Elizabeth Proctor

Furthermore, Elizabeth Proctor, the wife of John Proctor, was accused of lying to the court. Even though she lied to the court, she should be proved innocent or given a shorter or less harmful sentence. Henceforth, she should be excused from her sin because she lied out of fear and to save her husband from being accused of committing adultery. Elizabeth Proctor should be proven innocent because she was afraid and in fear for her husband's life. This fear is obvious when Proctor spent time trying

afterwards becomes somewhat questioned. Elizabeth Proctor is accused and has suspicion toward her own husband in Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible. Elizabeth’s characteristics seem to fickle throughout the play because of the different situations she’s drawn into. Since Elizabeth Proctor is motivated by suspicion, her decision to lie creates guilt and death by the end of the play. It seems Elizabeth has a very cold heart inside her. One main reason that Elizabeth and John don’t seem to get along so

trials, but two characters in the book, John and Elizabeth Proctor, have their own interesting story. John and Elizabeth Proctor have a strained and difficult marriage at the beginning of the play, but gradually it develops into a passionate love when they are willing to die for each other. Through the development of their relationship, we observe a married couple going through the hardships of their commitment to each other. John and Elizabeth Proctor are both well respected individuals in the Puritan

Period 2 “Elizabeth Proctor” How far would you go to save your marriage, reputation, and your life? In The Crucible by Arthur Miller, he tested his characters ability to deal with the trials of marriage, specifically guilt and jealousy. Elizabeth Proctor struggled the most in The Crucible, she was caught up in the foolishness of others.. Elizabeth has to struggle with saving her marriage, clearing her name, and finally letting her husband move on to a better place. As a result Elizabeth is shown

whore who is driven by sexual desire and a lust for power. John Proctor is the ungodly yet very good and brave man who didn’t love Abigail but used her in different ways. Their relationship later unfolds and turns into a giant mess in a courtroom where John confesses adultery, Abigail pours lies out to the court and Elizabeth lies for her husband by telling them she didn’t know about Abigail. The wife of John Proctor, Elizabeth Proctor, hires 11 year old Abigail Williams. You could say Abigail was

characters listed from left to right Tituba, Elizabeth Proctor, John Proctor, and Judge Hathorne was involved in the Salem Witch trials. Tituba was a slave from Barbados and practices what the Puritans seen as “black magic”. She was manipulated by Abigail Williams, but later admits to her supposed sin. Her face has the word “truth” written across her face symbolizing her being honest in the play. The next character drawn is Elizabeth Proctor who was John Proctors spouse. She has the word “fear” written

innocent people were falsely accused of witchcraft which led them to their death. Throughout this, many people viewed themselves differently. John Proctor was a farmer, awfully quiet, and never really drawn attention toward the town’s gossip until he later heard about the witchcraft events and was then later, accused of it. In the beginning, John Proctor is only curious about the town and what he has heard so far. Through a town visit, he runs into Abigail and from this point of the story we know

Look closely at the meeting between john proctor and Elizabeth proctor in the prison in act 4. In what ways does it show their relationship to have changed from earlier in the play? How does Miller make this episode both moving and tragic? Miller saw a connection between the Salem witch trials in the 17th century, and the McCarthy trials of the 1950’s. What he wrote about was based on theory, which is linked to the 1950’s trials. Miller is using the Salem witch trials to criticise the American

1. In the opening scene of Act II, I would characterize the relationship between John and Elizabeth Proctor as tense. It appears that Elizabeth does not trust John completely and John is trying to regain her trust. When John comes into the house at the beginning of Act II, Elizabeth immediately demands where he has been (49). She was likely so suspicious of his actions because of his affair with Abigail which was first mentioned in Act 1 (21). This is later brought up when John mentions that he was

Opening Statement: Abigail Williams vs. Elizabeth Proctor May it please the court, counsel, members of the jury; this is a case of conspiracy of the murder of Elizabeth Proctor. You are here because in the spring of 1692, the defendant, Abigail Williams, committed the crime of conspiring to murder Elizabeth Proctor. It is the burden of the prosecution to prove to you beyond a reasonable doubt that Abigail Williams is guilty of plotting the murder of Elizabeth Proctor. I am confident that the evidence