Creative Writing: The 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.

We must go and overthrow the court,” he says!” (119). During both of these outbreaks, Mary Warren is pointing at Proctor thus revealing her means of persecution even more. These people will put their own lives in danger to tolerate the witch trials, just so they can persecute who they want.

Throughout the play, Proctor is surrounded by those who wish to do him harm. He sticks out in the Salem society, because he is not a regular church goer. In a Puritan town where the church attendance was recorded, skipping church was unacceptable. They thought if someone didn't go to church regularly they were less christian. This plays heavily when the court judges Proctor. Proctor goes in front of the court in a final attempt to save his wife, but before he can speak, the court tries to destroy his word. The court officials know that there probably aren't witches in Salem at this point, but if they are proved wrong, they would be responsible for the death of innocent people. Proctor figures out that the court knows they probably can't trust Abigail, but do nothing about it. So when Abigail and her gang drive Mary insane, and against Proctor, the court accepts it. They condemn proctor to death, and Proctor loses it, saying that “ You know it

This part shows that Elizabeth had asked Proctor before what he had been doing and he lied. This shows that Elizabeth cannot forgive Proctor any way that she would look at it. She cannot trust him at all as said “ she has suddenly lost all faith in him”.

proctor was known for his attempts to end the madness in these trials. people are being killed because of special evidence. spectral evidence is a method of identifying witches. when someone claims they see a person's spectre (they're often seen tormenting people), the person whose spectre was seen is believe to be a witch. this kind of evidence of withcraft is called spectral evidence. people have accused oothers, claiing they see

Proctor puts his commitment to truth above all else, even though he knows he could survive by lying, he would rather tell the truth and save what little he has left of his name. Terry Otten states that John Proctor is “clearly a divided character, driven by the counter demands of “impulse” and “imperative”” (3). Throughout the play Proctor is constantly fighting the battle within himself and with the world. He knows he is not a perfect man, but yet strives to be as pure as he can be. In his last moments he chooses to not give in to the easy way out, but to be true to his beliefs and standards. Proctor says,” You have made your magic now, for now I do think I see some shred of goodness in John Proctor. Not enough to weave a banner with, but white enough to keep it from such dogs” (Beers and Odell 1272). John comes to terms with himself and forgives himself for his past, and in doing this gives him the strength to do what is

“The witch-hunt was not, however, a mere repression. It was also, and as importantly, a long overdue opportunity for everyone so inclined to publicly express his guilt and sin, under the cover of accusations against the victims.” (Page 7 of Act One). These conflicts result and produce even more tragic occurrences. These conflicts are between either those have sinned and been accused – John Proctor, those who have been sinned against and accused out of jealousy and fear – Elizabeth Proctor, and those who conducted an act of rage, jealousy, ignorance, and hatred, as Abigail Williams had. The two relationships between the Proctors and then John and Abigail and the conflict that tie in with all three situations make up the

He uses his authority over Mary Warren to have her confess how the witch trials are a complete scam in front of the court. Proctor also assures the court that the many arrested are innocent. The court’s power continues to overshadows his own. Every word he says is taken as a threat against the court, and Proctor is even accused of working with the devil. However, Proctor begins to get the full attention of the court, but Abigail shows up and claims both Mary Warren and Proctor are wrong.

Proctor and Rebecca speak out against Hales coming because they know he is going to look for witchcraft and they don't want to be a part of it. Proctor has set himself against Parris because he never liked him. When Parris comes to town he demands many things that men in his position never did. Rebecca's departure affects those waiting at the bedside because they think that if she left something unholy must be

John Proctor is motivated by his own pride and reputation. “Because it is my name! Because I cannot have another in my life! Because I live 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?”(4.286-291).

Before the play starts, it is found out that Proctor had an adulterous affair with Abigail Williams, and this has caused a cold atmosphere between him and his wife, who knows what he did. His wife, Goody Proctor, is one of the first to be accused by Abigail, and John knows that she “means to dance with me [Proctor] on my wife’s grave!” (page 116), meaning that Abigail in her jealousy wished to kill her so that she could be with him. Proctor knew that their affair was the root of the witch hysteria, but he hesitated to expose Abigail because he was afraid that his secret would be revealed and his good name be ruined. Proctor was, above all, a proud

Elizabeth is then called to the room but Elizabeth doesn’t say the truth to “protect” her husband but because of this Proctor is to put on jail and because Mary Warren accuses him of been with the devil. Hale is trying his best to not get Proctor accused but he lost his position and has no saying. A lot of people are in jail. Elizabeth agrees to talk to talk with Proctor so that he could confess while the talk she tells him that Giles is dead because he refused to answer yes or no to his indictment, he was pressed with stones but the only he said was “more weight” before they crushed him. They also talk about the baby. After wrestling with his conscience for a long time, Proctor agrees to confess and signs a written affidavit but he destroys the document rather then have it post it in church. He wishes only to keep his good name for the respectability of his children Dantforth refuses to accept his confession and orders that he be hanged. When Hale says to Elizabeth “women do something ” Elizabeth claims Proctor now has his goodness and nobody should take it away from

Proctor produces a self-inflicted wound, which, only enlarges as Abigail’s jealousy of his wife, Elizabeth, increases. After Elizabeth Proctor, John Proctor 's wife, is taken away by Cheever, the lawman, Proctor has a revelation, which entails, exposing Abigail`s lies with Mary Warren’s testimony. But when Abigail’s and her posse accuse Mary Warren of witchery he soon comprehends that a confession of his adulterous ways may be the only option left to end the town`s imaginary demonic debacle. Yet, Procter`s hubris takes a

“It may seem unnatural for me to ask you this, and you may as well decline my request, but could you assist me of slaying this fiendish scum of this land?”

“And you will lose your head if you touch him again.” My venom laced voice stopped Baron McClair cold but his hot headedness quickly got the