The Crucible is a play based in the witch trial period and it is written by Arthur Miller. The main character is John Proctor. At first, John is seen as unholy and an adulterer, but as time goes on he confronts his sins and those who cause it, a girl named Abby Williams, he says to her “ I’ll cut my hand off before we touch again.”. He also will eventually fight and stand for what is right.
In the beginning, John’s wife is sick and he has had relations with Abby in the past. This makes him realize he has done his wife and God wrong so he regrets it, avoids Abby, and tries to make things better. As witchcraft heats up, their past relations could come into play. All this causes him to fix relations with his wife, or at least try. But it seems as if she is holding grudge against him, he even confronts her about it saying “ You justice would freeze beer” Even with this, he still treats her good and is loyal. …show more content…
This causes a few people to not like it and go against it for it is wrong, one of them being John. He and a few others do everything to right for the right thing, even causing some to lose their lives for the innocent. But it seems as if every time John gets close to proving the lying girls wrong, the girls make up something else, setting him back.
One of the former lying girls, Mary Warren, is used by John to confess that the girls are lying and to save Elizabeth’s life. What happened was Abby accusing Elizabeth of witchcraft so she can have John to herself. Mary is pushed to her limits in court and ends up breaking and siding back with the girls. This makes John tell about his and Abby’s relations, and the only person able to testify, Elizabeth, will not tell the truth because she loves John so much. John gets the option to live but he does not want to ruin his name and family, so he declines it and does the right thing and does not
In the beginning, John’s wife is sick and he has had relations with Abby in the past. This makes him realize he has done his wife and God wrong so he regrets it, avoids Abby, and tries to make things better. As witchcraft heats up, their past relations could come into play. All this causes him to fix relations with his wife, or at least try. But it seems as if she is holding grudge against him, he even confronts her about it saying “ You justice would freeze beer” Even with this, he still treats her good and is loyal. …show more content…
This causes a few people to not like it and go against it for it is wrong, one of them being John. He and a few others do everything to right for the right thing, even causing some to lose their lives for the innocent. But it seems as if every time John gets close to proving the lying girls wrong, the girls make up something else, setting him back.
One of the former lying girls, Mary Warren, is used by John to confess that the girls are lying and to save Elizabeth’s life. What happened was Abby accusing Elizabeth of witchcraft so she can have John to herself. Mary is pushed to her limits in court and ends up breaking and siding back with the girls. This makes John tell about his and Abby’s relations, and the only person able to testify, Elizabeth, will not tell the truth because she loves John so much. John gets the option to live but he does not want to ruin his name and family, so he declines it and does the right thing and does not