John Proctor

inside of Abigail Williams’, the ring master of the victimized girls, tainted heart while purity resides within Elizabeth Proctor, a loyal wife to John Proctor. Tension heightens as both women fight for one man’s love.…

the main character John Proctor to portray courage in times of adversity while others cower. Miller uses Proctor's character shows that standing for what you believe in is the right thing to do, even if personal sacrifices have to be made. With all the different trials that the characters have to overcome with many of the towns people in jail and the trial of Salem, Miller shows how to be courageous during hard times and how there will always be people that will cower. John proctor shows great…

Arthur Miller crafts the dramatic irony scene with great precision as he first has John admit to his adultery and then Elizabeth, who Proctor swears is a truthful woman lies to save her husband and the jeopardy of both their lives. Danforth cannot believe that Abigail is a “whore”, he asks Elizabeth to come up to testify for the charge.The two partners risk their names by wanting to save each other’s life: John confessed to his charge while his wife lied for her husband's life, "Elizabeth:…

In the Crucible, one character whose mind is pulled in two conflicting directions is John Proctor. Laurence Sterne wrote, "No body, but he who has felt it, can conceive what a plaguing thing it is to have a man's mind torn asunder by two projects of equal strength, both obstinately pulling in a contrary direction at the same time." No one felt this more in the Crucible than John did. John has two options throughout the play; lie and live, causing him to lose his good name, or be truthful and die…

contrast, Elizabeth Proctor is a honest, kind, and loyal woman. Abigail Williams and Elizabeth Proctor both had different personalities. They were the literal definition of ‘fire and ice’, and ‘complete opposites’. “Mr. Danforth, he’s lying!” Whenever Abigail says this, she is the one lying herself. On the other hand, whenever Elizabeth Proctor was talking to her husband John, she tells him: “I think you must go to Salem, John. I think so. You must tell them it is fraud.” John and her know…

These types of actions contribute to the end of the Salem Witch Trials as well. Throughout The Crucible, John Proctor speaks his mind, even if it goes against public belief or if it antagonizes himself. When Abigail starts lying in the court and everyone starts believing her, Proctor bluntly yells, ‘“How do you call Heaven! Whore! Whore!...It is a whore!”’ (Miller III). Proctor does not care how he affects everyone else’s opinion on him when he says provocative statements. This is a meager…

fair as the play goes on. The main two characters that takes part of honesty and dishonesty are Abigail Williams and John Proctor. Abigail, who wants to get rid of Proctor’s wife and marry Procter is the character that lies and people believes her words and John is the character that is telling the truth the whole time, but everyone thinks that he’s lying for being honest. John Proctor is not a perfect man throughout the play. He has commit a mistake that made him a “bad” person and made his…

He begins to see these flaws during a visit to the Proctor household. He starts by going to their house and questioning the faith of the Proctors. As Hale was about to leave, John Proctor tells Hale that the children’s illness may not be witchcraft. Upon first hearing the revelation, the Reverend is skeptical of the notion, however, after Proctor explains his reasoning, Hale quickly realizes that he has a point. In his hesitant reply to Proctor’s…

In the play the Crucible by Arthur Miller there's a main problem between a girl name Abigail Williams and Elizabeth Proctor. This story is based around a man name John Proctor and how Abigail accuses Elizabeth Proctor for being a witch. This means that since Elizabeth is accused she can get executed and Abigail can have John Proctor. Abigail is a selfish girl that is disliked by the village she lives in before the witch trials were even a thing. One day, she was caught with her and her…

sense of their separation arises” (Miller 1268). Abigail has already ruined the Proctors marriage when she has an affair with John Proctor. Since the affair, the Proctor’s have grown distant from each other and converse less with each other because of an action Abigail…