Name Aiden Hess

Watson, Period 5
The Crucible Act I Motivations
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Character Description Motivation/Fear Textual Evidence/pg.

Has taken a As his daughter Desc: Page 3, 4th

Reverend Parris villainous path in the Betty, lies in a coma paragraph, “In
past. Felt as though on the bed. He prays history he cut a
Page 3 the first
paragraph of the the world was against for her, fearing less villainous path, and
narration, the dialogue him everywhere he about his child and there is very little
throughout, especially turned. A widower more about his good to be said for
on 29-30. who was uninterested reputation and his him. He believed he
in children and position as the was being persecuted
thought that they reverend. He cares a wherever he went,
were not a useful part great deal about what despite his best
of society. others think of him efforts to win people
and what they would and God to his side.”
do if his daughter was Motiv/Fear: Page 8,
accused of witchcraft. 2nd Paragraph,
“Reverend Parris is
praying now, and,
though we cannot
hear his words, a
sense of confusion
hangs about him. He
mumbles, then seems
about to weep; then
he weeps, then prays
again; but his
daughter does not stir
on the bed.”

An orphan living To be accused of Desc: Page 8, 8th

Abigail with her uncle, The witchcraft. She found Paragraph, “He is
Pages 8-9 italics, the Reverend Parris. She out that someone had bending to kneel
dialogue between lies a lot and has seen her and her again when his niece,
Abigail and Proctor gotten very good at it. cousin, Betty, Abigail Williams,
(remember the stallion?
She is very dancing in the forest, seventeen, enters-a
21-24), the dialogue
manipulative and and now Betty is strikingly beautiful
with Reverend Parris on
shows herself as acting strange. When girl, an orphan, with
pages 9-14, and with the
other girls on page 19-
“innocent” and accused, she puts the an endless capacity
20. “trustworthy.” blame on Tituba, for dissembling. Now
saying that it was all she is all worry and
her fault and that she apprehension and
made them dance in propriety.”
the woods. Motiv/Fear: Page 43,
Dialogue.

The Putnams

Goody Putnam on page

12 in italics, Mister
Putnam in the narration
on 13-14. The dialogue
throughout Act One

A young farmer with He is afraid that Page 1108 on PDF.

John Proctor a hate for hypocrites. people will think him
Almost always the a fraud, because he
Page 20-21 narration,
dialogue with Abby on most knowing in the himself hates them.
21-24, and the dialogue room. Intimidating, He doesn’t want
with the townspeople in a sense. He sees anyone to find out
on 25-38 himself a fraud, about his affair with
however hates frauds. Abigail.
Was highly respected
and feared.

The Nurses

Especially Rebecca-
Page 25-26, Hale’s
comment on 37, her
 actions on 25 and the
dialogue on 36-37

Middle-aged, very Wants to rid Betty of Page 1113 on PDF.

Reverend Hale knowing with high the supposed spirit or
intellect. Feels great the Devil by any
Bottom of page 32 to
middle of 36, (first pride for his study. means necessary. He
paragraph and last Has spent a great wishes for a good
especially). Dialogue on deal of time reputation, but not at
36-48. researching demons the cost of the girl’s
and even The Devil. life.
Very serious and does
not arouse much
laughter.

Scott Parkinson, Lilian Oben and Michael Russotto in Washington, DC’s Olney Theatre Center’s production of
Arthur Miller’s The Crucible. Photo by Stan Barouh. Courtesy Olney. (2018).