What Is John Proctor's Reaction To The Crucible

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On April 28th, I attended the COS Theatre Department production of The Crucible. The Crucible is a tragic and dramaticized semi-fictional story told about a small town in America. In Salem, Oregon, we start with Reverend Parris is taking care of his daughter. Betty fell sick and rumors are circulating that it was caused by witchcraft. He is suspicious and interrogates Abigail after seeing her and Betty dancing in the forest with Tituba, his slave. After Parris leaves the room, Abigail instructs everyone to not speak about what they did in the forest. John Proctor enters and the girls leave. He confronts Abigail about being the cause of this. She tries to flirts with him, but he reassures her the affair they had is over. Abigail doesn’t agree …show more content…

All the girls confess and accuse other women in the village as “witches”. Proctor and his wife Elizabeth know that Abigail is behind these accusations, and know that Elizabeth will get accused. Elizabeth still doesn’t trust Proctor after his affair with Abigail so she’s bitter towards him. Mary Warren comes home to the Proctor’s and gives Elizabeth a poppet and claims she saved Elizabeth’s life because her name came up in the trials that day. Reverend Hale comes to the Proctor home looking for proof to arrest Elizabeth because Abigail says she was pinned with a needle and had accused her. Mary’s gift is found with a needle in it and Elizabeth is arrested. John Proctor takes Mary to the courthouse to confess that she never saw the Devil and the other girls have been pretending and following Abigail. Abigail get the girls to turn on Mary and accuse her of witchcraft. They act like Mary is possessing them and then Proctor yells that Abigail is making this all up because she is a liar. He confesses that they had an affair to show she’s not credible but Abigail denies. They bring Elizabeth to clarify because John says she will not lie. Yet, she lies. So they still believe

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