In Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible and Gillian Flynn's novel Gone Girl, both of the husbands characters realize having trust in their marriages is very important. In The Crucible, John Proctor cheated on his wife Elizabeth with a younger girl named Abigail, and his wife soon found out. In Gone Girl, Amy Dunne, who is the wife of Nick, planted out a murder scene in their house and made it look like Nick had killed her. John Proctor and Nick Dunne both realize, neither of their relationships have a lot of trust in them at all. In these stories, you learn not everyone can be trusted, and some people are not really who they resemble.
At first, both of their marriages were already not going well. When John Proctor was arguing with Elizabeth in their kitchen, he told her that he was alone with Abigail. “She told it to me in a room alone - I have no proof for it “ (Miller
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Act II). Elizabeth quickly questioned her husband and immediately lost all faith in him.“Do as you wish, then” (Miller Act II). Elizabeth was heartbroken of course. She knew it could've been true all along, but when John said it out loud for the first time, that confirmed her belief. Nick Dunne knew that he had to divorce Amy.
He wasn’t happy being with her anymore. He had cheated on Amy with one of his students at a college, and fell in love with her. Amy found out and soon wanted revenge on him. She decided that she would frame Nick for murdering her. “...I began to think of a different story, a better story, that would destroy Nick for doing this to me. A story that would restore my perfection…” (Flynn 234). She had and stole Nick’s money, left presents for him all over town, and staged a “crime scene” in their living room. When Nick went to the police, they were already suspicious. Nick’s sister Margo realizes what she’s doing and states “She’s keeping Nick running in circles, she’s amusing herself. I’m sure she was happy just knowing what a guilt trip it must be for Nick to be reading all these sweet notes…” (Flynn 256). While Amy was hiding out and enjoying herself, “She was gone, yet she was more present than anyone else” (Flynn 214). Nick would’ve never thought she was willing to go to such great lengths to get back at him. He never really knew her at all, it
seemed. In both of these stories, you learn not everyone can be trusted, and some people are not really who they resemble. John Proctor and Nick Dunne realize how important it is by having trust in their marriage. Both wives actually end up going back to their husbands, despite the mistakes they have made. Nick Dunne and John Proctor both experienced how to face obstacles over the courses of their marriage.
Arthur Miller's play, The Crucible, and the movie with the same name have many differences and similarities, all of which contribute to the individual effectiveness of each in conveying their central message.
John Proctor a well-respected man in the city of Salem has a deep secret that plays a major role later on in the story. He had an intimate affair with a younger single girl named Abigail which he regrets greatly. Proctor shows his disgust when he argues with Abigail by insisting, “Abby I never give you hope to wait for me” (page168). Proctor exclaims that he surely regrets his sin and doesn’t want Abigail to think that he loves her and not his own wife. Although Proctor may still have feelings about Abigail he reassures her that he will never have emotional relationships with her ever again. He had the ultimate opportunity to get back at Abigail and stop the witch trials from happening when he meets Abigail alone in the woods; upon their encounter she confesses to John, “We were dancing in the woods last night and my uncle leaped in ...
In the beginning of the late seventeenth century a sense of fear and panic was sweeping throughout the colonies of North America this fear began in a small town in Massachusetts called Salem and would lead to the death of nineteen people. This fear was caused by young Puritan girls who started randomly convulsing and accusing people of being witches many of the accused were women many single or widowed who owned land and this event was titled The Salem Witch Trails, but another smaller very significant event also took place during this period of time that event is the attempted hanging of Mary Webster. Both of these events are very significant in the fact that they would become a basis of American literature and would bring about a very big theme even in today`s literature that theme being “A majority does not always make the right decision.” Both of these events would lead to the writing of two significant pieces
is what got the girls started on their accusations, as they were afraid to get in
Elizabeth still doubts her husband because she feels that if it were any other girl that he had to go testify against, he would not hesitate. But, because it’s Abigail, he feels he has to think harder on making a decision. John Proctor feels he is now justified in becoming angry because for the seven months since his confession, he has done nothing but try to please his wife, and she still approaches him with suspicion and accusations.
We quickly learn of his adultering behaviour with Abigail Williams. His extramarital activities are well known to his wife and all he can do is to try to justify himself and hope for her understanding. Proctor admits to Elizabeth of his wrongdoings and says “You will not judge me more, Elizabeth. I have good reason to think before I charge fraud on Abigail, and I will think about it. Let you look to your own improvement before you go to judge your husband anymore. I have forgot Abigail, and -.” As the play moves forward, Proctor tries to protect his wife and tell the truth that the girls are
She said to the girls “Let either of you breathe a word, or the edge of a word, about the other things, and I will come to you in the black of some terrible night and I will bring a pointy reckoning that will shudder you”. (Miller 20) Abigail only wanted one thing she could not have which was a married man. When in court John begins to reveal his affair with Abigail. However Abigail is asked about the affair with John Proctor and she completely denies it.
