Queen Elizabeth's Dishonor

Henceforth, they would make claims stating, “Why would you lie for the man that chose someone younger over you? He disrespected you and your marriage”. They would be somewhat correct since she lied in court, committing perjury. According to KMM DEFENCE, “a perjury conviction carries with it a possible twenty-year state prison sentence”. This shows the severe punishment of lying in court, and should make you think about her sins debating if she should still be prosecuted or not. Despite what others have to say, Elizabeth should be forgiven for her unlawful actions, because of the good human being she was before this case. All she was trying to do was protect her

She didn’t care about the fact who was being hurt by her actions, and all she wanted was to be everything as she wished. “This is all, and mark this if anyone breathe a word or the edge of a word about the other thing, I will come to you in the black of some terrible night, and I will bring with me a pointy reckoning that will shudder you!” She warns the girls that if they dare spill any of the truth, she will hurt them in the middle of some terrible night. It also shows how far she could take her revenge. On the other hand Elizabeth was a very forgiving women.

This is where we truly see her being to change. Once her life, marriage, and reputation are on the line she starts to stand up for herself. She tells John to break it off with Abigail and “go tell her she’s a whore” (1275). Before Elizabeth didn’t really confront this issue let alone tell John what to do about it. Elizabeth goes from talking with “a sense of being lost” (1274) to speaking “without hesitation, even eagerly” (1277). She tells Mr. Hale “There be no mark of blame upon my life, Mr. Hale. I am a covenanted Christian woman” (1277). This is the first time we see Elizabeth stand up and just not take the yelling/abuse of others. Elizabeth’s interactions with John also change. She opens herself up to her husband “John, I counted myself so plain, so poorly made, no honest love could come to me! Suspicion kissed you when I did; I never knew how I should say my love. It were a cold house I kept!” She knows she has changed and wants John to know too. Rather than a cold distant wife she proves that she can be a passionate and loving one as well. Unfortunately, it took took losing her husband and being accused of witchcraft, but Elizabeth Proctor did find her

Elizabeth has values too. She values her family. She wants them to stay alive and well. She wants them to stay together and to have a respectable name. She even lies to try and keep her husband out of trouble.

But she didn't. So she decided to perform witchcraft on his wife so she dies and Abigail can have John. John knew he had messed up and when she started to accuse the people in town, including his wife, he went to court to try to clear their names but failed. Instead, he was also accused of being the devil's man by another teenager, Marry Warren. Now he knew that he had no way to save his wife who was pregnant with his child so he admitted to committing adultery which also backfired because when they called Elizabeth as a witness she denied it to save her husband's reputation.

Most of the public, especially the religious ones, thought that Elizabeth should have had a husband, and she was completely against this concept because she knows how corruptive a man can be towards a woman’s life (examples in her father and in her cousin’s relationship). Elizabeth, knowing that a man would take over and leave her behind, stayed unmarried. She believed that the only marriage she considered to be true was that of hers to England. (Document 11) When the Spanish Armada invaded England, her subjects were sure she was able to take good care of the country. In her speech to the English army, she says that they (her country and herself) will

Many of her subjects disapproved of Elizabeth not having a husband to control her decisions. Elizabeth indirectly responded to this in a speech made to Parliament in 1559 (Doc. #11). She made the argument that she was already married to the Kingdom of England and she did not plan on marrying anyone else. One reason for her opposition to marriage is believed to be because of her father’s trouble that came with his multiple marriages. Henry VIII had six different wives, none of which contributed in a pleasant way to his health or reign. Elizabeth, seeing her father struggle with juggling marriage and power, most likely decided marriage was not a good option for a political figure. Another speech Elizabeth made in 1588 responded to the doubts of her strength as a queen because of her being a woman (Doc. #12). In 1588, the Spanish Armada was about to invade England, so Elizabeth’s speech was made to the troops that were about to have to fight for their country. She said, “I know I have but the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king….” Elizabeth knew that people did not believe she could lead them through the war, so she wrote this speech to convince them of her capability of doing so. She informed them that she was ready to fight alongside them, even if they did not

