Marriage of John and Elizabeth in Arthur Miller's The Crucible

to Abigail and part of him still wants to be with her. But John is not

he is exercising his ability to gain the favor of the people, by using his powerful persistence and persuasion. One of John’s main interactions with another character is with Abigail. When Abigail was a maid of the Procter family, she and John had an affair. They fired her when his wife Elizabeth found out about the affair. At the beginning of the book, John acts as if he is still in love with Abigail. But as the story unfolds, and Abigail’s true nature is exposed, he grows more and more impervious to her wicked intentions and manipulations. So much so that he

​In act I, John has shown his sinful past with Abigail and his hatred towards authority. John and Abby talk for a bit about his past with her and John shows mixed emotions but overall wants to forget about her. “Abby, I may think of you softly from time to time. But I will cut of my hand before I reach for

Clearly Abigail is greedy as she is very persistent of having John all to herself when clearly he is not hers to have proving she is very selfish and will do anything to have what she desires.

The tone of Abigail’s letter to John is more sincere than his letter to her. In her letter you can tell that even though she does not agree with some of his stands on issues she still loves and supports him. The tone of John’s letter is dry, with not much emotion. He doesn’t show much concern for her or her ideals. The only evidence of intimacy found is when they discuss their children. In Abigail’s letter intimacy is also found when the reader finds that she misses him and worries about him and when she says she is willing to do anything he needs.

Throughout the play we see instances where Abigail shows she still has feelings for John saying things like “ Give me a word, John. A soft word.”, but she is only met with rejection from John “ No, no, Abby. That’s done with.”. (Miller 22) as he has moved on and is trying to live a more righteous life. Even though John has made his intentions clear Abby continuously attempts to sway him “...do you tell me you’ve never looked up at my window?” (Miller 23) believing he will still come back to her. After still facing rejection from John, Abigail believes the only reason he denies her is because of his wife. Knowing that she has the power to condemn people by accusing them of witchcraft, Abigail decides that it is the only option she has to be with John. As time goes on the Proctor family is torn apart when Cheever, a clerk of the court, comes with a warrant for Elizabeth. The Proctor’s find out the reason for the arrest is because of attempted murder through the use of witchcraft. It is to our understanding that a poppet that is in the possession of Elizabeth, given to her by their servant, Mary, was used to attempt to murder Abigail . As the situation goes on we discover the entire ordeal was an elaborate plan by Abigail when Mary says “...she saw me sewin’ it in court. Or better still: Ask Abby, Abby sat beside me when I made it.” revealing that it was a plan by Abigail. Abigail saw Mary making a poppet for Elizabeth and came to the realization that it would probably be her best chance to get Elizabeth out of the picture. By placing blame on Elizabeth, Abigail is able to further her own personal goal of being with

However Abigail takes pride in her hysteria. This highlights the fact that the age difference between these 2 women is phenomenal. “He have his goodness now. God forbid I take it from him!” Elizabeth is much more composed than Abigail, even though she is losing her husband she is happy for him, as she believes he is now at peace. Throughout the play John struggles with his feelings that he was not a good man. Hale tried his best to save John from being hanged to death but Elizabeth believes that he is finally going to be cleansed of his sins, as he has finally come out the dark about his affair. She loves him so much that she is willing to let him go. She feels that he is doing the right thing. She takes the name of God to justify herself.

At first “Abigail admits to (John) that Betty is just pretending.” Later on after John admits to the affair “ Abigail denies it.” Then she begins to be dishonest. Her aspect changes towards Jhon, even though “he clearly has some feelings for her.” John will never admit that he still has compassion for Abby, and she will never admit that she still has feelings for him. After she assumes John doesn't about her anymore she tries to ruin his life. Although Abby loves John she also hostile towards him.

Student Answer: His strength was that God was with him; and he did everything in the name of God.

“Whore!” John Proctor yelled to show how he felt about Abigail. While reading The Crucible I have come to a conclusion that John not only is a sinner, but he is also loyal and an outcast. In some ways i feel like i can relate and see that we are similar. Both John and I are sinners, we are loyal and we are both outcasts.

John Proctor’s love for Elizabeth helps him tell the court about his affair with Abigail. John Proctor says, “My wife is innocent, except she knew a whore when she saw one.” (111) Abigail William accuses Elizabeth of witchcraft and John Proctor begins to fear for Elizabeth’s safety. John Proctor goes to court and tells the officials that Abigail is lying about people being witches. In order for the court to believe him, he tells them that he had an affair with Abigail when Elizabeth was sick. John Proctor wants to keep Elizabeth and her baby safe from the harshness of the court. His love shows because once he tells the court the outcome for execution may change for Elizabeth. John Proctor knows the outcome but he does not care because all he

In the beginning John Proctor and Abigail Williams have a relationship that they shouldn’t have. John wants to end the relationship, but every time he sees her he smile and get nervous in, for example in act one they are in the room with Betty as she is laying on the bed passed out there is two people in the room Abby is one of them until John walks they look at each other smile and Abby compliments him by “Gah! I’d almost forgot how strong you are, John Proctor” (act one pg21). She

Abigail had many flaws throughout the story. One of her flaws includes lust. Abigail was involved in a secret affair with John Proctor, who happened to be married to Elizabeth Proctor. Abigail illustrated lust by telling John, “John- I am waitin’ for you every night.” This suggests that Abigail does have something secret going on with John. Abigail also says, “I know how you clutched my back behind your house and sweated like a stallion whenever I come near!” This justifies that they have a relationship because she told John that he

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.

all faith in him, she feels that he does not want to prove Abigail is