John Proctor

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…

people for the sake of what she calls love. Another instance is when she is talking with Proctor when he first arrives in Act I: “I know how you clutched my back behind your house and sweated like a stallion whenever I come near! Or did I dream that? It’s she put me out, you cannot pretend it were you. I saw your face when she put me out, and you loved me then and you do now!” (Miller 22). Despite Proctor telling her so many times that he made a mistake and to put that night behind her.…

women that were accused of witchcraft, Elizabeth Proctor being one. Elizabeth Proctor is a married woman to John Proctor, in her late thirties, who is loyal, stubborn and strong mind. Her character may be little but her role has more to what meets the eye. While Elizabeth may be a small role there are small key ideas to show she is loyal. She is loyal because of her marriage with John. She argued about John, “Elizabeth was willing to push pass John and his past with Abigail because she truly…

scared girl, who was involved in the bonfire incident with the other girls. She is known to be the house servant of John and Elizabeth Proctor. However, after the village developed a court, Mary Warren was one of the officials for the court and gained power. For instance, when Elizabeth Proctor was accused of witchcraft, Mary Warren stated that there was no suspicion of Goody Proctor being involved in witchcraft and the court believed Mary Warren and dropped the accusation. 6. Tituba- Tituba is…

This happens in an ironic way because part of the evil that she commits is responsible for the death of John Proctor. The whole ordeal commences when Abigail does everything within her power to send John Proctor’s wife to jail. Given the situation in Salem, the most convenient way for Abigail to do this is to cry witch. She does this to draw Elizabeth away from John so she can have him to herself. Abigail formulates a devious plan, which ultimately consists of thrusting a needle two…

of morality in the form of truthfulness are quickly turned against him as he is branded a liar and accused of witchcraft by the court. At this moment, the court which has symbolized morality and John Proctor which has symbolized immorality as a result of his sin of adultery, reverse their roles and Proctor is destroyed by his actions of  honesty. This role reversal further supports that assertion that The Crucible is a play devoted to morality. Conclusion – Arthur Miller’s The Crucible is…

the story, Abigail Williams wants revenge on Goody Proctor because of her jealousy toward her husband, John Proctor which would lead into using too much her power. Before the play starts, Abigail had an affair with John Proctor. Her desire to have him made her go into the woods and drink a blood charm to kill Goody Proctor. After being caught by her uncle Parris in the woods…

Hale went from being completely sure of witchcraft, to realizing he may have made a mistake in his judgment because of his meeting with Proctor, then he saw that he had to do everything he could to get the real truth…

wife of John Proctor, Elizabeth, exclaimed “Do what you will. But let none be your judge. There be no higher judge under Heaven than Proctor is!” when she realized that her husband was to be hung for witchcraft immediately (Miller 1270). Since both John and Elizabeth Proctor’s ludicrous trials, they had spent three months separated in jail to await their imminent hangings. In the 1690s, the town of Salem, Massachusetts, was in a frenzy of “witch” persecutions of the innocent, and the Proctors…

jealous of Elizabeth Proctor, she created this whole scheme or witchery to reach her end goal: John Proctor. Abigail is a master manipulator if she hadn’t lied about the girls playing around as witchcraft to try and kill goody proctor the trials never would have proceeded. Abigail used her manipulation and talent at lying to her advantage to start the rumor of witchery in the village. Just so she could get John Proctor 's wife Elizabeth out of the picture so she could try and marry John, if she…