Elizabeth Proctor

Elizabeth: Woman of Courage In Salem Village, women are expected to uphold a certain standard. This includes being a mother, wife, and homemaker. As per Puritan standards, all citizens are taught to be devout Christians. When several young girls in the village were found dancing in the woods, they were accused of being bewitched. This very much resembles McCarthyism during the Red Scare in America during the 1950s. The Crucible’s author, Arthur Miller, was inspired by the random and rapid…

John Proctor in The Crucible John Proctor was one of the main characters in the The Crucible, he grows a lot as a person, and gains many great qualities. The Crucible is about the Salem Witch trials that occurred in a Puritan town. A group of girls were caught in the woods dancing, and were accused of witchcraft. These girls did not want to be punished; therefore, they decide to accuse others of witchcraft. They were known as the afflicted girls, and did a superior job at pretending, which…

is depicted to show the heating tension within the town. John Proctor is unlike any other character in the play and he is constantly tormented. In particular, when John is first believed to be negatively influenced by the Devil…

year old Abigail, has an affair with John Proctor before the beginning of the play, decides to accuse Elizabeth Proctor, John’s wife, of witchcraft so she can marry John. However, Abigail does not understand that he does not love her and that he regrets every part of their relationship. John is remorseful…

Abigail Williams had committed most of these. She had committed Lust by having an affair with John Proctor. After he had gone back to his wife she had started to be come sad and lonely. She stared to miss him and became very envious over Elizabeth Proctor. Her jealousy leads to her wrath over the fact that they could not be together. Abigail committed the sin of lust by having an affair with John Proctor. Lust is having a very strong sexual desire towards someone.…

Colony during 1692-93. Abigail Williams, the antagonist, falls in love with a married man, John Proctor. The love triangle between John Proctor’s wife, himself, and Abigail stirs up drama throughout the play. John Proctor realizes he has put his wife in danger, and chooses between his life or hers. Throughout the play, The Crucible reveals that people, such as Abigail Williams, Elizabeth Proctor, and John Proctor have their own emotions and needs that come with consequences far beyond their own…

include John Proctor, Elizabeth Proctor and Rebecca Nurse. John Proctor is put into a strenuous situation where he must try to prove his wife of innocence to witchcraft. Johns wife, Elizabeth, was accused of witchcraft by their old servant Abigail Williams whom John had an affair with. After John broke it off and made it clear to Abigail they would never become something, Abigail went to seek revenge on him by targeting his wife and accusing her of witchcraft simply out of jealousy. Elizabeth is…

has a plan to get rid of Elizabeth Proctor. Throughout the story Abigail’s plan did work. When Abigail gets help from her uncle’s slave, Tituba, they get caught doing “black magic”. Abigail tried to cast a spell in the woods to make sure Elizabeth would be gone. “Black magic” is not welcomed in Salem. Over all Abigail’s plan did work, but not with the spell. The reason Abigail wants to get rid of Elizabeth was her husband, John. Elizabeth Proctor is married to John Proctor. John has had an…

the text, Elizabeth Proctor, wife of John Proctor, is aware of the camouflaged relationship her husband has with Abigail Williams, niece of the town minister Reverend Parris. Abigail Williams is a clever character who is convinced that that John Proctor is her destined lover, and tries to destroy Elizabeth's reputation in order to have John to herself. Elizabeth Proctor wants to prove to court that Abigail is a lier and is not the innocent little girl she is seen as. Consequently, Elizabeth use…

consider the protagonist, John Proctor to be the tragic hero. According to Aristotle, a tragic hero is a literary character who makes a judgment error that inevitably leads to his/her own destruction. The hero would rather die than to tarnish his name, dignity, and honor. The protagonist, John Proctor, is the embodiment of a tragic hero. John Proctor is known in the town to be a good and honest man. He owns a farm, has a family and many friends in Salem. However, Proctor has a fatal…