Compare And Contrast Abigail Williams And John Proctor

The Crucible is a historical play by Arthur Miller that reviews the Salem witch trials which occurred during May of 1693, increasing the play’s profoundness through dramatization. Starring various characters, there are two main female characters: Abigail Williams and Elizabeth Proctor. Prominently, these two characters are compelling. Abigail Williams, the teenage adulteress who’s antagonistic and vengeful ways start the beauty and destruction of the Salem witch trials, like a wildfire her lies spread and create the story we have today. While Elizabeth Proctor remains the virtuous wife of John Proctor and victim of adultery. Both characters seeming equally important could not be any more different.

Arthur Miller wrote the play, The Crucible, in 1952 and the movie in 1996. The story is historical fiction depicting the Salem witch trials that took place in Massachusetts in 1692-1693. The movie and the play have obvious differences, however the movie does not stray too far from the original play. The main character, Abigail, in an attempt to steal the love of John Proctor, weaves a web of lies and leads the community to believe that there are witches among them. Ultimately this leads to the trials and hangings of several good people in the village, including John Proctor. The main differences between the movie and play are displayed in plot, setting, and characterization.

In The Crucible Abigail Williams is a young, untruthful, and ungodly girl who has an unclean name in the town. Elizabeth Proctor is an older, Godly, and truthful woman who has had no wrong said about her. Abigail and Elizabeth have a hatred for each other. These two ladies have their differences, but they have one thing in common they are both in love with John Proctor.

From 1692 to 1693 a series of terrible trials occurred, These trials consisted of accusations of witchcraft. Today, these trials are known as the Salem Witch Trials. As a result of these trials, 19 citizens, 14 women, 5 men, and even one dog were put to death. The play, The Crucible, was written by Arthur Miller in 1952. In this play the characters have so many different characteristics from each other. Abigail is seen as a bad person while John Proctor is seen as the good and honest character; even though he made some bad decisions.Throughout the play the two characters Abigail and John Proctor show many differences in the characteristics of: lying/truthfulness, self-sacrifice/selfishness, and fear/courage.

Comparing and Contrasting the Roles and Characteristics of Elizabeth Proctor and Abigail Williams in Arthur Miller’s The Crucible

The witch trials were a very interesting part of the early 1600’s. The Crucible written by Arthur Miller was written for the time period 1620. He wrote this play for the purpose of displaying communism and showing the red scare that was happening to his community in the 1950s. He wanted to show the similarities of the two time periods. He wanted to show that what happened in the salem trials was happening with the communist trials. He took historical accounts from Salem Massachusetts and created characters on what he read. Two characters he wrote about were sweet Mary and a manipulative girl named Abby. Although Mary Warren and Abby in this play, seem different, Mary is a meek and quiet girl while Abigail Williams is an aggressive girl who likes to get her way,they both play a part in why the salem witch trials happened in The Crucible.

Personal integrity is the morals and ethics people live their lives by. In the play The Crucible there are two characters Abigail Williams and John proctor who could represent how peoples personal integrity differ. In the story we see how someone with morals vs someone with no morals functions and can hold themselves in situations when trying to save themselves or someone they love.

It all started with Abigail Williams and John Proctor fooling around. John Proctor has a wife and he continues to flirt with Abigail Williams. Abigail was a housemaid for the Proctor family, but was recently fired because Elizabeth Proctor had suspicions and did not like Abigail. After, John still did not stop flirting with her. He would go to her house. John just does not know how crazy Abigail is.

