The Crucible Characters

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Across
  1. 1. of court; upright man who is determined to do his duty for justice
  2. 4. Servant in Putnam's house; one of the girls caught in the forest
  3. 7. marshal of Salem
  4. 10. Wise, sensible, and upright woman; falls victims to the hysteria when she is accused of witchcraft but will not confess
  5. 12. Minister who is an expert in witchcraft who is called to Salem; later regrets his decisions at the end of the play
  6. 13. Black slave from Barbados; agrees to perform voodoo
  7. 15. A local farmer who had an affair with one of the girls of Salem; refuses to repent or admit to witchcraft
  8. 16. Elderly but feisty farmer; famous for filing lawsuits; his wife is accused of witchcraft; he is charge with contempt of court and killed
  9. 17. Niece of the town pastor; leads a group of girls in a lie that ruins the town
  10. 18. Woman who has given birth to eight children but only one has survived; convinced children killed by a supernatural power
Down
  1. 2. Wife of one of accused; she is a virtuous woman who has been wronged but is able to forgive
  2. 3. Servant of Proctors; timid girl who is easily influenced
  3. 4. Her reading habits get her in trouble; convicted of witchcraft for that habit
  4. 5. judge who presides over the trial along with Danforth
  5. 6. Minister of Salem; paranoid, power-hungry, and self-pitying; disliked by many of members of community
  6. 8. deputy Governor of Massachusetts; presiding judge of witchcraft trial
  7. 9. A wealthy, influential man; enemy of the Putnams; wife is accused of witchcraft
  8. 11. 10-year-old girl who is daughter of the town pastor; falls into a stupor after night in the woods with other girls
  9. 14. "Falls" into a strange stupor after being out with the other girls; she is the only child of her parents
  10. 19. Uses the witchcraft trials to his own gain; his daughter is "afflicted" by a spirit; has a grudge against Francis Nurse