John Hurt

In the story/ movie “The Crucible” there were multiple times where characters were in situations that could possibly jeopardize and hurt their reputations. Three specific characters that had this concern for their reputation were, young teen Abigail Williams, John Proctor, and his wife Elizabeth Proctor. Towards the beginning of this story a woman of the name Mary warren come into play, a group of teenage girls had sworn they had seen her practice illegal witchcraft acts. When this assumption…

Good Always Can Come From Bad Witches, death, superstition, and betrayal have surprisingly affected John Proctor for the better. In the book The Crucible written by Arthur Miller, it shows the excitement and superstition of the events that changes John Proctor. After Reverend Parris finds teenage girls dancing and participating in witchcraft in the woods, Abigail, along with some other girls, start to accuse innocent townspeople of witchcraft to hide their mistakes and avoid their consequences.…

everyone is saying that’s it's the work of the devil. Abigail and the rest of the girls were gonna say that there was no witchcraft involved, but at the end, that didn't happen. Abigail then used this opportunity to kill Goody Proctor so she can be with John. Abigail was a victim in this whole…

manipulative liar, ruthless, and emotionally unstable, making them completely different except for when it comes to their love for John Proctor. In The Crucible Elizabeth rarely lies and is kind, but Abigail is great at misrepresenting the truth and is ruthless. One example of this is when John says, “In her life, sir, she have…

for it in a smart way. In doing what she does, she hurts many people but helps herself not get in trouble. She shows power more than any other character in this book because everything seemed to go wrong mainly because of her. She did something she shouldn’t have done, doesn’t allow others to tell the truth about her, and she creates mass hysteria with the other girls. At the beginning of the book when Abigail was having a relationship with John Proctor, the past guy she was a servant for, she…

My beloved, John Proctor: It’s hard for you to acknowledge our affair and our love for each other when we confront face to face, so I hope this letter can reassure your love and care towards me. When your lips were pressed softly against mine, I felt butterflies tingling in my stomach. Although I know that you swore to love Elizabeth, but you know that your heart race when you see me. To reassure your love towards me, I even practices witchcraft on Elizabeth Proctor to get you attention. Don’t…

1058). Like a little kid ,Mary Warren blames the first thing she can find ,rather than looking for a more logical answer to why her stomach hurt. A more obvious example of Mary Warren being childish is when John Proctor tells her to go to bed and she says, "I'll not be ordered to bed no more, Mr. Proctor! I am 18 and a woman" (2.1058). After she says this, John tells her that she does not have to go to bed, but she says that she is going to go to bed. She acts like a child by is throwing a…

John Proctor is a farmer in his mid-thirties. He is married to Elizabeth Proctor and had an affair with Abigail Williams. John is a very honest and blunt-spoken man. He lets people know when they are wrong and will debate against them until he has proven his point. Ironically, he has sinned and isn’t fully honest to Elizabeth about his interactions with Abigail. “John, you are not open with me. You saw her with a crowd, you said. Now you-” (Miller 28). Due to his affair, Elizabeth is very wary…

John Steinbeck stressed significant contrast between men and women in society, by providing extensive work on developing protagonist male characters to prove their superior rank. The Grapes of Wrath, taking place during the Great Depression, brings life to a family struggling through a serious drought in Oklahoma, and attempting to find better work and land in California. The novel, written in 1939, at the end of the depression, highlights strong male roles as Tom Joad decides to move his family…

threatens Betty and Mary Warren to keep their mouth shut. On page 20 Abigail tells the girls that they will never see the day of light if they say anything to anyone for what Abigail has done. Betty has seen Abigail drink blood, it was a charm to kill John Proctors wife and Goody Proctor on page 19. She says Tituba is in contact…