The Crucible is a play written in 1953 by a New Yorker named Arthur Miller. The play revolves around the Salem Witch Trials in Salem, Massachusetts, which happened during the late 1600’s. This was the time period where people would accuse others of performing witchcraft and “signing the devil’s black book in their own blood.” The witches would then either be jailed, hanged, or burned at the stake. It was a very dark time for the Puritans of Massachusetts. In the play, it is caused by a group of girls falsely accusing people they don’t like of being witcher. Miller threw in references to the “Red Scare” and the Communist Hunts during the 1950’s as well, as he was comparing the two events to each other. The characters and events in The Crucible were based on the diaries Miller found, so every character in the book were real people who were alive during the trials. Even though Rebecca Nurse, a wealthy old woman, and Elizabeth Proctor, wife of John Proctor, are separated by wealth, social status and likability (how liked they are), but they are very similar to each other because they have both been accused of witchcraft, and their personalities are more similar than once thought.

The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, is written about the Salem Witch Trials back in 1692. It began with a group of girls messing around in the woods and when someone walks down and catches them dancing, which is against the rules, they were accused of performing witchcraft. This is what started the Salem witch trials. As the play goes on it tells the story about the accusations of witchcraft and the punishments results of the accusations. Throughout this play there were two main characters, John Proctor and Abigail Williams. John Proctor was a father of three boys, married to Elizabeth, had sexual relations with Abigail, and tends to stands up for what he believes is right. In the play, Proctor comes across many problems that are ethical dilemmas, one of the biggest is his reputation, and deciding whether to lie to stay alive or tell the truth and die.

Arthur Miller is considered one of the greatest American playwrights of the 20th century. He has written many acclaimed plays, including The Crucible. Written in 1953, The Crucible uses the historical perspective of the Salem Witch Trials which took place between 1962 and 1963. A lot of the inspiration for the events that take place in the play were from the McCarthyism era that was taking place at the time. It is evident that The Crucible is a critical look at the way the Communist hunt was handled, and used the hysteria and madness of the witch trials to show how history repeats itself. The relationship between men and women and the way the woman in the society is treated is also a prominent theme throughout the play.

Throughout life, a human being experiences different events, situations and emotions; and with he or she carries a certain mindset of how to react and deal with significant moments. Often as with conflicting personalities, once they converse beliefs and ideas with one another, a disagreement is bound to occur. Despite each side having valid points supporting their arguments, both sides had counteracting philosophies. Due to this separation of understanding, there is no true winner and a right side is difficult to declare. As in Arthur Millers The Crucible sets a conflict between adolescent Abigail Williams and the prideful John Proctor.

The Crucible by Arthur Miller is a famous play which was written in the early 1950’s. The Crucible is a play based upon the events in 1692, which led to the ‘Salem Witch Trials’, a series of hearings before local magistrates to prosecute over 150 people accused of witchcraft. This was due to the hysteria caused by a group of girls accusing innocent people of witch craft. The play was set in Salem, Massachusetts between February 1692 and May 1693. Salem was a very isolated and puritanical community, so their biggest fear was the devil and witchcraft. A person being accused of witchcraft was the worst thing possible in this society.

Arthur Miller’s, The Crucible, takes place in Salem, Massachusetts during 1692 when people believed in witchcraft. The Crucible is a play of how a teenage girl, blinded by jealously, accuses the wife of the man she had relationships with, of witchcraft, creating thrill throughout the entire town. John Proctor took part in adultery with Abigail Williams, whom was his and Mrs.Proctor’s former maid. Abigail William’s illustrates a selfish and manipulative personality throughout the play who puts use of her past affair with John Proctor as an emotional appeal. Proctor was known as an honorable, but a sharp-tongued farmer who applies logical reasons to the play such as claiming he did not have mutual deep affections for Williams.

Abigail states to John Proctor, “I cannot sleep for dreamin’; I cannot dream but I wake and walk about the house as though I’d find you comin’ through some door. The Crucible is a 1953 play by the American playwright Arthur Miller in which he writes a dramatic and fictionalize play of the famous witch trials of Salem, Massachusetts Bay Colony that took place during 1692 and 1693. Arthur Miller develops Abigail Williams in The Crucible through jealousy, adultery and manipulation to demonstrate the theme of selfishness. Because of jealousy Abigail excuses Elizabeth of witchcraft. Abigail had a short meaningless affair with John; while his wife was ill from having their son.