John Williams

Crucible” by Arthur Miller, taking place in Salem, Massachusetts 1692, Abigail Williams along with many other girls claimed to have been possessed by the devil accusing many citizens of witchcraft. John Proctor 's wife Elizabeth was one of the accused. After Proctor cheated on his wife with Abigail Williams, he is portrayed as a sinner, but he was willing to sacrifice his name and pride to reincarnate his soul and save his love. John Proctor seeks forgiveness in himself, God and the ones he…

When watching the video of John Cage's 4 "33", I was first confused on what William Marx was doing. I watched the video several times, to gain my focus on what he was doing. Finally, I understood why he was just sitting there and not playing the piano. Truthfully others probably have thought the same thing that I did when I watched the composition. William Marx sat down and opened the top cover of piano and set a timer, he never struck a key on the keyboard through three different movements.…

betrayal.As Abigail Williams (Winona Ryder) spreads accusations of witchcraft throughout the town of Salem, no one is safe. The only hope for the truths discovery lies in the hands of John Proctor (Daniel Day-Lewis) who suffers from his own inner demons of morality. Will the truth prevail and save Salem or will Proctor hide his shame? Review: Staying true to Arthur Miller’s Story The Crucible, Nicholas Hytner tells the story of Abigail Williams in her attempts to be with John Proctor. While…

John Proctor was a tavern keeper and a farmer in the colony of Massachusetts Bay at the time of the trials. He was married to Elizabeth Proctor. John proctor practically had it made for himself. He had a lovely wife, three sons to help out with his farm, and a good farm. His name was spoken with honor throughout the town and its people. John exposed hypocrites, even though he was one himself. He was well respected, but…

character, Abigail Williams, who had a strong fatal attraction to an unenviable man, John Procter. Arthur Miller created Abigail Williams to show how hysterical a person could become for pure hatred and a predestined love. Abigail Williams was a manipulative, rotten child who thought she deserved John Proctor. Abigail persuaded herself to believe that John Proctor loved her and that he would leave his wife and children for her. Abigail thought she was going to end up with John, but John knew…

In the play the Crucible John Proctor decides to destroy his confession for multiple reasons. There is a lot of lying and blaming of witchery. Some feelings that John proctor expresses in the play the Crucible would be bravery and passion. John Proctor Is said to be a passive protagonist in the first two acts of the play because he did so little effect his main action of the play. In the play the Crucible John Proctor in a way accuses himself of witchery. Instead of denying everything that was…

Hawthorne about sins of adultery. John Proctor's weakness was the sin of adultery with Abigail Williams behind Elizabeth Proctor’s back, his christian wife. John’s weakness defined him as an unloyal, dishonest husband for breaking the laws of marriage. Eventually, he confesses to his sin and overcomes it by sacrificing himself for his wife and the town of Salem. John Proctor’s sin of adultery had defined him an unloyal husband because of his lustful times with Abigail Williams as his and…

were expected to be very modest and only have sex when they were married. John Proctor and Abigail Williams did not live this pure and modest lifestyle, but succumbed to their sexual desire for each other and had an affair. The repression of sexual desire and sexual identity was the driving force behind John and Abigail's affair and the witch trials. Abigail Williams was a young girl who believed that the handsome married John Proctor loves her not his wife Elizabeth. Abigail wants to get rid…

ill. She requested the help of Abigail Williams, and then Mary Warren in order to maintain her household. Before she hired Warren, Elizabeth dismissed Abigail Williams from her service. When being questioned in Act 1, John Proctor explains to the judge Abigail was helping Elizabeth. He is quoted in The Crucible, “My wife were sick this winter.” (Miller 1170). Near the end of Act 3, John is at the trials for Mary Warren. He claimed the reason Abigail Williams was dismissed coincided with his…

she would be saved. In fear of being beaten again, she lists two other women she “saw” with the devil himself. Sarah Good and Sarah Osburne. Abigail Williams, former servant to the Proctors, told the girls that if they told the truth, there would be consequences. John Proctor tells Mary Warren, current servant to the Proctors, to do just that. John takes her to the courthouse and pushes her to tell the truth. After Mary has told the…