Elizabeth’s character was a mystery to most people at the time she inherited the throne. She had learned to keep her own council, control her emotions, and always behaved cautiously, thus being able to disprove all rumors about her. Always dignified and stately, she could be vain, willful, dictatorial, temperamental, and imperious. She had courage, both in her decisions, and in the face of danger. Possessing an innate of humanity, she was not normally cruel, unlike most rulers of her day. Most regarded her to be unusually tolerant in that age of religious conflict. She saw herself as one who was always honest and honorable, who

Elizabeth is a mild, peaceful and caring mother who only means to maintain a healthy family household, but due to her husband foolish actions and the wrath of Abigail, she only receives hurt and hardship. It is unbelievably unjust for Elizabeth, who has only tried to heal her family and resume her life with John, is convicted of witchcraft, when in reality, Abigail is the real monster. Elizabeth is obviously hurt from John’s affair with Abigail, and only wants him to move on from her. Elizabeth tries to remind John by saying, “I do not,judge you. The magistrate sits in your heart that judges you. I never thought you but a good man, John - with a smile - only somewhat bewildered,” but for even suggesting that John confront Abigail, he becomes angry with her and accuses her of never letting anything go. Even with John’s hurtful reply, she just absorbs the pain and does not lash out. In addition to this, she still is a good wife, for in she and John’s last goodbye, she actually apologizes for her being somewhat unresponsive recently in their marriage, even though she has done nothing wrong. As is shown when Elizabeth says, “I have sins of my own to count. It needs a cold wife to prompt

Elizabeth was born at Greenwich Palace in England to King Henry VII and Anne Boleyn on September 7th, 1533. Less than three years later, Anne Boleyn was arrested, charged, and executed because she could not bear Henry a son. Twelve days later, Henry married Jane Seymour, and she gave birth to Prince Edward, the long awaited male heir, in October of 1537. However, Jane shortly died of childbed fever. Elizabeth’s father married three more times, but it was Catherine Parr, Henry’s sixth and final wife, who had the greatest

Elizabeth is than accused of witchcraft but is not hung because she becomes pregnant so they cannot harm the innocent child. Elizabeth is probably the most honest and loving person in the book. She always puts others before herself and is even willing to die for other innocent people. The only time that she ever lies is to save another innocent person’s

She describes her as “painted queen”, “A dream of what thou wert, a breath, a bubble”, “a garish flag, to be the aim of every dangerous shot” (Shakespeare, 225-227). To my understanding, Queen Margaret sees Queen Elizabeth as anything but a real Queen. I think in her perspective, Queen Elizabeth is something nice and beautiful but very weak and will never last long, just like a dream or a bubble.

One could say that had Elizabeth not been accused of witchcraft, their transformation would have been delayed, if not, nonexistent. They were forced to admit and come to terms with their sins in an effort to deny the claims of witchcraft. John needed to admit his guilt of the affair with Abigail in order to prove to the court that she falsified the accusations of witchcraft to get rid of Elizabeth in hopes John would return to her “She thinks to dance with me on my wife’s grave.”. Elizabeth had to take an honest look at herself and the part she played in John having the affair. The entire traumatic experience tested their love and commitment to each

Elizabeth still questions John’s loyalty throughout the play. Elizabeth comes off as an outspoken women and that isn’t really supported in the Puritan society. When convicted of witchcraft she doesn’t fight with the men because she knows she hasn’t done anything wrong. Even though she tries to do what she thinks is the best for John, she ends up saying the wrong thing and Abigail isn’t punished. Elizabeth ends up being pregnant and the trials end before she has her baby so she survives.

Elizabeth is a true woman that would do anything to protect her husband. She knows that if she talked of his sin, he would be hanged. Since she doesn’t know that her husband has confessed, she saves him and lies to the court.