Filled with lust, greed, and corruption, the 1996 film The Crucible, synchronizes the soundtrack with the actions and images displayed on screen in an unusual, yet effective manner. The film’s plot dictates the antagonist, Abigail Williams, as a villainous manipulator and the protagonist, John Proctor, as a heroic honest man; however, the score depicts a paradoxical story because through the use of Abigail’s leitmotif, the audience conforms to a sympathetic and pitiful attitude towards Williams. Thus, portraying Abigail’s character as a misunderstood female lover. The composer, George Fenton, successfully integrates the musical texture of woodwinds and strings into various scenes in order to cast a suspenseful, yet frightening mood to the audience
While Goody Proctor was sick and bedridden, John had an intimate relationship with the housemaid Abigail. In Act III, Mr. Proctor states, "I have known her, sir. I have known her." Mr. Danforth asks John what place the intimate relationship takes place and in response, he replies with "In the proper place, where my beasts are bedded...A man may think God sleeps, but God sees everything." During Act II, in the beginning, John and Elizabeth are arguing about the witch trials that have started because of Abigail Williams and her friends. There is a lot of tension in the Proctor house. John makes a statement, "It's winter in here yet." He says this referring to the unfriendly relationship between them. This shows the Proctors obviously have a lot they need to work on to build up their relationship.
But there is one person’s opinion he knows he cares for, and that is Elizabeth’s, his wife. He knows he has to tell her what he did, so he did. Elizabeth can’t believe it. She gets upset when she learns that they were alone. A quote from the play that proves it, is when Elizabeth says, “You were alone with her?” and John Proctor says, “For a moment alone, aye.” After telling her, John Proctor knows he has to gain her trust and faith back. By doing that, he started to be a great husband to her and there was no way for her to stay mad. It was just a little hard to trust him. He felt like she was judging him because of it, and says, “You will not judge me no more Elizabeth,” but she was one of the very few that actually wasn’t. There are a lot of others judging Proctor but he doesn’t care. He just keeps going and does what makes him and his wife
Throughout the play John Proctor is considered an honorable man to the townspeople. However though, unbenounced to the others John constantly struggles with the urges and temptations of his affair with Abigail Williams. Due to the affair with John, Abigail becomes increasingly jealous of John’s wife Elizabeth Proctor. Due to her jealousy Abigail starts making false witch accusations towards the women of Salem. In the beginning of The Crucible John realizes the only way to prove Abigail is lying is to admit to the affair, which would ruin his good name in the town. After Elizabeth proctor is accused John tells the court about the affair and proceeded to yell at the judges and call Abigail a “whore”. The court brings in Elizabeth Proctor to testify
In The Crucible by Arthur Miller John Proctor and Abigail Williams are alone together and we learn of the affair between them. This can be seen when Abigail begs for soft words to be said to be spoken to her. Since Abigail Williams is motivated by lust, her ability to make precise decisions in the court deteriorate.
When John Proctor get thrown in prison for trying to overthrow the court, Abigail has vanished from Salem by boat. Mr. Hale asks Elizabeth Proctor to convince her husband to make a false confession or else he will be hanged. After John Proctor confessed, he does not want to give the false confession paper. John Proctor explains his reasons:
Early on in the play John Proctor and Abigail Williams had an affair while Abigail was working at Proctor’s house. Abigail believed that John really loved her, but for him it was just desire. As the story continues, Abigail gets furious and turns on John accusing his wife, Elizabeth Proctor, for witchcraft so she can get closer to John. When John realizes that his wife is put into danger by getting arrested by the court marshals, he is horrified. John is willing to die for his wife because he knows that he is sinned. When John goes court he says, “I would free my ...
Nick is far from being the loving husband he once was. Everything he does now, people turn in into something related to Amy and how he is the one that killed her, when in reality she is still alive and hiding. In Gone Girl, Amy starts framing Nick to make everyone believe that he killed her. She changes her appearance by cutting and dyeing her hair, and staying in a cabin that is considered “the middle of no where.” After Amy was gone for about 40 days she reappeared at Nick’s house, but now he does not want anything to do with her. Throughout the book some evaluations have been made about how the truth of Amy’s disappearance has affected Nick, Amy’s identity is not what people think it is, and as a result of Amy’s actions, Nick does not feel the same love towards her as he did when they got married.