The Crucible Elizabeth And John Proctor Relationship

In John Proctor’s house when John Proctor comes home from working in the fields Elizabeth discovers that John was with Abigail alone and does not trust him any more. Through Abigail’s lying and attempts to win John over she begins to draw John and Elizabeth apart. When she realizes that she has a chance to frame Elizabeth she accuses Elizabeth of witch craft, because she wants to accuse Elizabeth on the grounds of Elizabeth being angry about the affair John and Abigail ha. Her thinking was that if she could not have John then no one can. Abigail feels as if she has won Johns wife is in jail and she knows that John still has feelings for her, so she feels like she can take the place of Elizabeth. Little did Abigail know that John would fight to get Elizabeth back by forcing Mary Warren to confess that it was her poppet not Elizabeth’s and that the girls are lying about all the witch craft.

John and Elizabeth proctor were a happily married couple living in salem or so you think. That was until john decides to cheat on his wife for abigail williams, a servant who his wife had just fired. Soon after the affair John's wife Elizabeth found out and she wasn't happy. John continually got the cold shoulder from her for seven months after and she still doesn't trust him. She is now being arrested for witchcraft and will either confess or be hung. Abigail was the one who accuses Elizabeth of witchcraft because she wants john all to herself. This is probably one of those times john is wishing Elizabeth would have forgave him for the wrong thing he did and known he shouldn't have done that.

“I will not judge you John,” says Elizabeth Proctor from The Crucible as she forgives John and gives him the decision whether he lives or dies. Elizabeth Proctor is a Christian and holy woman who is married to John Proctor will never tell a lie. She lives on the outskirts of town and gets pregnant during the story. I am most parallel to Elizabeth Proctor because we are both loyal, forgiving, and caring.

Abigail’s love for John Proctor caused her jealousy of Elizabeth Proctor. Which later caused her selfishness as well when accusing Elizabeth of witchcraft. While she was a servant for John and Elizabeth Proctor, Elizabeth contracted an illness and was unable to fulfill her husband’s desires. As a result, he was seduced by Abigail, which Abigail, because of her young age and thus having an easy manipulation standing point,

Abigail is untrustworthy and deceitful during the witch trials in Salem. The affair that got Abigail fired started Abigail’s grudge against Elizabeth. Although the affair ended, Abigail is not over John. She tells him, “John။I am waitin’ for you every night”(21). John continuously tells Abigail that their affair is over and not to hope for him. Abigail assumes that by getting rid of his wife,

One of the main flaws of Abigail Williams was that she had lust. She was in love with a man who already had a wife and waited for him all the time. The man she loved was John Proctor. Their romance began and John did not try to stop it. . He hid it from his wife but she got suspicious and threw Abigail out on the street. She quotes, “John- I am waiting for you every night.” which shows that she wanted to be with him every night and wanted him to continue to be away from his wife. She also quotes, “I know how you clutched my back behind your house and sweated like a stallion whenever I come near.” This shows that John also felt for her.

Since then Elizabeth doesn’t like Abigail and has trust issues when it comes to their relationship especially when Abigail's involved. From the beginning of the scene there was some tense in the room between John and Elizabeth Proctor. This is due to the affair between John and Abigail when she worked for them This is another perfect example of how Abigail is the protagonist of the story. Based on how Elizabeth talks to their current maid Mary when she mentions the trial, it shows how much Elizabeth dislikes Abigails and how the thought of her. Also the way Elizabeth talks to John and questions he goes to show that she is concerned about what John and Abigail are doing

Abigail Williams is the seventeen year old niece of Rev. Parris, as well as once being the Proctor’s old servant. Abby runs into trouble with her uncle after her and the other girls in the town go into the woods one night and Parris finds some of them naked. After the incident Abigail decides to remove the attention off of herself by accusing the small minority in Salem of witchcraft. As the trials continue Abby decides to use the people’s support to her advantage by condemning people she doesn’t like, one being Elizabeth Proctor. Abigail believed that John still loves her even though he broke off the affair.

Because of this affair Elizabeth and John’s relationship was affected in a large way, it was the simple things that made their relationship get more and more weak as days would go by. After this confession to the court, characters Danforth, Paris and France, second guesses John and his christianity for if he has ever been a loyal man. (Miller Pg. 105) explains howthe court is left for words after calling abigail a whore many times in his confession. One lonely night rev. Hale comes towards Proctor's home, he later on asks john to recite the 10 commandments of the bible. (Miller, Pg 64-65) John was able to say all but one Adultery; in this scene you see the guilt in John’s face, as he cannot make eye contact with his own wife. Being said Abigail shows no guilt and all she wants is John. After John’s confession to the court about his affair with Abigail, he repeatedly calls her a Whore to the court many times, that affected their relationship, as Abigail feels shocked and hurt by

In the Crucible, John Proctor has two lovers, Elizabeth Proctor and Abigail Williams who fight for his love indirectly. Unfortunately for Abigail, Elizabeth is married to John, so the only way she could gain John's love is for Elizabeth to be out of the picture. Even though John had an affair with Abigail, he was a good man to tell his wife the truth and not stayed with her. Both women had different personalities, which is what may have caused John to cheat on his wife due to their stale relationship. Throughout the play, Elizabeth appears to be a character foil of Abigail representing good and evil.

Ever read the novel The Crucible ? It is a marvelous novel read it ! This novel is kind of like The Scarlet Letter. In Scarlet letter Dimmesdale and Chillingworth had a problems like Abigail and Elizabeth do. Dimmesdale and Hester Committed Adultery just like John and Abigail. In The Crucible Elizabeth and Abigail both feel some way towards John Proctor . Elizabeth and Abigail have similarities and differences between each other. They both have positive and negative traits.

In the Pulitzer Prize winning musical Hamilton, the protagonist, Alexander Hamilton, faces the decision of confessing his affair in order to save himself from allegations of a higher crime, treason. The character John Proctor faces a similar predictament in The Crucible. Based on the actual events of the Salem Witch Trials, Arthur Miller wrote The Crucible, surrounding accusations of witchcraft in Salem where Abigail Williams, a young girl, accused several men and women in the town of Salem with the charge of witchcraft, resulting in the hanging of 19 people (Bigsby vii-xx). Abigail, eleven years old historically, becomes a 17 year old girl allowing her to have an affair with John Proctor, a Salem farmer, in Miller’s play (Bigsby xiv). Miller develops Elizabeth Proctor, John Proctor’s wife, creating a relationship between Elizabeth and Abigail. Miller constructs Elizabeth Proctor as a device to further emotional context as shown through Elizabeth’s relationship with Abigail, impact on Proctor, and moral character.

One similarity that both Abigail and Elizabeth shared was their undeniable love for John Proctor. Although, Abigail’s love for John posed more as lust, both character cared deeply for John which prompted their dramatic actions and change in character. Abigail’s love for John can be described as shameful and unsuitable. Despite the fact that it started off as an affair, Abigail’s desire for John grew strong and provoked her to become a jealous and hateful character towards Elizabeth. She quotes, "I wake and walk about the house as though I'd find you comin' through some door" (1.1.23). This line illustrates her love towards John and that she will

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

Marriage is full of many arguments and disagreements between one another. Whenever tension rises, marriage becomes hard to deal with, and sometimes it even breaks. Although some marriages work out, they must be strong and capable of rebuilding the relationship through trust and faith. In Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, the relationship between John and Elizabeth `changes dynamically for the better.