The Crucible Act 1 Characters

Rebecca Nurse

-represents someone with power

-white hair; 72 years old; walking stick

-26 grandchildren; 11 kids

-everyone is scared to call her a witch

-Francis Nurse's wife

Elizabeth Proctor

-according to Abigail: bitter, lying, cold, gossiping liar

-fired Abigail from being their servant

-married to John Proctor

-does not like Abigail after finding out about affair

John Proctor

-mid 30s

-farmer

-feared and respected in Salem -Elizabeth Proctor's husband

-had affair with Abigail; does not want to be with her anymore

Mary Warren

-17 years old

-subservient

-naïve

-lonely girl

-timid

-Proctor's servant

-part of Abigail's group

Mercy Lewis

-overweight

-18 years old

-sly and merciless

-Putnam's servant

-part of Abigail's group

Ruth Putnam

-laying sick in bed; can't eat

-thinks her soul is "taken"

-accused by Abigail for conjuring spirits

-part of Abigail's group

-Thomas and Ann Putnam's daughter

Mrs. Ann Putnam

-her 7 babies died right after birth

-she thinks Ruth is ill with the Devil

-told Parris rumors about Betty being a witch

-woke up Betty by singing the Psalm

-Thomas Putnam's wife

-Ruth's mother

-spoke with Tituba to talk to the dead

Susana Walcott

-part of Abigail's group

-accuses others of being witches

Abigail Williams

-17 years old

-bad reputation

-doesn't go to church

-seen dancing in woods

-drank blood to kill Elizabeth Proctor

-threatened to kill other girls if they told

-Betty's cousin

-Parris' niece

-leader/bully of the other girls

-had affair with John Proctor; still in love with him

-Proctor's ex-servant

-wants to kill Elizabeth

Tituba

-40s

-talks to the dead

-from Barbados

-Parris' slave

-Mrs. Putnam asked her to talk to her dead children

Betty Parris

-10 years old

-sick, laying in bed

-accused of being a witch; was seen flying over a barn

-Parris' daughter

-Abigail's cousin

-friends with Abigail, Mary Warren, Mercy Lewis

Reverend Samuel Parris

-Reverend

-mid 40s

-concerned about his reputation

-Betty's father

-Abigail's uncle

-town Reverend