John Williams

changing choices then she would be happier and what people think of her would not matter. No matter what she would do society always had a part of the decision. Edna committed suicide after everything. In the novel The Crucible, the main character John Proctor does everything in his power to protect himself against…

John Smith sought adventure. William Bradford sought freedom. Both men had adventurous lives. But John Smith is still better. John Smith was born into a farmers family. He didn’t want to be a farmer, he sought adventure. So, he ran away to become a sailor at thirteen. His parents stopped him, however, and shipped him off to become a merchant boy. John quit at age sixteen, shortly after his father died, and his mother re-married. He became a mercenary, and became a good soldier. When the war he…

Crucible, Puritans are driven by fear and they would turn against one another within a couple of seconds when they are accused of witchcraft. Fear and revenge rests 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.…

Massachusetts Bay Colony during 1692. The play revolves around a female teen named Abigail Williams who was insanely in love with a married man named John Proctor and turned to witchcraft to kill John’s wife. Abigail is also extremely controlling over the other girls who had been apart of the witch trials. In The Crucible, Arthur Miller tries to use details to explain actions and emotions from all the characters. Abigail Williams was one of the very first accused in the Salem witch trials. She…

Abigail Williams. The people of Salem and the reader can feel the presence of Abigail Williams even though she is not in Act 2. Further, the kind of influence Abigail Williams has is that she is destructive of the Proctor’s marriage. A way she is destructive is in the Proctor’s marriage: “There is a pause… Her back is turned to him. He turns to her and watches her. A sense of their separation arises” (Miller 1268). Abigail has already ruined the Proctors marriage when she has an affair with…

Roger Williams and His Success “Forced worship stinks in God’s nostrils” said Roger Williams. Roger Williams was a religious leader and the founder of Rhode Island. He considers himself to a Separatist Minister. A Separatist is a movement to separate the church from England. Roger Williams believed that religion and politics shouldn't mix. He also believed that civil authorities shouldn't enforce religion. Roger Williams had a great impact on the native Indians and their rights. Roger…

good thing, in some cases it’s a bad thing. It is even worse when someone has to die for the thing the person want. Abigail Williams is one of these people. She believes that she and John Proctor are meant to be and will do anything, in her will, to be with him. In Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible, he uses both direct and indirect characterization to develop Abigail Williams into a flat as well as a static character. Miller wastes little time in telling us directly that Abigail is largely…

judgement from themselves to whoever they could. More times than not, the accusations were false but one accusation was proven correct. Abigail Williams was to blame for the witch trials of Salem Massachusetts in 1692. Through Abigail's falsification, lust & spitefulness she proves to be the source of the witch hysteria that Salem experiences. Williams often times lies on other's name's to get herself out of the trouble that she knows she is guaranteed to be in. She often times blame's the…

evidence of their senses. John Proctor couldn’t forgive himself from committing adultery and also sinning. In the town of Salem, John Proctor and Abigail Williams both uses the sin Lust. Abigail is in love with John Proctor although it’s Lechery. Abigail does everything she can after the affair to get John back which includes a repetitive lying pattern, even when he accepts it’s over. “John-I am waitin’ for you every night.” (Miller 469) Abigail still remains to have feelings for John. He…

The Crucible Essay - John Proctor The Crucible is a play that that follows a few characters in the time of the Salem Witch Trials. John Proctor, a main character, is a dynamic character. A dynamic character is a character that changes from the beginning to the end of a novel, due to conflicts they experience. When the book starts off, John is deceitful and a fraud, has a distant relationship with his wife, Elizabeth, and still has feelings for Abigail Williams. Towards the middle of the book,…