How Does John Proctor React To The Crucible

The Crucible
Herrick’s big and muscular body enters followed by the poor, lifeless Elizabeth. She is hauled with immense power by Herrick. Her weak wrists are shackled with heavy iron chains that have been deteriorating her body for months. She’s not only pregnant but also struggling to survive this “Witch” Apocalypse. In a cell in Salem jail, Danforth, Hathorne, Parris and revered Hale stand in the middle of the room. As Herrick releases Elizabeth from her manacle, Danforth commences to say how her life is not at risk, but her husband’s life is. Hale proceeds to recite her bad news.
Hale with a queasy remark, tells Elizabeth that Proctor has yet to confess to practicing witchcraft and working for the Devil. Proctor is scheduled to be hanged

that afternoon if he doesn’t confess, and his wife is dispersed on the ground with her image facing downwards towards hell. Hale pressures Elizabeth to convince Proctor to confess so they won’t have to execute him. Parris is still terrified that if Proctor gets hanged, people are going to hurt him for the wrongful allegations. Parris runs to Elizabeth, gets on one knee, and while pleading her to convince her husband, grasps her shoulders to shake some sense into her.
Elizabeth with slow increments, raising her head with a menacing and eccentric smile says, “Bring that Imp from the inferno in!”
The men a little far-fetched stepped back and quickly disregarded her assertion.

Hathorne swiftly commands Herrick to bring in John Proctor into the room. Herrick rushes to obey him and soon after comes with Proctor. Proctor in worse conditions than Elizabeth, can barely crawl his way into the room, but at the small glimpse out of the corner of his eye of Elizabeth, some strange force made him bolt up from the grave and run to Elizabeth. The chain held by Herrick becomes taut and jerks Proctor like a slingshot back towards the opposite way. Herrick releases Proctor so he can engage a conversation with Elizabeth. Hale recommends everyone to step out of the room so they can talk in peace and come to a

conclusion.
Elizabeth and Proctor are left to speak about the issue Proctors stands in. Elizabeth already 6 feet into her plot, she initiates to tell her husband about it. She secretly whispers her devious plan to Proctor. As Proctor listens attentively to Elizabeth’s proposal, Proctor begins to ponder that this could blossom into a great arrangement if all goes well. They continue to conspire their strategy while the men outside wait for a cue.
Parris bursts out with anxiousness, “I hope she manages to make him confess.

If naught...” Parris stutters “well then may God judge him.”
Danforth immediately replies “Now sir you said yourself that if any hope was present, it would be on Proctor. I trust you and therefore I am sure of it.”
The men chatter back and forth referring to the confession of Proctor. As time passes by Hathorne sends Herrick to fetch Cheever so he can bring pen, ink, and paper for the confession. Staring at the pendulum clock, Danforth declares that 20 minutes have passed and barges into the cell where the Proctors lay.
When they all entered the freezing cold chamber, Elizabeth and Proctor where seen in the dark patch of the room as if cornered and in defensive stance. The men were puzzled to see their partial hazy figures. Danforth the most intrigued of the bunch approached with much caution. As Danforth got closer and closer, all of a sudden an abrupt growl and shriek were let off by the two cowering couples. The mob of men ricocheted back towards the wall in horrific horror.
In sync Proctor and Elizabeth say, “Is that you Satan? Did you come to save us? We have been waiting for

you.”
The men in shock recoiled back even further, now firmly put on the wall. Slowly the Proctors came out of the shadows with hunched backs and stiff serpentine fingers. The couple kept repeating “Lucifer, Lucifer, Lucifer” as they surround the terrified men. As they came in inch by inch closer to their faces, their bodies fill with panic and close to a heart attack. And all of a sudden, a sharp blink from the men and both Elizabeth and Proctor were on the floor, motionless.
Elizabeth and Proctor were taken to another cell locked up until further notice. They didn’t know what to do with them, except postpone the hanging of John Proctor. Herrick locks the cell in which they were in and exits in a hurry, frightened of the sight of both of them. Proctor and Elizabeth awaken from their faux faint with one eye open. Cautiously raise their heads and smile deviously to each other.
“We can keep that up until our baby is born and surely by then this ordeal should be ancient history.” Says Proctor before laying down next to Elizabeth as they close their eyes.