"Goody" before a last name is given to women who have a humble social standing.
Lisette Melendez "Goody Goody"
James Jackson Putnam died in 1918.
He was shocked of how Goody Cloyse could have an encounter with the "devil" or traveler, because he remembers that she was the elderly womn who taught him catechism.
Kim Goody
She thinks that something supernatural happened to them
It wasn't Abigail that accused them of witchcraft. It was Tituba. She accused Goody Goody and Goody Osburn of witchcraft because she's getting pressured of what they were asking her so she told them what they wanted to hear and Mrs. Putnam said that she was sure that someone was killing her babies so Tituba mentioned Goody Good and Goody Osburn because they became a midwife to Mrs. Putnam three times already.
Mrs. Putnam lost 7 children. She believed that witch craft was the cause of their death
Because Osburn was the midwife when three of Putnam's children died.
Ann Putnam finds it difficult to believe that Goody Osburn is a witch because Goody Osburn is a respected member of their community and an upstanding church member. Ann is struggling with conflicting feelings of fear and loyalty, making it hard for her to accept this accusation.
It is assumed today by historians that the Putnams had vendettas against several families in the community for one reason or another. Mrs. Putnam was trying to get a quick conviction for Goody Osborne for personal resentments.
It is assumed today by historians that the Putnams had vendettas against several families in the community for one reason or another. Mrs. Putnam was trying to get a quick conviction for Goody Osborne for personal resentments.
Rebecca is being accused of murder. they think that she murdered Goody Putnam's babies
Goody Putnam lost several babies shortly after birth and blames Rebecca Nurse (out of jealousy of her large family) accusing her of witch craft.
Rebecca Nurse was condemned because of witchcraft. They believe she was the one who killed the babies of Goody Putnam.
Her 7 babies died very soon after birth except for one, Ruth Putnam. According to her, the devil (and those working with the devil) are the reasons why the babies died.
Because Osburn was the midwife when three of Putnam's children died. Putnam is so crazed with grief, and she blames herself for her childrens death, so she leaps upon any excuse to believe that an outside force took away her children. end of Act One: Mrs Putnam: I knew it! Goody Osburn were midwife to me three times. I begged you, Thomas, did I not? I begged him not to call Osburn because I feared her. My babies always shriveled in her hands!