Directions

Imagine that you lived in Salem in I692, during the great witchcraft hysteria, and that you kept a diary. Your diary answers the following questions: Who are you? How old are you? What work do you do? What accusations were made against you? What did you hear? What did you see? Whom did you know? Was spectral evidence used against you? Who was the judge? Who was hanged? Who was released? Who escaped?

Reflect on the roles played by Governor and Mrs. William Phipps , Rebecca Nurse, Samuel Nurse, Reverend and Mrs. John Hale, Sarah Wilde, Susannah York, Reverend Nicholas Noyes, John Hathorne, Dorcas Good, Tituba, Reverend Samuel Parrish, Bridget Bishop, Elizabeth Proctor, John Proctor, George Jacobs, Mr. and Mrs. Philip English, Sarah Good and Elizabeth How.