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Reverend John Hale. A young minister reputed to be an expert on witchcraft. Reverend Hale is called in to Salem to examine Parris’s daughter Betty. Hale is a committed Christian and hater of witchcraft. His critical mind and intelligence save him from falling into blind fervor.
- Important Quotes Explained
Important Quotes Explained - The Crucible: Character List -...
- Act 1, Part 1
A summary of Act 1, Part 1 in Arthur Miller's The Crucible....
- Act 4 & Epilogue
A summary of Act 4 & Epilogue in Arthur Miller's The...
- Themes
Themes are the fundamental and often universal ideas...
- Full Play Summary
Protagonist Antagonist Setting Genre ... As the men argue,...
- Abigail Williams
Abigail Williams - The Crucible: Character List - SparkNotes
- Quick Quiz
Quick Quiz - The Crucible: Character List - SparkNotes
- John Proctor
In a sense, The Crucible has the structure of a classical...
- Mary Warren
Mary Warren - The Crucible: Character List - SparkNotes
- Elizabeth Proctor
Readers first encounter Elizabeth through the words of...
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In this article, I'll go over each of the Crucible characters by name, pinpoint which act(s) each character appears in and/or is mentioned in, and briefly describe each character and what she/he does in The Crucible.
Act 1: We find out that Proctor had an affair with Abigail that he says he no longer wishes to continue. Proctor is skeptical of witchcraft and of Parris's claims of persecution and leaves shortly after Reverend Hale arrives at the Parris household. Act 2: Elizabeth and John discuss the events that have been happening in Salem; Elizabeth encourages...
Abigail is the niece of Reverend Parris and the cousin of Betty Parris. She also used to work as a servant with the Proctors, before she was sent away by Elizabeth Proctor for having an affair with Elizabeth's husband John. She is friends (or at least acquaintances) with Mercy Lewis and eventually becomes the ringleader of the \"afflicted\" girls (...
Rebecca is married to Francis Nurse. She is friendly with everyone in Salem except for Ann Putnam, whose concerns over her daughter Ruth Rebecca kind of brushes off in Act 1.
Act 4: Elizabeth is asked by Danforth and Hale to convince John to confess to save his life; instead, she basically just acts as a sounding board while John agonizes over what to do. She also tearfully confesses that John Proctor is the best and that she shouldnt have judged him because only he can judge himself, and tells him that whatever he choo...
When Parris and Hale try to get Elizabeth to stop John after hes torn up his confession and is on his way to the gallows, she does not, stating, He have his goodness now. God forbid I take it from him! (p. 134).
Reverend Parris is the father of Betty Parris, uncle of Abigail Williams, and minister of Salem. He is not portrayed in a positive light in this play, being described by Miller from the very beginning as someone who \"cut a villainous path through history\" who \"believed he was being persecuted wherever he went.\" Through his actions and words, Pa...
Reverend John Hale He appears in the play in the first act after being called to Salem by Parris to help the community detect and deal with the evil that is believed to be occurring. He is a very pious and zealous man who believes in the power of God and prays to find justice.
Although Hale recognizes the evil of the witch trials, his response is not defiance but surrender. He insists that survival is the highest good, even if it means accommodating oneself to injustice—something that the truly heroic characters can never accept.
George Henderson, The County Attorney. Mr. Henderson may be the antagonist of Trifles, but that doesn't mean he's a typical mustache-twirling bad guy. He's a young, probably attractive County Attorney investigating a gruesome murder. So... Lewis Hale, A Neighboring Farmer.
A list of all the characters in Trifles. Trifles characters include: Minnie Wright, Mrs. Hale, Mrs. Peters, George Henderson (The County Attorney), John Wright.
Who are the protagonist and antagonist in Trifles? Such an interesting question! At first, it seems the protagonist is John Wright, the deceased, who has obviously (maybe) been murdered by...
