How Is Elizabeth Proctor Represented In The Crucible

Elizabeth Proctor is Abigail's arch-nemesis, because she is in love with John Proctor and wants to take her place as John's wife.

Elizabeth is also strong and courageous. When John is accused of witchcraft, Elizabeth is willing to follow along with the decision John decides about whether he wants to confess or not. She knows if he confesses he will be living a lie and if he tells the truth, he will be put to death. Although the decision John makes will affect Elizabeth and she wants John alive, she is courageous towards John by showing her support and love. Elizabeth knows she must put her opinions to the side and John must construct this decision on his own. Elizabeth states, “I cannot judge you, John, I cannot” (Miller). Elizabeth is also strong because she was falsely accused by Abigail and

In Arthur Miller’s play, The Crucible, Tituba is most to blame for the Salem Witch Trials. Tituba was a slave from Barbados that worked for Reverend Parris. She performed the roles of the wife, even though they were not married. Tituba practices what the Puritans contemplates as black magic, but she only practices at the appeal of Abigail Williams. She never considered spell casting, dancing, and singing was premeditated evil because those practices were spiritual and common descending from her African roots. In Arthur Miller’s play, The Crucible, Miller demonstrated that it was Tituba’s flaws Gullibility, Immaturity, and Ignorance that led her to be most responsible for the tragedy of the witch-hunt in Salem.

What do you think of when you hear the word heroism? Is it a person becoming a hero or the acts they do which may lead to another act making them seem like a hero? Elizabeth Proctor is considered heroic in the Crucible because she is able to keep her composure even through some scary circumstances. Elizabeth Proctor is considered heroic in the Crucible because she is able to keep her composure even through some scary circumstances.

John Proctor would be classified as a dynamic character, because of how he matured during the play. When the play begins, we are told of an affair that took place between John Proctor and Abigail Williams, which eventually will lead to his demise. Proctor’s fatal flaw is his tenuous resistance to Abigail and his lust for her. After the girls had been sporting in the woods, Abby came to John to tell him that she still wanted to be with him and that she is in love with him, but she also elucidates that the girls had not seen anyone with the Devil, nor was any witchcraft involved. When the girls began to accuse others of witchcraft, Proctor could have easily substantiated that the accusations were false, but he knew that the affair would come out and he wanted to keep his good name. Later in the story, John comes home and Elizabeth begins to question his loyalty and he tries to convince her that all he does is try to make her happy, but she will

As the story of Tituba unfolds, it reveals a strong and kind hearted young woman, very different from the Tituba we meet in The Crucible. I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem unveils for the reader, Tituba's life, loves, and losses. Her long and arduous journey through life is inspired by her many female counterparts, yet also hindered by her insatiable weakness for men, who also press upon her the realities of life.

Arthur Miller's the Crucibles tells us about the Salem witch trials which occurred in Massachusetts in 1692. Miller has used many details that have

In the 1950’s Arthur Miller wrote the play, The Crucible which reflects upon the Puritan Era in the 1600’s. In the play the characters try to survive a witch hunt that is quickly killing off salem due to Abby’s psychotic lust for Elizabeth’s husband, to reflect on the state of minds in the 1950’s during the communist hunts. Abby, in her late teens had an affair with John Proctor, Elizabeth’s husband. After John broke it off with Abby, she went on to convince the town that there are witches in salem, and due to an idea she got once Tituba was convicted of witchery, she was intent on convicting Elizabeth as well. Even though Tituba, the only slave in salem, and Elizabeth, the wife of John Proctor , seem separated by race, religion, and status in the community, they are both very similar in that they have no power as women, and they are both victims, in The Crucible.

