Motivations+of+main+characters

Abigail Williams - her motivation for her actions was due to her desire to be with John Proctor John Proctor - to have better relations with his wife, and to subdue the chaos going around in the town Elizabeth Proctor - Towards the end, her motivation was for him to do whatever he felt was right Reverend Hale - At first, he wanted to prove if the people were witches or not, but towards the end he wanted to correct his error and save the people he basically accused. Reverend Parris - prove that witches exist in the town. In the beginning of the novel, he was trying to find out what was wrong with his daughter The Putnams - their motivation was to reap as much land and power as possible. In the beginning, their motivation was to keep their only living child save, but as the hysteria continued, they used it to their advantage and accused people of being witches to get rid of them. Mary Warren - Mary's motivation changed a lot during the novel. At first, she was trying to get the girls to confess, but they would not. Then Mary told the court that the girls and her were all lying to avoid punishment, but eventually she took the girls' side because she did not want to get hanged Giles Corey - Giles's motivation was to prove that his wife was not a witch, and not give the name of the person who told him that the Putnams were accusing people for land. Rebecca Nurse - Voice of reason. Tried to convince people that witches were not real.