The Unfaithful John Proctor In The Crucible By Arthur Miller

John Proctor had a very great life till Abigail came along. He is proof that if someone is unfaithful it can cost them everything, maybe even life. In the beginning of “The Crucible” John Proctor is angry, cold-hearted, and unfaithful. This eventually turns into faithfulness to his wife.

In the first act John Proctor is cold hearted. “Abby, I may think of you softly from time to time but I will cutoff my hand before I’ll ever touch you again. Wipe it out of mind. We never touched Abby.” (Miller 15) John Proctor is clearly cold-hearted here when he tells Abigail that he doesn’t want anything to do with her. He has no interest in Abby as he once did. John Proctor probably feels very guilty for what he did to his wife, when he realizes that

it could have caused more problems than it already has with his wife.
John Proctor is also angry in the first act of “The Crucible.” “You will speak nothing of Elizabeth!” (Miller 15) John Proctor is angry at Abigail when she is talking about his wife, Elizabeth. Abigail kept on bad-mouthing John Proctor’s wife, “She is blackening my name in the village! She is telling lies about me! She is a cold, sniveling woman, and you bend to her! Let her turn you like a— “(Miller 15). This angered Proctor, “Do you look for whippin’?” he said to her, fed up with the bad talk about his wife.
John Proctor was once an unfaithful man. In the beginning of “The Crucible” he was not loyal to his wife, he had an affair with Abigail. Abby says, “Do you tell me you’ve never looked up at my window?” (Miller 15) to Proctor, then proctor says, “I may have looked up.”(Miller 15) He admits to being unfaithful and to never wanting anything to do with Abby or that kind of sin ever again. John Proctor is regretful of having relations with Abigail, he comes to his senses and only wants his wife Elizabeth.
In the fourth act of “The Crucible” John Proctor’s attitude changes, he becomes a faithful man.

“No, I take my own, my own!” (Miller 60) Proctor wants to take his own sins upon himself and his wife Elizabeth’s. “I think it is honest, I think so; I am no saint. Let Rebecca go like a saint; for me it is fraud.” (Miller 60) He admits that he was definitely not a saint, and that he was wrong for what he did.

Also in the fourth act John Proctor was very emotional, considering it was the end of his life. He becomes sad and distressed. “Because it is my name! Because I cannot have another in my life! Because I lie and sign myself to lies! Because I am not worth the dust on the feet of them that hang! How may I live without my name? I have given you my soul; leave my name!” (Miller 62) John Proctor doesn’t want to give up the last shred of dignity that he may have left therefore he begs for his name.

John Proctors motive is his family. The love he has for his family motivates him to want to confess and be a better man than he once was. He doesn’t want to be a sinner and he regrets ever having relations with Abigail.

John Proctor’s life made a very drastic change throughout this time period and his life. Not only did he lose his life to his wrong doings, he lost his wife before and his family. Proctor experiences various emotions throughout “The Crucible” and he overcomes many obstacles within

himself.