John Proctor is an example of a round character because his attitude and character changed throughout the book. At the beginning of the book, Proctor was a man who carried all his guilt and sins on his shoulders and never let them off. For example, he often got angered at his wife Elizabeth for not trusting him since she found out about his affair with Abigail Williams. However, his anger was really associated with his own guilt and how he caused his wife extensive amounts of pain and sadness. Also, he states that “ [he] means to please [her]” (Miller 48). As the book progresses, Proctor is finally able to let go of his guilt and do the right thing. He knows that “[he] will speak his own sins, [he] cannot judge another” (Miller 131). This

Tituba was a women considered to be an outcasts of the village since she has very little dignity in being a slave. These false accusations lead Tituba to be condemned to death. This unjust act is only the beginning of a series of false allegations that take control of Salem, as well as the spreading of paranoia and hysteria through the village. This finally results in the deaths of the some of the main characters, such as Rebecca Nurse and John Proctor, for carrying out acts of witchcraft.

That was a quote from Mrs Putnam. I think the fact that she has lost 7 babies makes her think it is work of the devil trying to punish the “good”. Once everyone believed it was the work of the devil, they blamed Tituba who is only low class person in the household and her being a black slave makes it easy for everyone to blame her because as she doesn’t have any power or authority she won’t react and her coming from a completely different culture to than the people in Salem makes the believe that she is affected by the witch and devil.

She even said, “it needs a cold wife to prompt lechery”, (Miller 137). around the end of the play. One reason she distrusts John, is that he has claimed he was not alone with her. He later says that he was, in fact, alone with her for a short while. It takes a person of strength to be able to take that lie he gave and still control herself in the manner a wife should do. It was her inner strength that showed her that “it were a cold house she kept”(Miller 136). and needed to fix that problem.

The first idea is that of John Proctor’s harsh trial that he goes through. Obviously this refers to his actual trial, but it more importantly reflects the numerous other hardships both before and after his trial. In fact, his actual trial isn’t shown in the play at all! Instead, John Proctor’s trial comes in having his wife taken away, seeing the village descend into madness, witnessing the hanging of his friends, and his torturous time in the town jail. He is even literally tortured: “ELIZABETH: You -- have been tortured? PROCTOR: Aye” (Miller 134). John Proctor, for no legitimate reason, is tormented throughout the play like no other, best fitting the trial metaphor.

With this in mind John Proctor is the character that the audience can relate to because he is relatable to the normal human being that makes mistakes and shows admirable qualities at the end and because he is relatable to the normal human being that makes mistakes and shows admirable qualities at the end. speaker states, "Because it is my name! Because I cannot have another in my life! Because I lie and sign myself to lies! Because I am not worth the dust on the feet of them that hang! How many I live without my name? I have given you my soul; leave my name!” (Miller 4143). . Proctor presents that he cannot sign his confession that he is innocent you know he is because he feels bad about himself lying to the judges and to his wife. Proctor is taking a stance of of bravery and he is trying to save Elizabeth from going to jail,because she is pregnant. He thinks owns her that much to give up her reputation. Reputation is a big deal in Salem because the community is based off a class system and high authority and him giving up his symbol of power his symbol of passage shows bravery and also shows the compassion and love for his wife that will anything for her. In contrast of John Proctor heroic choice. He is not the epic hero you think he is or he thought he was. "I speak my own since I cannot judge another. I have no time for it "(Miller 4141). Miller conveys that the character John cannot judge himself because he doesn't even like himself and he's not confident himself. John does not have enough self-confidence because he cannot forgive me on him committing adultery. He feels like a freud and a liar. He cannot sign the confession or even admit to Elizabeth the truth. He cannot admit to his own innocence because he feels like an awful person. reputation is based off of pride, But John does not have that that's why , But John does not have that that's why . did not

Within “The Crucible,” the issues of Elizabeth and Proctor’s relationship are factors in the instigation of the plot of the story. Due to Proctor’s affair with Abigail, a wedge is driven between Proctor and his wife and will prove to be the initiator of the Salem Witch Trials, as it is in “The Crucible.” An effect of this affair is shown in the second scene when Elizabeth is first introduced. Proctor comes home from his day of work and the tension between the two is seen