The Crucible John Proctor Character Analysis

Characters such as John Proctor and Abigail Williams in Arthur Miller’s “The Crucible” take drastically different actions in accordance to the Salem Witch Trial crisis. All of the measures taken in the town directly relate to Puritan religious principles, whether they be reflective of John and Rebecca’s honest and godly tactics to end the madness, or Abigail and Judge Danforth’s objective of feeding the fire of the town crisis with their greedy lies in order to gain power.
As a strict religious society, it would be assumed that anyone asked a question in the court, or anywhere for that matter, would answer in an honest manner as lying is a sin in the eyes of God; however, only a few characters in the entire play stayed honest and true to …show more content…
Proctor’s final decision to remain true in the eyes of God and his religion seemed to be strictly based upon his love for his family - especially with his wife - as he was doing all that he could to guarantee his place in heaven, so that he and Elizabeth could live together for eternity in heaven. The poem “To My Dear and Loving Husband” by Anne Bradstreet could not have better exemplified John’s final action on earth to preserve his and his wife’s love through all of eternity, as “when [they] live no more, [they] live ever” (Source D). This doing directly relates to Puritan religion, as marriage is a sanctity in religion, with two people being intertwined in love, bound by God throughout life and afterlife, so by staying clean in God’s eyes, he preserves the religious sect of marriage between he and Elizabeth. Rebecca Nurse, another character who actually stayed true to the Puritan religion, knew throughout the entire time of the Salem Witch Trials that she was being falsely accused and that even though she was the one on death’s row for her