Ann Putnam by Allen Nguyen

Direct Characterization

nguyenallen119 — 2014-09-24 15:45:08 UTC

-She is a twisted soul of forty-five, a death-ridden woman, haunted by dreams.

-She is married to Thomas Putnam

Quote

nguyenallen119 — 2014-09-26 06:38:29 UTC

"Reverend Parris, I have laid seven babies unbaptized in the earth. Believe me, sir, you never saw more hearty babies born. And yet, each would wither in my arms the very night of their birth. I have spoke nothin', but my hear has clamored intimations. And now, this year, my Ruth, my only---I see her turning strange. A secret child she has become this year, and shrivels like a sucking mouth were pullin' on her life too. And so I thought to send her to your Tituba---"

-Ann Putnam

Ann Putnam believes a supernatural force is targeting and murdering her children. Mrs. Putnum had given birth to eight children, with seven of them dying in childbirth while they were young. She is now worried as her eighth child, Ruth, has fallen ill.

Symbol of Ann

cttra100 — 2014-09-26 06:40:58 UTC

Out of eight children, only one of Ann's daughter, Ruth, survived. The other seven died at day one of birth and Ann believes that the supernatural has taken them. As she loses a baby one after the other. This picture represents the feeling Ann was probably feeling when she found out her baby has died.

Indirect Characterization

nguyenallen119 — 2014-09-26 06:51:11 UTC

-Strong believer of witchcraft

-Believes that Tituba speaks to the dead.

-Religious

Quote

nguyenallen119 — 2014-09-26 06:55:06 UTC

If so he is, then let us go to God for the cause of it. There is prodigious danger in the seeking of loose spirits. I fear it, I fear it. Let us rather blame ourselves and---

-Rebecca Nurse

Rebecca does not think the same way as Mrs. Putnam. While Mrs. Putnam believes in blaming witchcraft and spirits, Rebecca thinks she is crazy in doing so and would rather pass blame to the people.