| A | B |
|---|
| Tituba | Parris' slave from Barbados |
| Parris | Minister in Salem, MA |
| Betty | Parris' daughter who lies ill |
| Abigail Williams | niece of Parris |
| John Proctor | farmer who enters Betty's room |
| Hale | arrives from Beverly, MA |
| Rebecca Nurse | elderly woman who is asked to heal Betty |
| Thomas Putnam | frequently accuses residents of wrongdoing |
| Mrs. Putnam | has lost seven babies |
| Giles Corey | argues with Parris about wood for the minister's home |
| Salem, Massachusetts | the play is set here in 1692 |
| Puritan | religion of most Salem residents |
| witchcraft | residents have heard rumors of these activities |
| Arthur Miller | the playwright |
| HUAC | Congressional investigation into un-American activities in late 1940's |
| blacklists | people who were named could not work in the entertainment industry |
| Joseph McCarthy | Senator who led the investigation into suspected communists and communist sympathizers |
| Elizabeth Proctor | dismisses Abigail Williams from her job |
| Francis Nurse | well-respected elderly community member |
| Mercy | servant of the Putnam's |
| dancing naked | Parris alleges Abigail and others have done this |
| hanging | the penalty for residents convicted of witchcraft |
| Ruth | the Putnam's daughter who is sick |
| whipping | Proctor threatens Abigail with this |
| dissembling | lying |
