The Crucible Act 3 Character Analysis

Giles Corey is an elderly citizen of Salem. He is a sincere, well-intentioned, though occasionally cranky, old farmer. He is very blunt and straightforward in his thinking and opinions. Corey is known to be on good terms with John Proctor and Francis Nurse. He is famous for his tendency to file lawsuits. His wife Martha Corey is accused of witchcraft, and he himself is accused and accounted for witchcraft and is later on pressed to death with large stones. Elizabeth Proctor is the wife of John Proctor. She discovered an affair going on between her husband and Abigail Williams and turned Abigail out of her house. Elizabeth is Abigail’s number one target but is saved from hanging because of her pregnancy. She believed that she was the reason that her husband John was driven to infidelity. Elizabeth is usually extremely honest and pure, but when she is being mistreated, she can be cold.
Reverend Parris is recently the assigned minister in Salem, Massachusetts. He is also the father of Betty Parris. He is also the uncle of Abigail Williams. His belief in witches and his desire to punish his enemies set in motion the chain of events that leads to the hysteria in Salem. During the witch trials, he pressures Danforth, the chief judge, to punish those who, in his opinion, are possessed or in partnership with the Devil. Parris refuses to tolerate conflict, and his very suspicious about those individuals that he does not like. He is an individual who is confident about his own opinions; he does feel like he is being persecuted and that the townspeople do not respect his position as a man of God.
Mary Warren is the young maidservant of the Proctors. She is known as honest and well-intentioned toward the Proctors, when faced with the prospect of suffering, her sense of defense overrides her natural goodness. She is a timid girl, and is easily influenced by those individuals around her. She is very much afraid of Abigail Williams and also does not want to be cut off from