-mid 40's

-dosent like children

-caught the girls dancing in the woods

More concerned about his own reputation then his own saftey--claims to have enemies

-Defends the girls in court; guilt by association if the judges find out the truth

-Worried the town is starting to unravel (roaming cows, dying crops, orphans)

-Afraid people will seek vengeance on the court if they find out there is no witchcraft, like in Andover

-Wants to postpone the hangings for John, Rebecca, and Martha--they are still trusted in town

-Postpone=hope for a (false) confession, "proving" witchcraft

-Scapegoat;family blames her for everything

-danced and sang Barbados songs in woods conjured spirits

-Parris's niece

-Pretty, orphan

-Caught dancing in the forest by her uncle

-Goody proctor fired her 7 months prior hasnt been hired sense

-Rude, defensive

-drank a blood charm to kill goody proctor

-the leader of the group—threating,very aggressive, very manipulative

-will do anything to save herself

-Obsessed with john proctor

-Wants to continue the affair with john

-Town now views her as a saint--treats her as the victim and everything she says is true

-More control in the court

-Accuses Elizabeth of witchcraft: pulls needle out of her stomach, planted doll as evidence beforehand

-Will accuse John of adultery in court if he speaks against her (blackmail)

-denies the affair in court, refuses to speak for or against it

-talks back and threatens Hawthorne/danforth. Power has gone to her head.

-Robs Rev. Parris (31 pounds), runs away w/ Mercy Lewis. Sailed away.

-unresponsive after dancing in the woods

-abigail's cosuin and Rev parris's daughter

-accused of flying over a barn

-cries for her mothe,almost jumps out the window and is upset about the church psalm

-creepy? Haunted by somthing in her past

-Can’t see or hear but her eyes ar open

-Sleepwalks?

-being accused of witchcraft by her mother

-Landowner

-father is the richest man in the village,will get the inheritance

-starts witchcraft rumors

-seeks vengeance against the towns people by whatever means necessary

-servant to Putnam family

-18yrs old

-danced naked in the woods

-described as sly and merciless

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-subservient,naive,lonely

-Servant for the Proctors

-An official on the court--stands up to the Proctors

-Makes a doll and gives it to Elizabeth as a gift

-Knows about affair and planted "evidence"

-Proctor is forcing her to testify in court

-Cares more about her own safety--fearful of Abigail

-Lied under oath to protect herself and John

-Will do anything to save herself (safety more than reputation)

-Admits to pretending she fainted, but she can't faint now to prove it--doesn't help her case

-Girls claim Mary sent out her spirit, punish her for going against them

-Eventually folds under pressure and claims John works with the Devil and forced her to speak against the girls. Wants to be safe--joins the winning side after John was embarrassed in front of everyone

-stubborn, values his own morals

-townspeople respect and fear him

-thinks of himself as a sinner, hypocrite

-hiding a secret—an affair with Abigail

-wants Abigail to forget about him and move on

-dosent go to church disliked rev parris

-accused of starting a faction against the church -Doesn't go to church--dislikes Rev Parris

-Accused of starting a faction against the church

-Hostile relationship w/ Elizabeth, trying to win her trust again

-Feels very guilty about affair

-If he tells the court the truth, he would condemn himself (publicly admit the affair)--further harm his reputation

-Youngest son isn't baptized, forgot one of the Commandments

-Goal is to reveal the truth in court, even if that hurts his own reputation

-Admits to adultery to prove Abigail isint as innocent as she claims. Hopes his truth will reveal all truth in the court

-Denies God in anger after Mary turns on him

-Jailed for 3 months, refused to admit witchcraft

-Wants to live; decides to confess on the morning of his execution

-Signed his name as a confession but refuses to let the court take advantage of him and hang the confession on the church door. Rips up the paper--would rather die an honest man than live a lie.

-Overcomes his struggle with self-loathing; chooses To die

-well-respected in town,husband has high influence

-300 acres of land, fought against the Putnam’s

-Charged for killing the Putnam babies, in jail

Owns 300 acres of land

-people trust him and his opinions

-land war against the Putnam’s

-not from Salem—lives in Beverly

-high ego, superior to others

-caught “witches” before—expert

-Personally check on citizens who are accused of witchcraft

-Surprised about new warrants/arrests--shows the witch hunt is out of his hands

-"Is every defense an attack upon this court?" Questions court procedures; knows it's biased towards the girls

-Supports Proctors and admits he is suspicious of Abigail

-Leaves the court; Salem lost the only unbiased voice of reason

-Realizes there is no hope left after Danforth takes girls' word over his, a Reverend

-Returns to Salem to convince remaining prisoners to confess

-Feels guilt and self-loathing--encouraging innocent people to lie, which is a sin

-Wants Elizabeth to convince John to lie/confess. Telling a lie and living is better than keeping your pride and dying.

-dosent care much about the public’s opinion

-cranky, a nuisance

-new to religion and prayer

-everybody in town blames him for their problems

-Arrested for contempt of court: refused to say person's name who accused Thomas Putnam of a false accusation against George Jacobs. Putnam would buy Jacobs's land if J was arrested.

-Still refused to say who accused Putnam of grabbing land

-Pressed to death

-Owns 300 acres of land

-People trust him and his opinions

-Land war against the Putnams

-Ill?

-Doesn't trust John anymore but still believes he is a good person

-Believes Abigail started the witchcraft speculations

-Questions witchcraft in Salem; hurts her reputation because witches are mentioned in the Bible. Therefore, if she is against witches, then she is against God.

-Charged w/ witchcraft allegations: stabbed a doll w/ a needle, which "sent her spirit" to stab Abigail

-Arrested for witchcraft

-Pregnant, safe for 1 year

-called in to prove John’s affair with Abigail but she denied it.

-tries to save john from hanging, end up accidentally ‘proving’ he is lying about the trials.

-motivation: save john and her family, prove the trials are false

-Does not convince John to confess--just wants him to forgive himself

-Wants him to live but refuses to take a side

Danforth=deputy govener

-personally witnessed supernatural events in court; believe they really happened

-any doubt/attack on the court is an attack against religion/god

-Refuse to accept depositions as proof

-Deny John a lawyer

-Can't back down from trials and admit they were wrong, which is why they refuse to postpone

-Already hanged 12 people, so the other 7 can't go free