| A | B |
| Rebecca Nurse | Elderly woman who is wise and sensible |
| Elizabeth Proctor | Virtuous woman, but cold, especially to her husband |
| Abigail Williams | Vindictive and manipulative; leads all the other girls |
| Thomas Putnam | Uses his daughter and the witch trials as a way to acquire land |
| Betty Parris | Reverend's daughter who is unconscious as the play begins |
| Tituba | Slave who becomes a scapegoat |
| Francis Nurse | Elderly man whose wife is hanged for supposedly killing Goody Putnam's babies |
| Ann Putnam | She's convinced her babies died as a result of witchcraft |
| Mary Warren | Timid girl who's easily manipulated by Abigail |
| Reverend Hale | An expert in diagnosing cases of witchcraft |
| Martha Corey | Accused of bewitching Walcott's pigs; has questionable reading habits |
| Reverend Parris | A paranoid man who cares mostly for his reputation and acquiring more money |
| Giles Corey | Elderly farmer who asks for "More weight" |
| John Proctor | A farmer with a guilty conscience |