Elizabeth Proctor

John still lusted for Abigail but tried so hard to seem like an innocent man the Elizabeth. She knows he cheated, but he expects Elizabeth to be ready to move on in a miniscule amount of time. Another example of sexism being not as easy to get away with is slut-shaming. In the late 1600s to 1700s, it was so easy to call a woman dirty from insignificant sexual…

than vaguely implying his anger to Danforth (124), he does nothing. Herrick stands by because all of the anger in his heart is not enough to relieve him of the fear instilled in him by Puritan cultural beliefs. As the play ends, Herrick escorts John Proctor, Rebecca Nurse and the others condemned to hang out of prison and to the gallows. His actions show the finality of his submission, and they tie together the theme of conformity in the…

John Proctor is an anguished man. He believes his affair with Abigail has irreparably damaged him in the eyes of God and his wife Elizabeth. He feels bitter towards Elizabeth because she cannot forgive him and have confidence in him again, but he is guilty of the same thing. Because his own incapability to forgive himself only deepens his response to Elizabeth 's lack of forgiveness. 7. “There are wheels within wheels in this village…

community of Salem is destroyed by the deceit and manipulation of Abigail Williams. Abigail begins to show deceit by lying about the reason of why she was in the woods dancing. Abigail, 17 years of age, is a housemaid to the Proctor family and wanted to be with John Proctor and get rid of…

Mary Warren was the servant of Proctors and was fearful. Mary was not a very flashily or main character to the play but she did have a very important role in the play she taught all of us what fear does to a person, Marry Warren was in the group of girls what was in the woods playing with witchcraft but she was the only one that did not participate in the activates “I never done none of it, Abby. I only looked!” (ACT 1, page 19) Mary knew that she would…

Abigail Williams rushes into the woods. She’s angry and knows just what to do about it. Tituba set up the large cauldron and pours in a gallon of thick, dark red blood. Abigail dips a cup into the cauldron and brings it to her lips thinking “Elizabeth Proctor will be dead by morning, and I’ll have John all to myself.” She drinks. Abigail’s faults are quite obvious, but does she deserve the blame of the outcome of the play, The Crucible? Abigail is the one who started the whole paranoid…

The Many Ways Proctor Could 've Kept His Reputation In Arthur Miller 's The Crucible there are many people accused of witchcraft and are essentially put to death because of these accusations. The reputation of each person in the little town is so crucial it 's almost ridiculous. One of the main characters who really needs to watch their back is John Proctor. He may seem like a guy who just does his own thing, but he actually has a large role in keeping a clean reputation. Reason…

witchcraft. The group of girls starts pointing fingers around the town saying that many people are witches to defend their misbehavior in the woods. In the end, many people die because of the girls’ nonsense. Abigail Williams, Mary Warren, and John Proctor portray the idea that guilty people will bolster and guard their mistakes. Abigail Williams is a prime example of a person who will go the extra mile to cover up her mistakes. Abigail Williams kills people because she fears the consequences…

said “Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.” In Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible, John Proctor is a quiet character at first. As the plot unfolds, Proctor becomes a tragic hero in the eyes of the reader and struggles internally as well as externally with his character and notoriety. On the surface, he is a respected man in Salem, Massachusetts who is honest and speaks…

many people. Abigail had thought if Elizabeth would be out of the way, John would come running to her. In this passage from the text, it clearly shows how he changed his mind about Abigail. “Abigail, now softening: And you must. You are no wintry man. I know you, John. I know you. She is weeping. I cannot sleep for dreamin‘; I cannot dream but I wake and walk about the house as though I’d find you comin’ through some door. She clutches him desperately. Proctor, gently pressing her from him,…