| A | B |
|---|
| Abigail | Drinks blood during the night in the woods; vengeful; desires John Proctor for herself |
| Ann Putnam | Sent her daughter to Tituba to find out who murdered her children |
| Arthur Miller | Playwright |
| Betty | Rev. Parris' daughter; first girl to appear ill in play |
| Dep. Gov. Danforth | Presiding judge who refuses to postpone court proceedings for fear it will reflect badly on process |
| Elizabeth Proctor | Fires housekeeper who seems too cozy with husband |
| Ezekiel Cheever | Local man who delivers warrant for Elizabeth's arrest |
| Hathorne | Judge who assists with trial; worries about Parris' mental state |
| Giles Corey | Refuses to answer questions in order to keep land for sons |
| Herrick | Drunk marshal of the court |
| John Proctor | principled local farmer; cannot remember all Ten Commandments |
| Martha Corey | secretly reads books |
| Mary Warren | Proctor's servant; gives Elizabeth a poppet |
| Rebecca Nurse | Older woman who refuses to confess; respected by most of Salem; thinks girls will snap out of it when they tire of it |
| Rev. Hale | specialist in witchcraft from Beverly, MA; ultimately denounces court |
| Rev. Parris | Paranoid, power-hungry former merchant |
| Ruth | The Putnams' only surviving child out of eight |
| Sarah Good | Old beggar woman condemned by Mary Warren for witchcraft |
| Thomas Putnam | Accuses Giles Corey in order to get his land |
| Tituba | Rev. Parris' slave; from Barbados |
