The Crucible is a very popular novel/play written by Arthur Miller. John Proctor is a common, angry, and stubborn farmer who works very hard to get by; until his wife Elizabeth is accused of witchcraft. Elizabeth Proctor or John's wife is an average, jealous, and insecure housewife in the town of Salem when she receives claims of witchcraft on her name. John and Elizabeth are common people who have to overcome a great trial. John Proctor is the first character being discussed. John had an affair with Abigail Williams who previously worked for his family. John is always very caught in his ways. He is often very angry. John Proctor: "Herrick! Herrick, don't chain her! Damn you, man you will not chain her!" (Miller 82). You can see John is a very aggressive person based on his language. He is also very persistent restating his commands several times. …show more content…
Elizabeth is accused of being a witch by Abigail Williams because she (Abigail) wants to be with John. She is a very insecure, jealous and worried individual. Elizabeth Proctor: "I think you somewhat ashamed, for I am there and she so close" (Miller 65). Elizabeth is Insecure about her relationship with John she thinks he is constantly thinking about Abigail. She is jealous of Abigail because she had an affair with John. The crucible is a very popular novel/play written by Arthur Miller. John and Elizabeth Proctor are a basic couple who deal with difficult situations. John remains somewhat static throughout most of the play. Elizabeth sees Abigail as a threat during the entire story as she
At the start of the play, Elizabeth is heartbroken her husband, John Proctor, has committed adultery seven months ago with Abagail Williams. Elizabeth’s sorrow leads her to insecurities of her husband’s fidelity. When the talk of witchcraft comes up, Elizabeth becomes devastated she has been accused of witchery by Abagail. She is even more heartbroken John will not confess to the court of his infidelity to end the whole fiasco. She gently asks John to break any false hopes Abagail may have and is quickly discouraged by his answer. Elizabeth believes Abagail means to accuse her of witchery to take her place (1127). She goes on to tell her husband, “…I will be ...
Throughout Act I and II Elizabeth Proctor is a cold, yet moral character. Elizabeth had just recently found out that her husband had an affair with their housekeeper, Abigail. Elizabeth’s relationship with John is now cold as ice, which makes her suspicious. In Act II Elizabeth asks John, “You were alone with her?” John then replies, “Woman. I’ll not have your suspicion anymore.” (1237). When the couple discusses the affair, it starts to show us how skeptical she is of John and the whole relationship.
Elizabeth Proctor is being judged unfairly in the book The Crucible. She's being treated unfair while at her home, because she is being blamed for witchcraft. Abigail williams had accused her of being a witch, because she wants her out the picture, so she being with John Proctor. She is also being accused of stabbing Abigail with a needle with her spirits while Abigail was eating dinner at her house with Rev. Parris, & Gov. Danforth, and Judge Hathorne. Abigail had gotten stabbed in stomach two inches deep, and when Ezekiel Cheever and Marshal Herrick showed up at the Proctor house they had a warrant for Elizabeth. While Cheever and Herrick were at the Proctor house, Cheever had asked for any poppets she may have, and she says that she hasn't
Elizabeth is often cold and not open towards people yet she changes as the novel progresses. Abigail accuses her friends and the townspeople of witchcraft; her motivations for turning against her friends are mainly because of Elizabeth Proctor. Abigail had an affair with Elizabeth's husband, which made Elizabeth fire Abigail. Abigail is in love with John and while talking to him she says, "I wake and walk about the house as though I'd find you comin' through some door" (Act I). This illustrates her love towards John and that she will never forget their affair and how Elizabeth broke them up.
The Crucible is a novel based on the Salem Witch Trials in Massachusetts, written by Arthur Miller. The Crucible demonstrates forbidden temptation between John Proctor and Abigail Williams, honor and dishonor in the town of Salem, ruthless revenge, and the strive for high social status. The narrative style of this play is standard 1950s everyday language. The Crucible is set in a theocratic society of Puritanism in 1692.
In Arthur Miller's play The Crucible it portrays the strengthening relationship between John and Elizabeth Proctor. Throughout the play, reader see how their relationship starts off as being very distant. As the witch trials start, John and his wife start to protect each other and keep the other out of harms way. In Act IV of the play, the Proctors become fully united and their relationship is much stronger than shown before.
