Proctor And Elizabeth

In Act 3 you see that he is doing his best to fulfill his promise to

His first display of this is shown when the Court officials come to take Elizabeth away. Proctor was so angered by this attack on his house that he ripped the warrant and told them to leave his house. He then tried to bribe Herrick, a court official, not to chain her, but his pleas fell on deaf ears. Proctor recognized that he could save his wife by making his relationship with Abigail public, and therefore expose her motives, but his pride keeps him from doing so. Finally though, Proctor abandoned his concern for his reputation which enabled him to admit his sin in order to save his wife.

Furthermore, in act three Proctor begins to put his words into actions. He has developed an urge to fight for his wife, due to Proctor finally believing in what he is fighting for. During the play Proctor, “Looks at Elizabeth, but she cannot speak. “She never saw no spirits,” (88), Proctor says defending Elizabeth. He wants to protect her from false evidence and from his past mistakes. Proctor is no longer only worried about himself and what will happen if he confesses. Proctor tries to reason with court, he asks for, ”God [to] help [him], [he] lusted and there is a promise in such sweat. But it's a whore’s vengeance, and [they] must see it,” (110). Proctor exhibits empathy towards his previous actions of adultery throughout act three of, The Crucible, where as in the beginning he had no empathy towards others or his actions. Proctor is quick to protect Elizabeth when she is accused of things that the court has no proof on. “There might also be a dragon with five legs in [his] house, but no one has ever seen it,” (104), Proctor told the court with vengeance. “[His] wife is innocent, except she knew a whore when she saw one!” (111), she has no reason to lie or cover for Proctor, for great sins by Proctor were inflicted upon Elizabeth. Proctor harbors great guilt for, ”She only thought to save [his] name!” (113). Proctor went from a sinner to a tragic hero and is starting to

In the beginning of the play it is believed that Elizabeth's husband John Proctor had an affair with Reverend Parris' niece and worker months before. This quote from John in the second act about Elizabeth shows remorse, “I have not moved from there to there without I think please you, and still an everlasting funeral marches round your heart,” and Elizabeth responds with starting a fight which she shows guilt for during and after. During act four when John had admitted to the affair with Abigail Williams, he stands in court with Elizabeth telling the judges lies about the affair and speaks to John, “I have read my heart this three month, John. (pause) I have sins of my own to count. It needs a cold wife to prompt lechery.” This quote shows that since their fight in the beginning of act two, and even before the play she had forgiven John for adultery against

Elizabeth Proctor might be portrayed as only inverse of Abigail. A dependable wife of John Proctor, Elizabeth demonstrated to her group proper methodologies to be more than an observer in life. John thought of her the sweetest, most sure, and legit lady he has ever met. The point when deciding his hanging, John offered Elizabeth to discuss an occurrence that as of late happened on the grounds that he knew she might tell the complete truth, regardless of the possibility that his life was at stake. He said to the judges "Throughout her life sir, she will never lie" (Miller, Act 3). Despite the fact that Proctor submitted infidelity, Elizabeth chipped away at pardoning him due to her kind and religious heart. She never surrendered attempting to get John to concentrate on her again. For instance, she says "You'll tear it free- when you come to realize that I will be your just wife, or no wife whatsoever. She has a shaft in you yet, John Proctor, and you know it well!" (Miller, Act 2).

Elizabeth Proctor can be viewed as the most loyal woman in the play. In spite of the fact that her better half, John Proctor, admitted to having an affair with their housekeeper, Abigail Williams, Elizabeth was still devoted to John. At the point, when Elizabeth was questioned as to whether her significant other, John, was having an affair behind her back, she lied for him and denied it. When Danforth stated, "To your own knowledge, has John Proctor ever committed the crime of lechery?” and Elizabeth reacted, "No, sir". Elizabeth had never lied before this incident, yet she did now, to save her cheating spouse. Elizabeth is a strong woman who took the fault for something that she was not associated with. She thought she was the reason behind on why her husband cheated, ”I have sins of my own to count. It needs a cold wife to prompt lechery". Elizabeth is portrayed as a woman with a strong, loyal character and a faithful wife, yet she has her flaws

Proctor’s marriage was ruined the day he decided to step out in his marriage. Proctor was too focused on why Elizabeth could not trust him or forgive him, he forgot to stop and switch the focus of blaming others to understanding himself first. He held a grudge on Elizabeth because she cannot forgive the sins he committed and trust, but proctor is equivalently guilty of doing the same thing. Proctor shifts his mistakes to other people which makes it nearly impossible for him to reconcile with his wife: “Spare me! You forget nothin' and forgive nothin '. Learn charity, woman. I have gone tiptoe in this house all seven month since she is gone. I have not moved from there to there without I think to please you, and still an everlasting funeral marches round your heart” (Miller 36). Elizabeth’s lack of forgiveness escalates proctor’s frustration and guilt: “But it is a whore’s vengeance,

