Matching Pairs Matching Activity for Characters in The CrucibleOnline version This game is intended to help tell each character apart from one another. by Savannah Knutson 1 John Proctor 2 Mary Warren 3 Reverend Hale 4 Thomas Putnam 5 Reverend Parris 6 Herrick 7 Abigail Williams 8 Martha Corey 9 Judge Hathorne 10 Elizabeth Proctor 11 Cheever 12 Susanna Walcott 13 Francis Nurse 14 Giles Corey 15 Mercy Lewis 16 Judge Danforth An elderly but feisty farmer in Salem, famous for his tendency to file lawsuits. His wife, Martha, is accused of witchcraft. The minister of Salem's church. He is a paranoid and power-hungry figure. The townsfolk, especially John Proctor, dislike him. A wealthy, influential citizen of Salem. He uses the witch trials to increase his wealth by accusing people of witchcraft and buying up their land. A judge who presides, along with Danforth, over the witch trials. Also Nathaniel Hawthorne's ancestor. A local farmer who lives just outside town; Elizabeth's husband. He had an affair with Abigail Williams. He worries that this secret will be revealed. A wealthy, influential man in Salem. He is well respected by most people in Salem, but is an enemy of Thomas Putnam and his wife. Reverend Parris's niece. Once the servant for the Proctor household, but was fired after having an affair with Goody Proctor's husband, John Proctor. A nervous, shy, and hasty girl. One of the girls in Abigail's group. Giles Corey's third wife. Her reading habits lead to her arrest and conviction of witchcraft. The deputy governor of Massachusetts and the presiding judge at the witch trials. He is convinced that he is doing right in rooting out witchcraft. The servant in the Proctor household and a member of Abigail's group of girls. She is a timid girl, easily influenced by those around her. The marshal of Salem. A young minister and expert on witchcraft called into Salem. He goes out in search of the truth. A man from Salem who acts as clerk of the court during the witch trials. He is upright and determined to do his duty for justice. John Proctor's wife, who fired Abigail. She is respectably honest, supremely virtuous, but often cold. The Putnam's servant. A fat, sly merciless eighteen year-old girl whom Parris found naked when he spied the girls dancing in the woods.