John Proctor’s tragic flaw leads to Abigail wanting to be his wife, next the witch trials where John proctor has to admit his flaw, finally to John’s death John Proctor’s ultimate down fall. The Crucible tells about how Abigail wants to become his wife because she believes that John Proctor loves her. The witch trials occur and John trying to prove the people is innocent, this leads to John Proctor’s death. In conclusion The Crucible is based off the Salem witch
John Proctor became a tragic hero in “The Crucible” by Arthur Miller has brought a big problem to the Village of Salem, after Procto had an affair with Abigail Williams, she began to look for revenge and she started accusing people of witchcraft. John Proctor; a well-respected man in Salem, who is a hard worker always working for his family, love his children and his wife, is founded in a critical situation after committing adultery with a girl in the village. John Proctor, the protagonist of the play “The Crucible”, a well-respected man, a noble man who has done a lot for his family, possesses a major flaw he has had an affair with Abigail Williams, and eventually he realizes what he has done in Salem and to Elizabeth; his wife, at the end of the play he redeems himself and he refuses to give up his name and sign a public confession therefore making John Proctor an ideal example of a tragic hero.
In the Crucible by Arthur Miller, John Proctor is a Reverend who seems to be having a few issues. His love, Elizabeth, has been at his side since the beginning, but then finds out something so devastating and everything gets turned around. A healthy relationship starts with two people who fall for each other and take care of one another to keep them safe; someone who stays faithful and loyal. John and Elizabeth had this kind of relationship for a while, but when someone else came along with their relationship starts to tear. After years of being together, Proctor had an affair.
The Crucible, a book written by Arthur Miller, tells about the Salem witch trials that occurred around 1692 in Salem, Massachusetts. Mary Warren and Reverend John Hale are two characters from the book that play significant roles in The Crucible. This is because Mary knows the truth about Abigail and the girls, but she continues to keep it a secret because she is afraid that Abigail will harm her. Meanwhile Reverend Hale is known to be an expert on witchcraft, and is called to Salem to examine Parris’s daughter, Betty.
In the beginning of act two of The Crucible, Elizabeth confronts John Proctor, her husband, about him seeing what looks like his mistress, Abigail. Elizabeth knew he had an affair with Abigail while she was sick. She knew John would go into town to see Abigail while she was at home and ever since then, she’s had suspicion of what John is doing when he goes to town. “John, if it were not Abigail that you must go to hurt, would you falter now? I think not.”(pg.163) While John is trying to put in effort into their marriage, Elizabeth ignores him because she is hurt that her husband would betray her with another girl. John trys to show her that he is not longer interested in Abigail says, “Let you look to your own improvement before you go to judge your husband any more. I have forgot Abigail…”(pg.163)
The play The Crucible is a historical fiction written by Arthur Miller and is set in Salem, Massachusetts 1962. The play is about how a group of young girls lie about being under the devil 's influence to not only save themselves from being punished for dancing naked in the woods, but for one of the characters Abigail Williams it is a way for her to have revenge on Elizabeth Proctor for being between her and John Proctor. Since the town was very strict and religious the accusation that were said were believed without question landing innocent people in jail or in graves. In the final act of the play we read about how John Proctor tries and do the right thing, but ends up getting hanged. Throughout the play we see that the main theme
In The Crucible, Arthur Miller shows the true dynamics of his characters. We see the characters moral or immoral actions and how they’re all put into life changing situations. John Proctor experiences a drastic change when his wife Elizabeth is accused of being a witch. In the beginning of the play, he portrays a man who isn't affiliated with religion and becomes a man who redeems himself. Finally, he proves to be a man of actions, not just words.
John Proctor, the man seen most as the protagonist to the book: The Crucible. In the past, not long from the time the play was set in, Proctor was extricated from the affairs he had done. He had a fine life, a loving wife, two sons, and a healthy farm. He was a respectable member of the Salem community, and most importantly, he respected himself. This all went downhill when Proctor had an affair with Abigail Williams, who was 17 at the time. John had committed adultery, and this one shameful encounter obliderated his most prized possession: his self-respect.
Abigail threaded Rebecca Nurse tell everyone that Elizabeth is a witch and she does. Elizabeth and her husband (John) were slow moving apart, because Abigail and john were having an affair behind Elizabeth back. Elizabeth Proctor suspects Abigail of infidelity with her husband. She is careful not to outright condemn her husband of infidelity. Elizabeth kn...