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The Crucible Character Chart

The document provides a character chart for key figures in Arthur Miller's play The Crucible. It lists the main characters and briefly describes their personality, motivations, and connections. Some of the main characters described are John Proctor, Elizabeth Proctor, Abigail Williams, Reverend Samuel Parris, Giles Corey, and Thomas Putnam.

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The Crucible Character Chart

The document provides a character chart for key figures in Arthur Miller's play The Crucible. It lists the main characters and briefly describes their personality, motivations, and connections. Some of the main characters described are John Proctor, Elizabeth Proctor, Abigail Williams, Reverend Samuel Parris, Giles Corey, and Thomas Putnam.

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  • John Proctor: Details John Proctor's personality, motivations, and connections within the story.
  • Elizabeth Proctor: Describes Elizabeth Proctor's attributes, her motivations, and relationships affected by the events.
  • Mary Warren: Explores Mary Warren's personality traits, motivations, and her role in the Proctors' current situation.
  • Giles Corey: Highlights Giles Corey's characteristics, his motivations, and how he provides comic relief.
  • Martha Corey: Martha Corey's character is presented through visual association with her husband, Giles Corey.
  • Rebecca Nurse: Portrays Rebecca Nurse's role in the story alongside her moral principles and innocence.
  • George Jacobs: George Jacobs is shown visually, emphasizing his character without further textual details.
  • Francis Nurse: Focuses on Francis Nurse's character and his affiliations, showing familial ties in the narrative.
  • Abigail Williams: Cuts through Abigail's deceitful role and her motivations tied to love and manipulation.
  • Tituba: Describes Tituba's submissive role and her external influences within the Parris household.
  • Reverend Samuel Parris: Reveals Reverend Parris's defensive nature and the motivations driven by his self-protection.
  • Betty Parris: Illustrates Betty Parris's fears and her reactions to supernatural events affecting her family.
  • Judge Danforth: Highlights Judge Danforth's authoritative presence in the trials and his judgment style.
  • Thomas Putnam: Examines Thomas Putnam's manipulative nature and his influence over land acquisition.
  • Ann Putnam: Ann Putnam's bitterness and coping with loss are outlined, showcasing her motivations.
  • Reverend John Hale: Shares insights into Reverend Hale's questioning nature and 'witch' expertise.

AMERICAN LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION

The Crucible Character Chart

Character Personality Motivation Connections

John Proctor -cautious - -doesn’t want his -husband to Elizabeth


reasonable -dignified secret to come out Proctor
and his good name
blackened -had an affair with
Abigail Williams
-his dignity

-his desire to do what


is right

Elizabeth Proctor -practical - -her faith in God -wife of John Proctor


tenderhearted -
reasonable -to preserve her
-honest dignity

-to protect her


husband

Mary Warren -submissive and - her fear of Mr. -the Proctors’ current
inferior Proctor servant
-unreliable
-naïve -her fear of Abigail
-lonely and the other girls
Giles Corey -sharp -to feel/look/sound -83-year-old man who
-clever important provides comic relief
-inquisitive -
physically strong -to protect the
innocent

Martha Corey

Rebecca Nurse

Francis Nurse

George Jacobs
Reverend Samuel -defensive -self- -the fact that he has -he is Salem’s
Parris absorbed -nervous many enemies who minister
-paranoid want him gone from
Salem -disliked by many
people in the town
-doesn’t want people
to find out the truth
about what happened
in the woods

-wants to persecute
his enemies

Betty Parris -scared -she’s scared of -10-year-old daughter


-follower getting in trouble of Reverend Parris

Abigail Williams -good at deceiving -to protect herself -The 17 year old
others niece of of Reverend
-violent - -her desire to have Parris
untrustworthy -leader John Proctor all to
-vengeful herself -had an affair with
John Proctor
-witnessing her
parents murder

Tituba -intimidated by -she knows she can -Reverrand Parris’s


authority never win because of slave from Barbados
-smart who she is

-she’s smart enough


to know how to save
herself

Thomas Putnam -well-to-do, hard- -accused others as a -father of Ruth


handed landowner way to gain their land
-used to getting his -richest man in the
way -wants to persecute village who can afford
-vindictive his enemies to buy any land
-deceitful forfeited by a “witch”

Ann Putnam -paranoid -depression from -mother of Ruth and


-crazy losing seven children seven babies who
-depressed died at birth
-desire for revenge
for the death of her
children

Reverend John Hale

Judge Danforth

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