Betty:Betty is Reverend Parriss ten-year-old daughter, who falls into a strange stupor after Parris catches her and the other girls dancing in the forest with Tituba. Her illness and that of Ruth Putnam fuel the first rumors of witchcraft. It sparks the hysteria which is yet to come and opens the door to future accusations and in this way, she acts as the symbol to the start of the hysteria. The fact that she became affected after the encounter with the other girls and started to forget things, lose concentration, screamed whenever she would hear the Lord's prayer, made witchcraft seem as the reason behind her actions, sparking the accusations and hysteria. Betty is a perfect example of how the witch-hunting hysteria affected even the youngest citizens. After being threatened by Abigail into not revealing that she drank the charm to kill Elizabeth Proctor, she feels the need to act in this unorderly matter, one considered to be the effects of witchcraft. Betty is a perfect example of how the witch-hunting hysteria affected even the youngest citizens and how Abigail was able to control so many people in order to protect herself and her reputation.