The Crucible Narrative

Proctor tells Mary that she has to testify in court that she made the doll and put the needle in it and testify against all the possessed girls. Mary cries and says that she cannot because Abigail would kill her.

Mary Warren and Mercy Lewis enter the house and Abigail tells them do not reveal that they were casting spells. Betty wakens and Abigail threatens the girls if they speak that she drank blood and casted a spell on Goody Proctor. John Proctor and Abigail talk about their relationship before the opening of the play. Abigail expresses her feelings toward Proctor, but he refuses to believe her. Abigail then becomes angry with him.

Proctor produces a self-inflicted wound, which, only enlarges as Abigail’s jealousy of his wife, Elizabeth, increases. After Elizabeth Proctor, John Proctor 's wife, is taken away by Cheever, the lawman, Proctor has a revelation, which entails, exposing Abigail`s lies with Mary Warren’s testimony. But when Abigail’s and her posse accuse Mary Warren of witchery he soon comprehends that a confession of his adulterous ways

The marshal arrives and takes Elizabeth away for witchcraft. Proctor demands that Mary Warren goes to the court and tells them about the girls’ fraudulent behaviour. John Proctor is protective over Mary Warren and supports her when he takes her to the court. Trying to ascertain the truth he says, “we burn a hot fire here; it melts down all concealment.” Proctor hints his sexual misconduct with a Abigail which Danforth doesn’t believe but lets them persist. At the news

John Proctor has taken Mary Warren to the court to inform them that Abigail and the other girls are frauds. Under the pressure and Abigail’s accusation of witchcraft, Mary Warren turns on Proctor and calls him “...the Devil’s man!” (120). Then runs back to Abigail and the other girls claiming “...I’ll never hurt you more!” Mary Warren understands that by going in front of the court, she was taking a risk.

Eventually when the girls are called to trial, they formulate a plan that claims witches are to blame and that they have seen multiple citizens conversing with the devil. This stint plan they created causes ridiculous accusations against a majority of women in the town as a way to rid of the people they've despised. Abigail looks to forward her blame onto John Proctor's wife, Elizabeth. John Proctor is a prideful and honorable man who is viewed as a wise outcast of the society. He is a man who doesn't hold the same beliefs as the other townsfolk, and goes against going to church; this sets an attraction for Abigail to lust for.

In amidst of the hysteria of witchcraft, John Proctor, husband to Elizabeth Proctor, is guilty of adultery and compliance to witchcraft. Just a few moments ago, Abigail Williams admitted that John Proctor and she had intercourse behind Elizabeth Proctor’s back. She described that Mr. Proctor “sweated like a stallion whenever [she] comes near” (Miller 21). Mr. Proctor also confessed to his wife of having an affair with the young child of seventeen years old, Ms. Williams. He tells Mrs. Proctor, that “like a Christian, [he] confessed” (Miller 52). Mr. Proctor, still keeping his loyalty to his religion, feels the guilt of committing such a betrayal towards Elizabeth Proctor that he does not forgive himself even after his confession.

Although all of the court officials seemed to take advantage of Proctor and his situation, Parris clearly is the most conceited, as his life and profession seem to depend upon the actions of John. Proctor's first decision to act as a scapegoat was made in order to weaken Abigail's power within the court, for Elizabeth had been wrongly accused of sending her spirits upon Abigail. Although he knew that the people within the court would frown upon him for his sin of committing adultery, he had to give some information to weaken the girls' power, since Mary Warren, his servant at that time, had just turned on him. After Proctor confessed to the court of their relationship, Danforth, the judge, questioned if Abigail denied what had been said. Her response was that "if I must answer to that, I will leave and I will not come back again” (Miller 111) which gave the judge the impression that they had indeed committed lechery. This action alone could not prove Elizabeth's innocence. Danforth ordered Elizabeth to inform the court of all that she was aware of between her husband and Abigail. The court agreed that if Elizabeth acknowledged that Proctor had committed lechery,

A few days later there was a court proceeding and the Proctors’ new help Mary Warren, made a poppet right next to Abigail and stuck the needle in the stomach area for safe keeping and later that night gave the poppet to Goody Proctor as a gift. Later that night Abigail goes into the court after stabbing herself with a needle in the same spot Mary put her needle to make it look that Mary sent her “spirit” after her. After this Elizabeth is arrested and later in court John takes Mary to the court to tell them they are all pretending and that none of them have seen spirits and that Abigail watched her put the needle into the poppet in court. The judge asks her if this is true and she denies it and says no it is not true, after Abigail denies this John Proctor tells the judge the true reason she no longer works for the Proctors which was for being a harlot. The judge then sends for Elizabeth to verify the story and when she gets questioned she thinks she is protecting her husband’s name by saying no but he already confessed so he gets put in jail. When he gets put in jail she steals the money and

She is known in the town as someone who never lies. In court when John was on trial, it is brought up the integrity of John’s claim that he and Abigail had an affair. He knows that Elizabeth knows of the affair, so he tells the court that she could testify because she has never lied. She is called into court, and when asked if Proctor had an affair with Abigail, she denies it and says that her husband is a goodly man. As she is taken from the court John says, “She only thought to save my name!” Her husband is sentenced to death because she lied, leaving her a single mother to four

The traits of people are only defined through the pressures that life will give to them. Think as if life was a gold ore, it doesn’t look very pretty, but it’s valuable and as people try to get through they will tear it apart and once broken it will show its true value. Continuing on with this a life of a man was once defined by his actions. He was Joseph McCarthy who served as a U.S. Senator and was given a large chance to grab the nation by it’s neck. During the Cold War, a fear grew inside the hearts of American people.

The Crucible by Arthur Miller has many diverse characters. The dynamic characters are the most interesting ones. A dynamic character is a character that undergoes changes throughout a story. In The Crucible, Mary Warren is going through a very tough decision and has a change of heart, but it probably won’t last long.

"Will that be all, Mother?", asked her daughter, hauling the last of the ground roots and herbs inside the dungeon rooms and setting hem on the floor near her mother's feet, Abigail smiled, nodding a little at the girl. "What's all this for anyway? You turned into a witch?",, Abigail laughed. "You wish, my darling. But no, it's for something rather special, I have to call upon something, and I've been told this-", she gestured to the candles, chalk and herbs in Mason jars around her, 'was the only way to do it.". Her daughter, smirked, looking around the room, "I would stay, but- witchcraft isn't really my thing.". Abigail shrugged, "Understood.". She one she shouldn't have bragged to Maxim earlier about her wonderful daughter, but how

The protagonist of the film, John Proctor, stays uninvolved in what is happening in Salem until his wife is accused. His wife, Elizabeth Proctor, was accused by the leader of the group, Abigail Williams, who dreamed to take her place. With his wife accused, John is determined to prove to the court that the girls are falsely accusing people and even tries to have his servant testify against the girls. To protect themselves, and to continue accusing others of witchery, the girls pretend Mary Warren, John’s slave, was using her spirit to attack them. Because of this, Mary was unable to convince the court, and to save herself, she accuses John instead.