts there are witches in Salem--appears he is doubting the reverends' judgement

-Rips up the warrant; calls out the town for only seeking revenge

-Brings paper signed by 91 townspeople that Rebecca, Elizabeth, and Martha are innocent; judges don't believe it

-Sacrifices himself and own reputation to prove Abigail is lying--admits the affair in court

-Mary blames him for forcing her to come to court

-"God is dead"--justice and mercy are gone in Salem, but misinterpreted by others

-Taken to jail

-Decides to confess in order to stay alive for his family; also a form of self-punishment

-Forced to sign a document that proves he confessed, refuses to give it over

-Rips the document so there's no proof he confessed

-Decided to do the right thing in the end: not convict others of witchcraft or confess to something he didn't do

-Sentenced to hang

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-Danced in the woods (watched them dance)
-17 years old
-Naive, subservient, lonely
-Servant to the Proctors
-An official of the court
-Stands up to Elizabeth--newfound power
-Wrote a deposition that there is no witchcraft in Salem--everything she and the other girls did/said was a lie
-Will hang if witchcraft is "proven"
-Can't faint to prove she is telling the truth
-Back-stabbing: sides w/ Abigail in the end because she knows Abby has more power than John
-Goal is to save herself

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-18 years old
-Sly and merciless
-Danced naked in the woods

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-Oldest son of the richest man in the village
-Landowner
-Thinks the town is against him because his brother-in-law lost the campaign for minister
-Vindictive and bitter
-Accused the most people of being a witch

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-Also dancing in the woods
-Awake, but not aware of her surroundings
-Her mother thinks she's possessed

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-45 years old
-Twisted, haunted by dreams
-7 of her babies had died the night they were born
-Went to Tituba for help to speak to the dead

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-Niece to Rev Parris; Betty's cousin
-17 years old
-Strikingly beautiful orphan
-Danced in the forest with Betty
-Goody Proctor fired her 7 months prior; can't get another job
-Hates Goody Proctor
-Drank a blood charm to kill Goody Proctor
-Wants to continue the affair with John
-Thinks Goody Proctor is after her
-Acts like the leader of the girls–controlling, demanding, and violent
-Blames Tituba for witchcraft, denies doing anything wrong
-Confesses to witchcraft after seeing that Tituba is forgiven; blames other women
-Accuses Elizabeth of witchcraft--plants evidence in the poppet
-Tells the court Mary is lying--there are witches in Salem
-Held in high regard--talks back to Judge Danforth and threatens him, proves how much control she has in court
-Turns other girls against Mary--acts like she sent her spirit out
-Refuses to admit to the affair, threatens to leave
-Turns attention to Mary again: claims a yellow bird is Mary's spirit sent out
-Other girls follow her lead, repeat everything Mary says
-Steals 31 pounds from Rev Parris and leaves on a ship in the middle of the night
-Afraid of what would happen to her if they found out the truth

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-10 years old
-Daughter of Rev. Parris
-Not waking up--coma?
-Fainted when Rev. Parris confronted them in the woods
-Supposedly seen flying in town, yet she was unconscious

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-Age in her 40s
-Slave for the Parris family
-From Barbados--Black slave
-She is the scapegoat--family blames her for problems
-Sang songs from Barbados in the woods; girls danced to it
-Can supposedly speak to the dead
-Was told to conjure the dead spirits of the Putnam babies
-Denies working for the Devil until she is threatened to be whipped and hanged--then she confesses

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-Mid-40s
-Controlling, his way or the highway
-Thought people were against him
-Discovered the girls dancing in the woods
-More afraid of his own reputation than the safety of the girls
-Denies witchcraft in Act 1
-Protects Abigail and Betty in court--defends them and blames other "witches" in town
-Still trying to save his own reputation
-Lying in court--denies seeing the girls dance naked
-Worried about a riot starting--people will be angry about Rebecca Nurse's hanging
-Wants to postpone the hangings
-First time we see Rev Parris worried about something other than himself