The Crucible Characters

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Across
  1. 5. A man who acts as the clerk of the court during the witch trials
  2. 7. The minister of Salem’s church. He is paranoid,power-hungry, greedy,advantageous, yet an oddly self-pitying character.
  3. 13. Francis Nurse’s wife. She is wise, sensible, and upright woman, held in tremendous regard by most of Salem.
  4. 14. A young minister reputed to be an expert in witchcraft. He is called in to Salem to examine Betty
  5. 15. Rev.Parris's daughter who falls into a stupor after being caught with the other girls dancing in the forest with Tituba.
  6. 16. She is extremely virtuous, but often cold. She is said to have never lied, and fired Abigail for having an affair with her husband.
Down
  1. 1. The servant in the Proctor household and a member of Abigail’s group.
  2. 2. Rev. Parris’s niece. She was once the servant for the Proctor household
  3. 3. His manipulative and conniving nature impulse him to use the witch trials to increase his own wealth by accusing people of witchcraft and then buying up their land.
  4. 4. The deputy Governor of Massachusetts and the presiding judge at the trials.
  5. 6. Giles Corey’s third wife. She falls into the hysteria for reading strange books
  6. 8. Rev. Parris’s slave from Barbados. She is the first to be accused and confess to witchery.
  7. 9. An elderly but feisty farmer who is famous for filing lawsuits.
  8. 10. A stern, but honest farmer in his 30s, who consequently faces guilt and consequences after having an adulterous affair with Abigail Williams.
  9. 11. One of the girls in Abigails group who is caught dancing naked in the forest
  10. 12. She gave birth to 8 children, but only Ruth survived and she is convinced they were murdered by supernatural means.