| A | B |
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| Hathorne | Judge who presides over the court AND is relative to the famous author of Minister with a Black Veil |
| Martha Corey | A wife whose fate is sealed by a husband who means no harm |
| Giles Corey | Man who inadvertently condemned his wife of witchcraft and was "pressed" |
| Mercy Lewis | Ran off with Abigail |
| Herrick | Marshal of the court |
| Francis Nurse | Well-respected resident of Salem who is an enemy of Putnam and father of eleven children |
| John Hale | A reverend and thought to be an "expert" on witchcraft who is brought in to examine the witches |
| Rebecca Nurse | Mother of eleven children. Well-respected in Salem and the surrounding area. |
| Mr. Putnam | Wealthy citizen of Salem who uses the witch trails to increase his own wealth |
| Abigail Williams | The temptress of John Proctor and the ringleader of the accusations |
| Danforth | Deputy Governor of Massachusetts and presides over the Salem Witch Trials |
| Cheever | Clerk of the court who is trying to do his job as well as he can |
| Elizabeth Proctor | The wife who is accused of witchcraft and "set up" with a poppet from Mary Warren |
| Mary Warren | Weak-willed servant girl who struggles being loyal to anyone |
| Parris | Uncle of Abigail who is about to lose his job because people don't respect him. |
| Tituba | The first one accused of witchcraft, betrayed by the girls |
| John Proctor | Protagonist; he deals with heavy issues of guilt throughout the play. |
| Arthur Miller | Author of The Crucible |
| Mrs. Putnam | Thinks her seven babies who have died were murdered by witchcraft |
| Betty | Parris' daughter who is afflicted when the play begins |
| Beverly | Where Reverend Hale is from |
| Andover | The city that also had accused witches |
