1. The Crucible
By Arthur Miller

2. The Crucible as an ALLEGORY
Written about US events in the 1600’s as an allegory to the US events of the 1950’s
Allegory
The representation of abstract ideas or principles by characters, figures, or events in narrative, dramatic, or pictorial form.
In other words:
When you tell one story to help represent what is going on with something else.

3. The Crucible’s SETTING
Late 1600’s
Salem, Massachusetts
Salem witch trials were taking place because of fear and accusations
Based on actual historical events

4. CHARACTERS from The Crucible
Reverend Parris - (minister of the church in Salem)
Betty Parris
(Rev. Parris’s daughter; has strange illness)

5. CHARACTERS from The Crucible
Tituba - (Rev. Parris’s slave from Barbados)

6. CHARACTERS from The Crucible
John Proctor
(farmer who lives outside of Salem; hates hypocrisy)
Elizabeth Proctor
(John Proctor’s wife; fired Abigail Williams)

7. CHARACTERS from The Crucible
Abigail Williams
(Rev. Parris’s niece; Proctors’ former servant)
Susanna Walcott
(belongs to Abigail’s group)

8. CHARACTERS from The Crucible
Mary Warren
(Proctors’ new servant)
Mercy Lewis

9. CHARACTERS from The Crucible
Thomas Putnam
(wealthy, influential man; has a grudge against Francis Nurse)
Ann Putnam
(Thomas Putnam’s wife;
has given birth to eight children and only one has survived)

10. CHARACTERS from The Crucible
Ruth Putnam
(the only surviving Putnam child; has strange illness)
Goody Osborn
(midwife to Ann Putnam)

11. CHARACTERS from The Crucible
Rebecca Nurse
(upright, respected woman)
Francis Nurse
(Rebecca Nurse’s husband; wealthy, influential man)
Giles Corey
(John Proctor’s friend; concerned about wife’s behavior)
Martha Corey
(Giles Corey’s wife)

12. CHARACTERS from The Crucible
Reverend Hale (thought to be an expert on witchcraft; sent to help the city of Salem)
Judge Danforth
Judge Hathorne
Ezekiel Cheever
Herrick (the marshal of Salem)

13. The Crucible
By Arthur Miller

14. The Crucible as an ALLEGORY
Written about US events in the 1600’s as an allegory to the US events of the 1950’s
Allegory
The representation of abstract ideas or principles by characters, figures, or events in narrative, dramatic, or pictorial form.
In other words:
When you tell one story to help represent what is going on with something else.

15. The Crucible’s SETTING
Late 1600’s
Salem, Massachusetts
Salem witch trials were taking place because of fear and accusations
Based on actual historical events

16. CHARACTERS from The Crucible
Reverend Parris - (minister of the church in Salem)
Betty Parris
(Rev. Parris’s daughter; has strange illness)

17. CHARACTERS from The Crucible
Tituba - (Rev. Parris’s slave from Barbados)

18. CHARACTERS from The Crucible
John Proctor
(farmer who lives outside of Salem; hates hypocrisy)
Elizabeth Proctor
(John Proctor’s wife; fired Abigail Williams)

19. CHARACTERS from The Crucible
Abigail Williams
(Rev. Parris’s niece; Proctors’ former servant)
Susanna Walcott
(belongs to Abigail’s group)

20. CHARACTERS from The Crucible
Mary Warren
(Proctors’ new servant)
Mercy Lewis

21. CHARACTERS from The Crucible
Thomas Putnam
(wealthy, influential man; has a grudge against Francis Nurse)
Ann Putnam
(Thomas Putnam’s wife;
has given birth to eight children and only one has survived)

22. CHARACTERS from The Crucible
Ruth Putnam
(the only surviving Putnam child; has strange illness)
Goody Osborn
(midwife to Ann Putnam)

23. CHARACTERS from The Crucible
Rebecca Nurse
(upright, respected woman)
Francis Nurse
(Rebecca Nurse’s husband; wealthy, influential man)
Giles Corey
(John Proctor’s friend; concerned about wife’s behavior)
Martha Corey
(Giles Corey’s wife)

24. CHARACTERS from The Crucible
Reverend Hale (thought to be an expert on witchcraft; sent to help the city of Salem)
Judge Danforth
Judge Hathorne
Ezekiel Cheever
Herrick (the marshal of Salem)