The Crucible
Act 1 question
How is Thomas Putman characterized in the scene in which Anna Putnam reveals that she sent for Tituba to conjure the dead? How did the Putnams reveal that they are jealous of Rebecca nurse's large family?
How is Thomas Putman characterized in the scene in which Anna Putnam reveals that she sent for Tituba to conjure the dead? How did the Putnams reveal that they are jealous of Rebecca nurse's large family?
Thomas Putnam is characterized as a vindictive and greedy man who hides his motivations behind false piety. They blame Rebecca Nurse, a doula, for being responsible for the death of their babies during childbirth except for one. Anne cries that Rebecca Nurse has, “eleven children and [is] twenty-six times a grandma.”