If a husband cheated on a wife would the wife forgive him? Elizabeth Proctor is a dynamic character in The Crucible. During the era of the Salem witch trials people wanted to keep their reputations clean and not have others think of them badly. If you had a bad reputation then you would be ignored or worse get accused of witchcraft. Elizabeth Proctor loved her husband but she was blinded by his mistakes.In the end she looked past his mistake and found that she truly loved him and didn’t want anything…
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In the play “The Crucible” By: Arthur Miller it has many important people that played a big part in the play. For example John Proctor, Elizabeth Proctor. John Proctor is a 30 year old farmer. John is married to Elizabeth. John had an affair with Abigail but later on tried ending the affair with Abigail. John views himself as a sinner ”He is a sinner, a sinner not only against the moral fashion of the time, but against his own vision of decent conduct.”(Miller, 468) John’s motivation is that he’s…
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Elizabeth proctor and Abigail Williams are two very important characters to the crucible. They’re very different from each other, which means they are even more important to the story because of what they cause in the end. Abigail is a foil to Elizabeth Abigail Williams is antagonist who got caught dancing in the woods. She tries to lie and blame other people for her wrong doing because she doesn’t want to be the only person to blame. This shows that she is a deceitful and manipulative person…
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Elizabeth Proctor is an Important character in Arthur MIllers' 'The Crucible'. She began as the cause of the events that took place, though the drama that unfolded throughout the play was much more than than simply the proctor household Elizabeth was the root cause for the hangings that affected multiple famiies and many innocent people were hung on false accusations. Elisabeth had stood in the way of what abigail desired, john proctor, were it not for their marrige abigail would have no need to…
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In the play “The crucible” by Arthur Miller the character who best fits the definition of the word “crucible” would be Elizabeth Proctor because when she and her husband are being threatened by to be hung, questioning of her faith, and her husband's affair she remains calm despite everything she is put through in the play.…
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doesn’t have a satisfying and happy ending, which is so pitiful. In Arthur MIller’s The Crucible, there are numerous colorful characters, like honorous John Proctor, coward Mary Warren and fearsome Giles Corey. But, at this time, Elizabeth Proctor, a good, moral and upright woman, is playing a significant role in pitiful parts during this witchcraft event. As a married woman that is thirty years old, Elizabeth Proctor already has three boys, this period should be the most beautiful and happy for her…
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the central character, John Proctor, who is the protagonist in he play titled The Crucible. Arthur Miller wrote the non fiction play in 1690 which took place in Salem, Massachusetts where religion and corruption is strongly aggressive. Most of The Crucible is about John Proctor's quest to regain his self image back from his mistakes. It is proctors journey from guilt to redemption. “We born, we die, and in between everyone makes mistakes.” John Proctor who is a husband, father, citizen…
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going through Elizabeth Proctor's mind as she experiences a change throughout The Crucible. Being once shameful of having a husband that did not respect the promises made in the bed, to respecting that same husband of his decisions. From judging her husband for his past mistakes, to accepting it was just a mistake that, she realized, he truly was sorry for. Having blamed Proctor for his affair, to forgiving him, knowing that she was to be blamed as well. Elizabeth Proctor in The Crucible is a mannequin…
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and she had an affair with him John told a different story to Elizabeth Proctor who is lying Elizabeth or John. (Reverend Hale starts pacing) What would God want to want me to do? Praise the Lord! What would he say? He would want me to expose a liar. Elizabeth is lying about John and Abigail. Even though they have revealed their affair to the court so why do Elizabeth lying? If I spread the word to the people of Salem, Elizabeth Proctor is a child of the devil then I can save them all from the devil…
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Sophomore American Literature 10/15/13 The Crucible Analyzed You know what’s really fun? Reading The Crucible by Arthur Miller and analyzing how the experiences of a character or two relate and do not relate to the actual Puritans; both religiously and politically! It’s just exhilarating! Take John Proctor for example. Just like many Puritans, he was a strong believer in God and wouldn’t lie to save his life: quite literally I might add. Proctor was hanged because he was accused of witchcraft…
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