Ann Putnam



Archetype:

Miller's Commentary:
When she enters the play, Miller describes her as "A twisted soul of forty-five, a death ridden woman, haunted by dreams." This automatically pushes us away from this character.

Characteristic Adjectives:
==Ann Putnam enters the story in the very beginning and shows that she acts like she is in distress. But she is a deceptive person who manipulates what everyone says to favor her. She uses the phrase “I knew it” multiple times. She often make things up to make her life seam harder. When she hears the people drink blood she says that’s her babies blood but she is corrected that is only chicken blood. She is deceptive and manipulates people thoughts to get her way. Matthew Dustin==

Motivation: (shift) (evidence)
She starts the book with her motivation being revenge. She wants the girls to be hung because she thinks they killed her seven dead babies. Throughout the different acts, she doesn't really change much and stick to her original motivation. She doesn't shift like Proctor or Hale.

Important Quotations:
"My babies are shriveled in her (Goody Osburn) hands" (Act 1).