| A | B |
|---|
| Reverend Parris | The New England minister who is mainly responsible for the belief in witches. |
| He is more worried about his reputation than the life of his daughter or the lives of his parishioners. | Reverend Parris |
| Betty Parris | Parris's ten-year old daughter, who was caught by her father dancing in the woods and pretends to see spirits. |
| Abigail Williams | Seventeen-year old niece of Rev. Parris. |
| Mistress of John Proctor | Abigail Williams |
| Tituba | Reverend Parris's slave from Barbardos; first accused of being a witch. |
| She is responsible for teaching the children about "spirits" and voodoo | Tituba |
| Susanna Walcott | A friend of Abigail's who also joins in accusing people of being witches. |
| The doctor's messanger to Reverend Parris. | Susanna Walcott |
| Thomas Putnam | Vindictive, bitter villager who believes he has been wronged and cheated; leading village voice against the witches. |
| Bayley | Thomas Putnam's brother-in-law; Putnam's choice to be minister. |
| Ruth Putnam | Daugher of the Putnams; one of the girsl who "crys out" at trials. |
| Putnams' servant; also involved in accusations; an eighteen-year old friend of Abigail's. | Mercy Lewis |
| Attributes the death of her seven infant children to supernatural causes. | Ann Putnam |
| First plants idea that Betty has been bewitched. | Ann Putnam |
| Goody Osburn | Midwife at birth of three Putnam babies who were born dead; accused of being a witch. |
| A good man with human frailities and a hidden secret ( affair with Abigail), often the voice of reason. | John Proctor |
| Could not recite all the commandments. | John Proctor |
| Elizabeth Proctor | She is a cold, childless but upright woman who at first cannot forgive her husband's sin. |
| She is accused of witchcraft by Abigail. | Elizabeth Proctor |
| Proctor's servant; an easily swayed young girl who plants the evidence of witchcraft on Elizabeth. | Mary Warren |
| An old opinionated villager who inadvertently causes his wife to be accused. | Giles Corey |
| He is brutally put to death because he challenged the proceedings of the court. | Giles Corey |
| Giles wife who likes to read. | Martha Corey |
| He had a land dispute with Thomas Putnam. | Francis Nurse |
| He is one of the most respected men of the community who tries to stop the investigation. | Francis Nurse |
| She is an exemplary Christian and also accused of being a witch. | Rebecca Nurse |
| A pathetic old beggar woman who is one of the first to be accused of being a witch. | Sarah Good |
| A minister called to come and investigate the accusations of witchcraft. | Reverend John Hale |
| He is a recognized authority on witchcraft. | Reverend John Hale |
| One of the judges sent to examine the people accused of being witches. | Judge Hathorne |
| Deputy Governor of Mass. who will not allow anyone to tamper with his authority. | Deputy Governor Danforth |
| One of the men appointed by the court to help in the arrest of the supposed witches. | Ezekiel Cheever |
