The Crucible

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Across
  1. 2. / Reverend Parris’s black slave from Barbados.
  2. 3. / A young minister reputed to be an expert on witchcraft. He is called in to Salem to examine Parris’s daughter Betty.
  3. 4. / Reverend Parris’s ten-year-old daughter.
  4. 5. / exaggerated or uncontrollable emotion or excitement.
  5. 8. / The servant in the Proctor household and a member of Abigail’s group of girls.
  6. 9. / a state of mental uneasiness and uncertainty
  7. 10. / small doll
  8. 11. / Author of “The Crucible”
  9. 14. / John Proctor’s wife. She fired Abigail when she discovered that her husband was having an affair with Abigail.
  10. 16. Corey / He held in contempt of court and pressed to death with large stones.
  11. 17. / affected by witchcraft; in a spell
  12. 18. / The marshal of Salem.
  13. 21. / a ceramic or metal container in which metals or other substances may be melted or subjected to very high temperatures.
  14. 22. / possessed or influenced by a demon; satanic; fiendish
  15. 23. / a search for and subsequent persecution of a supposed witch.
  16. 25. / He uses the witch trials to increase his own wealth by accusing people of witchcraft and then buying up their land.
  17. 26. / an uncivilized or irreligious person; pagan
Down
  1. 1. / Giles Corey’s third wife. Her reading habits lead to her arrest and conviction for witchcraft.
  2. 3. / A local farmer who lives just outside town. A stern, harsh-tongued man, John hates hypocrisy. Nevertheless, he has a hidden sin.
  3. 6. / contaminated; corrupted
  4. 7. / public violence, tumult, or disorder
  5. 10. / The minister of Salem’s church.
  6. 11. / Reverend Parris’s niece. She was once the servant for the Proctor household.
  7. 12. / The Putnams’ lone surviving child out of eight.
  8. 13. / hysteria over the perceived threat posed by Communists in the U.S. became known as the what?
  9. 15. / a difficult test or challenge
  10. 19. / A judge who presides, along with Danforth, over the witch trials.
  11. 20. / The deputy governor of Massachusetts and the presiding judge at the witch trials.
  12. 21. / summoned a devil or spirit by invocation or incantation
  13. 24. / Thomas Putnam’s wife. She has given birth to eight children.