The Crucible: 'The Lie That Changed Everything'

Elizabeth has to make the decision to convince Proctor to confess to witchcraft so he will live or let him do what he wants. Elizabeth chooses to let Proctor do what he wants and he confesses to witchcraft but does not sign the papers which lead to his death. Elizabeth is very respectful now of Proctor in the end of Act IV and shows forgiveness for him now that she sees how good of a man he is.. For example, when she is speaking to her husband John Proctor privately, she says, “ I cannot judge you, John, I cannot!” (138). Elizabeth is saying that she will respect his decision of if John Proctor decides to confess to witchcraft or not. Elizabeth shows her respect for John proctor when she tells him she will not judge him. In addition, Elizabeth tells Proctor during their conversation, “Do what you will. But let none be your judge. There be no higher judge under Heaven than Proctor is! Forgive me, forgive me, John - I never knew such goodness in the world!”(137). Proctor's wife is telling Proctor to let no one judge him for his decisions. Elizabeth is showing forgiveness in Proctor and finally seeing him as the man he always wanted her to see him as. Convincing Proctor to confess or let him do what he chooses is one of the hard choices Elizabeth has to make in Act

In the Crucible by Arthur Miller there are some changes throughout the play between John Proctor and Abigail Williams relationship with one another. Their view towards each other moves from seeing one another to Abigail trying to get John’s wife, Elizabeth, killed because he doesn’t want to see her anymore. In Act 1 Abigail used to work for the Proctors until Elizabeth found out about the affair that her and John was having behind her back. In Salem when the trials was going on they met once again

Abigail is not only mad at Elizabeth for blocking her from Proctor but she is also mad at Elizabeth for ruining her reputation in the town. Everyone in the town does not know why Abigail was fired from working at the Proctors house. This gives Abigail a bad reputation in the town and if the truth is told about what happened between her and Proctor, it can lead to serious consequences.

In conclusion I believe Elizabeth did the right thing lying to save Proctor, but however she actually sentenced him to death for her lie. Then again, who's to say even if she hadn’t lied Proctor would’ve lived. I say this because even if he confessed he would’ve been hanged for the crime of lechery and witchcraft.

In the play of The Crucible by Arthur Miller many of the characters go through changes. One of the main characters from the play, John Proctor has changes from the beginning to the end drastically. At the beginning of the play Proctor is introduced as a good man but holds a secret. A secret affair that stays between Abigail, John and his wife Elizabeth. This later leads to a big conflict his wife and the whole town.

Elizabeth, aware of the girl’s objectives and her husband’s inability to lay down his name for her, saw an opportunity to bring attention to the false allegations being loosely thrown around the court. Her denial of the adultery was meant to be aided by her reputation, which isn’t that of “Goody Good that sleeps in ditches, nor Osburn, drunk and half-witted”, but of “a covenanted Christian woman” (Miller). Her idea ended up rebounding as her integrity was what would have saved John and proved the girls’ depositions false. This was beyond her knowledge and therefore she acted out of her desire to see justice come to the people of Salem, which she tried to achieve by attempting to get John to come forward during Act

“Elizabeth said: My husband—is a goodly man, sir. Danforth responded with: Then he did not turn from you. Elizabeth replies: He—. Danforth cuts her off saying: look at me! To your own knowledge, has John Proctor ever committed the crime of lechery? Answer my question! Is your husband a lecher! Elizabeth finishes saying: No, sir.” PG (190-191). Elizabeth didn’t want to tell the court that her husband had cheated on her with Abigail. Elizabeth would rather lie to the court who are supposed to be high up in society than to let her husband’s name an ex-minister to go down the drain over a stupid mistake.

Elizabeth is an honest and forgiving women. She knows the her husband had committed adultery with Abigail and has her suspicions but, instead of asking John about it she said things like “You come so late I thought you’d gone to Salem”(pg.488) which implies that he would be going to Salem to meet Abigail but, Proctor caught on. She is different from other wives instead of bombarding him with questions and being angered and mad with him she is calm and collected about the whole situation. Being so she caught him in a lie and asked him “You were alone with her?”(pg.489) that proved her suspicions to be

c. Abigail Williams- Abigail Williams, the niece of Reverend Parris, is a very witty, deceiving girl

In the 1953 allegorical play, The Crucible, Arthur Miller exposes many complex and transhistorical topics, of which relates the the playwrights experience living under the Red Scare. Miller deplores his audience to examine their own personal truths, which he insinuates are more morally legitimate then societal truths, the effects of a rational man’s paralysis, the circularity nature of law and the incongruous state it creates. When we equate the opposite side of any spectrum with a moral truth we falsely associate its opposition with malignancy, the enigma in which The Crucible is born. Supposing that legitimacy and substantial truth are secondary to partisan justice it is the rational man’s duty to inaugurate justice. In order to stimulate

She believes she is helping out her husband's image but in reality she messes everything up. “Danforth reaches out and holds her face, then: Look at me! To your own knowledge, has John Proctor ever committed the crime of lechery? 1n a crisis of indecision she cannot speak, Answer my question! Is your husband a lecher?” “Elizabeth, faintly: No, sir.” (Miller 113). The one time Elizabeth telling the truth will be saving her, she lies to save her husband's reputation. She uses this as an act of showing forgiveness and compassion to Procter because he hasn't forgiven himself

The Crucible is a complex and intriguing novel with events, characters and themes comparable to almost every period of human history. It is common for humans to fear change and what is unknown, in the play The Crucible this is witchcraft and the devil, in more recent times it can be seen in post World War Two and Cold War United States, through McCarthyism. The themes in the crucible are as important to people in the 21st century as in Salem in 1692. These include justice, reputation, hysteria, intolerance and empowerment. All of these are common themes throughout human history. The characters in The Crucible are also important to people of the 21st century as they can teach us a little bit about people around us and their reactions when

In 1692, in Salem Massachusetts a small group of girls joined together to go in the woods at night to meet a slave woman name Tituba. Tituba is a slave of Reverend Parris. During their meeting all the girls are dancing

The main accuser, Abigail Williams, had an ulterior motive to destroy Elizabeth Proctor. Beforehand, Abigail had an affair with Elizabeth's husband, John Proctor, and Abigail believed if she removed Elizabeth, she would have John to herself. Most of Abigail's allegations were based on false claims, believing the relationship between her and John Proctor to be true love.

Elizabeth is an honest women who would never lie to John, although he has lied to her. She can represent love and honesty to John. John Proctor is the protagonist in “The Crucible”, whose wrong behavior with Abigail cause lots of struggles in the play. He committed adultery earlier while his wife was sick, and though his lover is now out of his life, Elizabeth still judges him for it. So that, the conflict between this couple has start because of this. The main argument between these two people are shown in the first part of Act two in this play. It focuses on the fact that John has lie to Elizabeth about his meeting with Abigail, “ Proctor: I am only wondering how I may prove what she told me, Elizabeth. If the girl’s a saint now, I think it is not easy to prove she’s fraud, and the town gone so silly. She told it to me in a room alone - I have no proof for it. Elizabeth: You were alone with her? Proctor: For a moment