What are the characters like in The Crucible? There are two ways an author introduces a character: by using direct and or indirect characterization. When the author introduces characters directly, he or she is telling the audience. When the author introduces a character indirectly, he or she has the character tell the audience through their actions and dialogue. In the play ‘’ The Crucible’’ author Arthur Miller uses direct and indirect characterization to introduce Reverend Parris, Abigail Williams, Ann Putnam, and Mary Warren. Reverend Parris is the first character introduced in the play ‘’ The Crucible”. Directly, Arthur Miller tells us Reverend Parris is ‘’in his 40’s’’, he feels ‘’persecuted,’’ ‘’has no interest in children,’’ and was a merchant in Barbados. Reverend Parris dialogue includes ‘’I cannot blink what I saw… for my enemies will not blink it,’’ ‘’No No I, cannot have any. (enters Putnam) why, Goody Putnam come in,” ‘’Where is my wood… I am waiting since November…,’’ and ‘’ God help me”. These parts of Reverend Parris’s speech tells the audience he is more worried about himself. He’s influenced by money and power, …show more content…
And Tituba conjured Ruth Putnam’s dead sisters.”, ‘’ I’ll beat you, Betty.’’,’’… I saw Indians smash my dear parents head on the pillow… I have seen some reddish work done at night, and I can make you wish you had never seen the sun go down!’’, ‘’ I will not; I cannot; you love me John Proctor.” Abigail reveals she’s a liar; she’s temperamental, deceitful, a bully, clingy, has anger issues, and has psychological problems. She is sweet when adults are around and a little devil when they are not. The third character introduced by Arthur Miller in Ann Putnam in ‘’The