Banned Forever? Elizabeth Proctor

There was a lot of hatred that was dispersed across the town. First, Elizabeth Proctor was enraged with Abigail Williams because Elizabeth assumed that Abigail was messing around with her husband. Secondly, John proctor was triggered at Abigail for not letting the past go. John was trying to focus on his wife but Abigail was beginning to take him back. There was a bunch angry and caos.

Transition: Abigail is a character, who puts her reputation above the life of others throughout the book, and this is really significant, because her endeavors to protect that reputation are what shape most of the story. Her actions are the causes of John Proctor’s and Danforth’s endeavor.

I feel that I did not do a very good job at being a very good husband towards you or being a good father to our kids. I blame myself because I tried to save you from being accused as a witch and I now I am being sentence to death. I don’t want to leave you, and our kids. I love you so much! Also, I regret having that fight with you. I never meant anything I said about your attitude “being frozen as beer”. I regret having that moment with Abigail, because I had a gut feeling in

Within the community of Salem, John Proctor is a well known member of the community who has a reputation of always doing what’s right. When he is confronted by Abigail about their affair, she insults his wife, Elizabeth, by calling her “a cold, sniveling woman…”(I.202-205). He does what is right by defending his wife’s honor by snapping back, “You’ll speak nothin’ of Elizabeth!” (I.197-198). Even

A week later, alone in their farmhouse outside of town, John and Elizabeth Proctor discuss the ongoing trials and the escalating number of townsfolk who have been accused of being witches. Elizabeth urges her husband to denounce Abigail as a fraud; he refuses, and she becomes jealous, accusing him of still harboring feelings for her. Mary Warren, their servant and one in Abigail’s circle, returns from Salem with news that Elizabeth has been accused of witchcraft but the court did not pursue the accusation. Mary is sent up to bed, and John and Elizabeth continue their argument, only to be interrupted by a visit from Reverend Hale. While they discuss matters, Giles Corey and Francis Nurse come to the Proctor home with news that their wives have been arrested. Officers of the court suddenly arrive and arrest Elizabeth. After they have taken her, Proctor tells Mary that she must go to Salem and expose Abigail and the other girls as being frauds and making up all these accusations just to gain the attention of others.

Abigail is motivated by boredom, need of attention and obsession with John Proctor. Abigail says, “I know you clutched my back behind your house and sweated like a stallion whenever I come near.” (Miller, p.14/15).

Appealing to the reader’s ethos, Abigail’s actions in the play allow one to question their own ethics. To exemplify, “You did, you did! You drank a charm to kill John Proctor’s wife! You drank a charm

In the previous winter, John’s wife Elizabeth had become very ill. John Proctor had an affair during

Abigail is a highly jealous character, concentrating her jealousy on Elizabeth Proctor. This jealousy is driven by lust and her desire for John Proctor. Abigail served as a servant in the Proctor household and after an affair with her husband John, Elizabeth fired her. She still resents Elizabeth for this as she is still in love with John. She clearly says to John, "You loved me, John Proctor, and whatever sin it is, you love me yet!" Abigail is still in love with John and she assumes the converse. Her love for John only causes her resentment for Elizabeth to strengthen. She hates John Proctor's wife and in her conniving ways she attempts to inspire the same views of Elizabeth in John's mind. Saying things to him such as, "She is blackening my name in the village! She is telling lies about me, She is a cold, sniveling woman." Abigail fabricates stories in attempt to steel John from Elizabeth. She is a manipulative liar that does and says as she pleases in order to get what she wants.

As John Proctor is facing death, he realizes what he has done is wrong. John Proctor decides to confess to the court of his affair with Abigail, after confessing to

Firstly, Elizabeth Proctor is a foil to Abigail Williams because they are both women that are in love with John Proctor. However, Elizabeth differs from Abigail because she is kind, merciful, and honest, as opposed to Abigail who is unforgiving, jealous, and a liar. Arthur Miller portrays Elizabeth as a character that never does anything wrong, and that “she has never lied” (Pg. 116).

Her character becomes one of a survivor and an outsider who always has to look after herself. She does anything necessary for the sake of self-preservation. Having lost her parents, she looks for love and stability elsewhere. Her affair with John is her first experience with romantic love, and it leaves a profound impression on her. Once Elizabeth finds out about the affair, she fires Abigail. In spite of this, Abigail keeps thinking of the affair and manages to convince herself that she and John are meant to be. She harbours a deep resentment for Elizabeth, who despite, being John's actual wife, she sees as being an obstacle to her happiness. Nobody else wants to hire her, and rumors spread like wildfire about how her name is no good in the village. She is in tears as she states, "I look for John Proctor that took me from my sleep and put knowledge in my heart! I never knew what pretense Salem was, I never knew the lying lessons I was taught by all these Christian women and their covenanted men! And now you bid me tear the light out of my eyes? I will not, I cannot! You loved me, John Proctor, and whatever sin

The loving wife, Elizabeth Proctor, is married to John Proctor whom which she bears three young boys with. Elizabeth Proctor is a moral Christian women who stands strong in her faith. As a women in this time period, Elizabeth didn’t actually have a job, she was the caretaker of her family. Elizabeth loves her husband, she loves him so much that she

Abigail does not show knowledge of any sort of insight with the women in town, only opinions. She cried out to John Proctor he

People in Salem have begun to go on trial for being accused by Abigail in the girls. Abigail has been wanting to rekindle her relationship with John, so she accuses Elizabeth of being a witch. “She wants me dead, John, you know it!” Elizabeth knows of the affair between her husband and Abigail. John knows he could stop Abigail and the madness if he admits the relationship between them to the courts. Abigail thinks that is Elizabeth does to jail that she can continue to be with John and they could leave Salem together. John knows that he made a mistake of committing adultery and he does not want to betray his wife again because he cares for her