The Crucible Essay - John Proctor The Crucible is a play that that follows a few characters in the time of the Salem Witch Trials. John Proctor, a main character, is a dynamic character. A dynamic character is a character that changes from the beginning to the end of a novel, due to conflicts they experience. When the book starts off, John is deceitful and a fraud, has a distant relationship with his wife, Elizabeth, and still has feelings for Abigail Williams. Towards the middle of the book, he is becoming more honest and less deceitful, starts to have a strong relationship with Elizabeth, and starts to loose his feelings for Abigail. By the end of the book, John Proctor is honest, has no feelings for Abigail, and has a very strong relationship
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John is additionally dishonest with his wife. He originally told Elizabeth that Abigail Williams had told him that the girls were only faking being sick when they were in a crowd together, when they were really alone together. “Elizabeth: You were alone with her? Proctor, stubbornly: For a moment alone, aye. Elizabeth: Why, then, it is not as you told me” (Act 1). Elizabeth does find out, showing that he had been dishonest with her, showing that John is dishonest as a person. John is keeping the fact that he knows the girls are faking being sick from the court, making him further deceitful. Furthermore, when a character is introduced in The Crucible, there is a brief summary of the character in the stage directions. For John Proctor it says, “Proctor, respected and even feared in Salem, has come to regard himself as a kind of fraud. But no hint of this has yet appeared on the surface…” and, “He is a sinner, a sinner not only against the moral fashion of the time, but against his own vision of decent conduct” (both from Act1). These two quotes indicate that he is indeed a fraud, and he knows it. No one knows …show more content…
Second, John Proctor still cares for Abigail. John and Abby meet up in Salem and John says, “Abby, I may think of you softly from time to time,” and Abby says, “I have seen you looking up, burning in your loneliness. Do you tell me you’ve never looked up at my window? Proctor: I may have looked up” (both from Act1). This shows that John still has feelings for Abby. As previously mentioned, John and Abigail had an affair about 8 months prior to when The Crucible takes place, which adds to the fact that he had feelings for her then, and they have carried until now. In addition to this scene, Elizabeth tells John that he should tell the court that he knows the girls are faking, and he hesitates. “Elizabeth, with a smile, to keep her dignity: John, if it were not Abigail that you must go to hurt, would you falter now? I think not” (Act 2). Elizabeth is telling John that she thinks he is
John is additionally dishonest with his wife. He originally told Elizabeth that Abigail Williams had told him that the girls were only faking being sick when they were in a crowd together, when they were really alone together. “Elizabeth: You were alone with her? Proctor, stubbornly: For a moment alone, aye. Elizabeth: Why, then, it is not as you told me” (Act 1). Elizabeth does find out, showing that he had been dishonest with her, showing that John is dishonest as a person. John is keeping the fact that he knows the girls are faking being sick from the court, making him further deceitful. Furthermore, when a character is introduced in The Crucible, there is a brief summary of the character in the stage directions. For John Proctor it says, “Proctor, respected and even feared in Salem, has come to regard himself as a kind of fraud. But no hint of this has yet appeared on the surface…” and, “He is a sinner, a sinner not only against the moral fashion of the time, but against his own vision of decent conduct” (both from Act1). These two quotes indicate that he is indeed a fraud, and he knows it. No one knows …show more content…
Second, John Proctor still cares for Abigail. John and Abby meet up in Salem and John says, “Abby, I may think of you softly from time to time,” and Abby says, “I have seen you looking up, burning in your loneliness. Do you tell me you’ve never looked up at my window? Proctor: I may have looked up” (both from Act1). This shows that John still has feelings for Abby. As previously mentioned, John and Abigail had an affair about 8 months prior to when The Crucible takes place, which adds to the fact that he had feelings for her then, and they have carried until now. In addition to this scene, Elizabeth tells John that he should tell the court that he knows the girls are faking, and he hesitates. “Elizabeth, with a smile, to keep her dignity: John, if it were not Abigail that you must go to hurt, would you falter now? I think not” (Act 2). Elizabeth is telling John that she thinks he is