Hanging
At the beginning of the play, we learn that Thomas desires to be hanged. For him, this death represents an escape from his mundane and disillusioned life; however, for other characters, this desire seems extreme and shocking. It is something that Thomas pursues in the play, even confessing to a murder he did not commit.
Cool clary
This is the town in which the characters of the play reside, and is described as being "a little market town," with the residents being "as much fifteenth century as anything." As such, we learn that the play is set in fifteenth-century England. At this time in history, many innocent women were accused of witchcraft and wrongfully killed for their apparent crimes, and so this setting is a good atmosphere to discuss the issues of justice and innocence surrounding this idea. The town, therefore, represents a quintessential middle ages English town, discussing the issues that were relevant then.
Old Skipps
Jennet is first accused of being a witch after it is discovered that old Skipps has apparently been turned into a dog. As such, Jennet is accused and arrested for this absurd and humorous crime. The transformation of old Skipps represents the absurdity of witch accusations in the middle ages, and how ridiculous the reasons could be. When Skipps is discovered at the end of the play unharmed, we also see how many innocent women were wrongly accused and killed due to beliefs that she was a witch.