Elizabeth Proctor is the wife of the main character John Proctor who was trying to save their marriage, but John’s affair with Abigail put Elizabeth in danger. Elizabeth’s goal is to save Proctor’s and her marriage by telling the truth to each other. But the truth may have later come back to “haunt” her and she came to a point where she didn't tell the truth about John in the court. Elizabeth feels pressured because of Abby and she want’s the truth about her to be out in the village so they do not have to suffer because of her. Proctor says, “I am only wondering how I may

Elizabeth Proctor was cheated on; John Proctor committed adultery with their maid. Instead of showing hatred towards John Proctor, the cheating, lying husband, Elizabeth Proctor took all of her anger out on Abigail. Elizabeth Proctor couldn’t be mad at John. Elizabeth Proctor became distant and moody towards Mr. Proctor, but Elizabeth never treated him at all like Elizabeth treated Abigail. Elizabeth kicked Abigail out of the house. While it was well-deserved due to Abigail’s misunderstanding of Mr. Proctor’s feelings, Elizabeth continued to be the perfect housewife to John. Elizabeth waited on him every night, put the kids to bed every night, and made dinner every night. Elizabeth could not show anger towards John; however, Elizabeth had no issue hating on the poor, misunderstood Abigail. Abigail was only seventeen; therefore, it couldn’t have been expected that Abigail would understand that John didn’t love her. “There is a promise made in such sweat” (Miller). Abigail believed that John was making her a promise, but John wasn’t promising her anything. Abigail was misunderstood in this moment, and Elizabeth hated Abigail for Mr. Proctor’s mistakes for the entirety of the novel. This is how Elizabeth was weakened by her love for John Proctor; Elizabeth couldn’t even be angry at John for horrible mistakes that only John could be blamed

Elizabeth is seen as a cold wife early in the play, during Act Two, when John Proctor and Elizabeth discuss if he should go to the court and tell the truth about what is happening. The fact that Abigail reveals the occurrences of that night had nothing to do with witchcraft, gave Elizabeth the feeling that Proctor should confess. Consequently, he hesitates

Arthur Miller’s 1953 allegorical tale, The Crucible draws attention to the social disharmony in Salem’s strict and defective Puritan theocracy. Through his portrayal of key characters, Miller constructs how compromising integrity can destory relationships through John Proctor and Elizabeth.

After having an affair with John Proctor, she couldn’t accept not being without him. Abigail also admires “how such a strong man may let such a sickly wife” like Elizabeth be unaware of the affair she had with John Proctor(act1pg#). As a result to the affair, Proctor is trying to rebuild his marriage with his wife. Abigail continues to intervene in John Proctors marriage and attempts to manipulate Proctor so he would confess his love for her. Proctor admits his love for her, but does not continue his affection because Abigail seeps of vengeance for other individuals. He portrays her “as a lump of vanity” who thinks to dance on his “wife’s grave!”(act 3). For her own selfish desires, Abigail accuses Elizabeth of witchcraft and tries to intentionally sabotage her. She does this for the purpose of her own selfish and fictitious relationship that she has with Proctor. Abigail believes she has the capability to influence Proctor, but her egoistic actions to win his undefining love makes her appear as the criminal in the

During this time, John has been arrested for lechery and witchcraft, due to his admission of his affair with Abigail, and Mary Warren’s accusation. He is given the opportunity to confess to witchcraft, and save himself from hanging. At first, he confesses, as Elizabeth says that whatever his decision, it was made by a good man. However, as he further contemplates his decision, he rips up his confession, and says he can hang. Since Elizabeth forgives him, John is able to forgive himself, as he says “...for now I do think I see some shred of goodness in John Proctor” (Miller, 144). This scene shows that The Proctor's relationship is a loving, caring relationship at the end, as opposed to a cold, fake relationship in the beginning.

In The Crucible (1953), Arthur Miller acutely shows the grudges and personal rivalries among his characters. The most obvious being Abigail and Goody Proctor. Abby, who slept with Elizabeth’s husband, makes her rival clear with the honest women when she accuses her of sending out her spirit to stab her, all in hopes of getting John to herself. Mrs. Puttnam blames her midwives for the death of her seven newborns. Parris, the man obsessed with his belongings and image, is determined to make Proctor appear as a man who wants to corrupt the courts.

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