Question: what is the crucible act 1 about?
Answer: Lesson Summary In Act 1, Reverend Parris is with his sick daughter Betty. We meet the girls who begin the witchcraft rumors, who had been seen dancing in the woods with a slave named Tituba. One of the girls, Abigail, who had an affair with a townsman, John Proctor, had tried to use witchcraft to harm his wife.