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| 17, leader of girls, committed lechery with John Proctor, dismissed by Mrs. Proctor, lives with Parris, his niece, threatened the girls, hasn’t worked in seven months, had seen her parents murdered by Indians, runs off with Parris’s money |
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| farmer, committed lechery, criticizes Parris for preaching hellfire and brimstone sermons, lives 5 miles from Salem, only two of his sons are baptized, cannot say all of the commandments, plows on Sunday, chooses to die to maintain his integrity |
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| preacher, Betty’s dad, doesn’t like children, uncle of Abigail, was a merchant, traveled to Barbados, servant Tituba, Harvard graduate, wants deed to house, wants more money, wants people to get firewood for him, very arrogant, dislikes Proctor |
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| daughter of preacher, caught dancing in woods, fainted and now lies in bed and can’t awake, asks for her dead mother, tries to fly out window, becomes calm with Rebecca Nurse near |
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| caught dancing, walks around in a daze |
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| old woman in her seventies, gentleness exudes from her, has a calming effect on all, tells Proctor of a more important judgement |
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| 80 year old man, owns much land, has improved his social standing, in many land wars, prevented the brother-in-law of the Putnams from becoming the minister |
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| a cantankerous 83 year old man, owns 600 acres of land, is frustrated, says he can’t pray after he sees his wife reading, does not mean to get her in trouble |
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| is bitter, 7 babies have died, daughter sick, land wars |
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| asked Ruth to ask Tituba to conjure up the souls of her dead siblings to see who killed them, is bitter toward Mrs. Nurse |
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lives in ditches, confesses to witchcraft even though she is not guilty, 60 years old, is pregnant, has no husband,
accused of choking the girls, also made Mary Warren’s stomach hurt when Mary Warren refused to give her cider |
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| servant to Parris, is beaten because the girls accuse her of witchcraft, confesses to save her life, is from Barbados |
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| servant to Putnams, naked in forest, "oh mercy me!" |
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| wife of John Proctor, dismissed Abigail, feels John is still attracted to Abigail, received a poppet from Mary Warren, had needle in stomach, is arrested for witchcraft because Abigail had a needle in her stomach, says that Abigail should be ripped out of the world. |
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| servant to Proctor, left his house without permission, becomes an official of the court because she has to be there, compared to a mouse |
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| authority on witchcraft and comes to Salem to find out the truth |
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| Clerk of Court-brought warrants for arrests |
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| a doll, like a voodoo doll, sewed by Mary Warren, given to Elizabeth for a present, Abigail used against Elizabeth |
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| Ruth Putnem accused him, old, wanted his land |
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| wanted the ministers position, brother-in-law to the Putnam's |
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| Those accused of witchcraft |
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1.John Proctor
2. Elizabeth Proctor
3. Martha Cory
4. Rebecca Nurse
5. Giles Cory
6. Sarah Good
7. Tituba
8. Goody Osburn
9. George Jacobs |
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