John Proctor And Giles Hardy In The Crucible

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20 people lost their lives during the Salem Witch Trials in 1692. Most people hanged, only one was pressed by stone and seven died while in jail. The events of the witch trails became so well known that Arthur Miller decided to write a play based off of it called The Crucible. Some of the people who were falsely accused of witchcraft and hanged during the Salem Witch Trials were John Proctor and Giles Corey.
John Proctor was a farmer who was always well respected by everyone in the town. He lived with his wife, Elizabeth Proctor. John Proctor should be posthumous pardon because he was always trying to be a good man and fix his mistakes. When Elizabeth was mad at John and wouldn’t forgive him he would always try and make it up to her. “I mean

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