The Crucible By Arthur Miller

Preview/Foundation Setting: 1692 in Salem, Massachusetts Point of View: third-person omniscient and first-person Historical Accuracy Allegory Puritan Society

Important Characters Reverend Parris Abigail Williams Reverend John Hale Mary Warren John Proctor Elizabeth Proctor Deputy Governor Danforth Judge Hawthorne

Secondary Characters Betty Parris Tituba Susanna Walcott Mrs. Ann Putnam Thomas Putnam Mercy Lewis Rebecca Nurse Giles Corey Ezekiel Cheever Marshal Herrick Sarah Good Martha Corey Francis Nurse

Summary Reverend Parris discovers girls in the woods Tituba Putnams jump to conclusions about witchcraft Betty Parris and Ruth Putnam fall “ill” Reverend Parris has sent for Reverend Hale Abigail convinces girls to not say anything John Proctor comes to Parris’s house and he and Abigail discuss their affair Abigail reveals the girls are faking it Argument between Proctor, Putnam, Giles Corey, and Parris ensue Hale arrives

Summary The girls begin to accuse people of being witches Mary Warren returns to the Proctor household Mary Gives Elizabeth Proctor a poppet Elizabeth and John argue Reverend Hale arrives to the Proctor household to get and idea of the Christian character of the house Ezekiel Cheever arrives and takes Elizabeth away. The poppet is as evidence against her John makes Mary go with him to court to testify his wife is innocent Giles gets arrested

Summary Elizabeth is pregnant Parris tries to do his best to undermine John’s attempt to show that the girls are faking it Abigail and the other girls accuse Mary of being a witch Mary breaks down under this stress and says that John made her do it John realizing he is losing his court battle tells the court of his affair with Abigail To see if John is telling the truth Danforth asks Elizabeth if John is telling the truth. She lies to protect John. John is arrested Giles Corey is executed

Summary Reverend Parris tries to get John to confess John does not confess and he is hung along Rebecca Nurse and many others.

Style Theme: Vengeance Reputation Allegory: McCarthyism Motifs: Accusations and legal proceedings

Quotes “Long-held hatreds of neighbors could now be openly expressed, and vengeance taken, despite the Bible’s charitable injuctions.” “He have his goodness now. God forbid I take it from him”