Character List

• Reverend Parris - the minister of Salem's church; in his mid forties; paranoid & suspicious; many of the town folks, like John Proctor, dislike him; cares about building his status & reputation in the community.
• Betty Parris - Reverend Parris' ten-year-old daughter, falls into a stupor after dancing in the woods with Tituba; believed to bewitched; can't bear to hear the Lord's name
  
• Tituba - Mr. Parris' black slave from Barbados; fearful; have the ability to talk to the death (maybe); drink chicken blood; perform witchcraft for the girls
  
• Abigail Williams -once the servant for the Proctors, but got kicked out by Mrs. Proctor because she had an affair with her husband, John Proctor; a strikingly beautiful girl; passionate in love with John Proctor; hates Mrs. Proctor; a liar.
  
• Mrs. Ann Putnam - Thomas Putnam's wife; have given birth to 8 children, but only Ruth Putnam survived; believes her children were killed by the witches
• Thomas Putnam - rich, influential citizen of Salem; deep interested in parish affairs; hold against Francis Nurse for preventing his brother-in-law from being elected to the office minister; greedy of money & power; accuse his neighbors to take over their lands
  
• Mercy Lewis - the Purtnams' servant; a fat, sly merciless girl from Abigail's group
• Mary Warren - a servant in the Proctor's house & a member of Abigail's group of girls; timid & naive; easy-influenced； gave the puppet to Elizabeth
  
• John Proctor -in his mid thirties; stern & harsh-tongued; hates hypocrisy; had an affair with Abigail; love his wife Elizabeth; trying to be a good & responsible man; doesn't like Mr. Parris; doesn't go to church every week
  
• Giles Corey - eighty-three; suspect his wife, Martha, has a hidden secret;not trusted by the town folks;a crank & a nuisance, but withal a deeply innocent & brave man; been in court for many times
  
• Rebecca Nurse - Francis Nurse's wife; held in tremendous regard by most of the Salem community; accused by the Putnams of her witchcraft
  
• Francis Nurse - a wealthy, influential man in Salem; land war with Purnam
• Reverend John Hale - nearing forty; a minister reputed to be an expert on witchcraft; called to Salem to examine Parris' daughter Betty; hates witchcraft; a committed Christian; called Tituba & Abigail to "ally" with him
• Ezekiel Cheever - clerk of the court;
• Marshal Herrick - in his early thirties; marshal of Salem; works in the court
• Judge Hathorne - in his sixties; a bitter, remorseless Salem judge
  
• Governar Danforth - a grave man in his sixties; of some humor & sophistication that does not; interfere with an exact loyalty to his position & his cause