Elizabeth Proctor Conflicts

There was a lot of hatred that was dispersed across the town. First, Elizabeth Proctor was enraged with Abigail Williams because Elizabeth assumed that Abigail was messing around with her husband. Secondly, John proctor was triggered at Abigail for not letting the past go. John was trying to focus on his wife but Abigail was beginning to take him back. There was a bunch angry and caos.

To John the affair was just a one time thing and he never wanted it to be brought back up again. But for Abigail it was commitment, since they had the affair then she saw it as John being with her forever, and she realized that the only way for that to happen was to get Elizabeth out of the picture. So even though John Proctor was a good person because of his one little flaw, big issues appeared.

Elizabeth and Johns relationship is certainly not an easy one. Although having been married with two children the intrusion of Abigail could not have come at a worse time. With Elizabeth ill and Abigail’s personality being such a contrast John felt it as an escape from his wife’s absence. The affair that John had with Abigail puts a strain on their relationship creating a physical and emotional divide that the audience easily pick up on. On top of the affair, living in a puritan society which can be demeaning to women makes the

Abigail is a highly jealous character, concentrating her jealousy on Elizabeth Proctor. This jealousy is driven by lust and her desire for John Proctor. Abigail served as a servant in the Proctor household and after an affair with her husband John, Elizabeth fired her. She still resents Elizabeth for this as she is still in love with John. She clearly says to John, "You loved me, John Proctor, and whatever sin it is, you love me yet!" Abigail is still in love with John and she assumes the converse. Her love for John only causes her resentment for Elizabeth to strengthen. She hates John Proctor's wife and in her conniving ways she attempts to inspire the same views of Elizabeth in John's mind. Saying things to him such as, "She is blackening my name in the village! She is telling lies about me, She is a cold, sniveling woman." Abigail fabricates stories in attempt to steel John from Elizabeth. She is a manipulative liar that does and says as she pleases in order to get what she wants.

“Because it speaks deceit, and I am honest! But I'll plead no more! I see now your spirits twists around the single error of my life, and I will never tear it free!” (62). John expects Elizabeth to forgive him for his sin because it has been a couple months since the incident. He wants her to stop nagging him on the subject of Abby of and him being together. “Adultery, John.”, When Hale asks John what the ten commandment are he forgets an extremely important one, being, thou shalt not commit adultery (67). John is heartbroken at Elizabeth’s statement, especially because he couldn’t remember the sin that he committed. He wants to make things right with his wife and have her see the best within him. “John- I think I must go with them.” Elizabeth is being taken away because of her conviction of witchcraft from Abigail (77). John is outraged at Abigail that she would put his wife into danger and set Elizabeth up, but Elizabeth knows there is no use in fighting it. Elizabeth knew from the beginning that Abby would be out to get her. John cares so much for Elizabeth and wants the past to be behind, but it obvious Elizabeth doesn't want to forgive

When Abigail lived with the Proctors she develops a crush tour, John. When she sees that John is lonely and vulnerable, she takes advantage and has an affair with him. John. He also develops a small crush for Abigail but he realizes that he has committed a sin, and tries to save his relationship with his wife. At the beginning, we can see that she is really desperate because she performs a spell in order to kill Elizabeth. When she gains power and realizes that the spell did not work, she decides that she needs to get Elizabeth arrested. At first, she mentions that Elizabeth has done witchcraft, but the court dismisses her verbal accusation because Mary Warren defender her. At this point, Elizabeth realizes she needs to create or have real evidence in order to arrest Elizabeth. She recognizes another opportunity when she sees Mary Warren making a doll in the courthouse. In order to incriminate Elizabeth, Abigail stabs herself and blames Elizabeth for witchcraft. This demonstrates how far she will go to get rid of Elizabeth and Obtain

American playwright, Arthur Miller, in his play The Crucible (1952) implies that witch hunts still exist in American Society. Miller supports his claim by drawing parallels between the Salem Witch Trials and the Senator Joseph McCarthy Trials. His purpose is to warn readers about the dangers of mass hysteria. He uses emotional appeal and logic to convince the reader that mass hunts are still a danger to America today. The main way, however, that Miller achieves his highest goal of demonstrating the dangers of one’s reputation vs one’s integrity is through the characterization of John Proctor. John Proctor developed into an internally conflicted character as he debated between his wife and Abigail, how to protect his reputation, and he has to decide between life and death.

John’s secret relationship with Abigail creates a sense of guilt and shame in John. Because

Even though, John has a wife. While Abigail is making all the accusations on who is a witch, John wants to say that everything she’s saying isn’t true, but if he says it, Abigail will say that they had an affair with each other, ruining Johns reputation in the town of Salem. In Act 3, John confesses his affair with Abigail to the court. Abigail’s convinced the church to the point where they don’t believe John about the affair, and his plan backfires and he is accused of witchcraft. “A man may think God sleeps, but God sees everything, I know it know… and well she might, for I thought of her softly. God help me, I lusted, and there is a promise in such sweat.” (Miller, page

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.

Well, there are a few things to consider about Abigail is that she is a minor and John is an old brute that treats his servants almost as better than livestock. John gave his “love” not to his loyal wife Elizabeth but instead to a young servant girl that had a traumatic experience when she was a child and in all place, were his beast lay. When he had the chance to take down Abigail his wife had to testify in court that he was indeed a lecher but she decides to lie to save him from disgrace and that ended up in even more deaths. It is true that Abigail did not care who got hurt and killed but all she ever wanted was to be loved by

As the trial is going on , they send him to Salem, but doesn’t want to go because he is afraid of encountering Abigail. As time goes by John starts understanding more about how he can’t control Abigail and sees how heartless she is to the people in her town. The turning point that really gets to him is when they arrest all his innocent friends and family. At this point he says,

This shows how unpleasant their relationship had become after John’s affair with Abigail. It appears that Elizabeth no longer trusts John and John is tired to trying to earn her trust. Their relationship reflects the community around them. Just a small

With Elizabeth and Abigail being rivalries in the play we see the conflict between them clearly in the events that take place throughout the story. Elizabeth Proctor is married to John Proctor. Whenever Elizabeth fell ill she hired Abigail as a maid for the family to do domestic work. Although she met requirements, Abigail later had a relationship with John proctor behind Elizabeth's back. Elizabeth found out but has stayed with John.

There are numerous "good" characters in the novel that try to prove that there are no such things as witches, as well as "bad" who use the trials for their own gain, and the plot revolves around their struggle against each other. One of the many cases where good versus evil is portrayed is through the situation between Elizabeth Proctor and Abigail Williams. So, as Abigail and the girls who were caught dancing in the forest charge several innocent people for witchery, Abigail saw it as an opening to rekindle the love between her and John Proctor by accusing his wife, Elizabeth, of witchcraft. Elizabeth is then charged for witchcraft and was put to trial. She had the choice to either confess her sins and save her life or not confess and get hanged.