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Abigail ✔✔main motivation: to be with John Proctor.
main conflict: she is unable to be with John because he and Elizabeth are still married.
personality: conniving, lustful, vengeful, controlling, manipulative.
effect on plot: after Tituba is forced to confess, Abigail jumps in and starts accusing others.
Reverend Parris ✔✔main motivation: to keep his reputation clean; to retain his position as
Reverend of Salem.
main conflict: he is not well liked; has many enemies.
personality: self-serving, selfish, arrogant.
effect on plot: responsible for calling Hale to Salem; was not honest about events, hoping to save
his reputation.
John Proctor ✔✔main motivation: to get beyond his guilt; to keep his marriage from falling
apart.
main conflict: his affair with Abigail.
personality: strong, driven, guilty.
, effect on plot: the driving force behind Abigail's malice and vengeance.
Thomas Putnam ✔✔main motivation: to gain as much land and property as possible; to keep
order by pointing the finger at others.
main conflict: not well-liked, not trusted by the community; daughter he believes has been
touched by witchcraft.
personality: rude, arrogant, selfish, self-centered.
effect on plot: jumps to accusations of witchcraft.
Reverend John Hale ✔✔main motivation: to seek and convict witches in Salem.
main conflict: getting to the truth.
personality: calm, focused, generally stable, educated.
effect on plot: seeks out / interviews accusers; tries to get down to the truth of what is happening
in Salem.
Tituba ✔✔main motivation: to stay out of trouble.
main conflict: first to be accused; people want to place the blame on her.
personality: concerned, easily influenced.