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    were held in Salem, Massachusetts. Throughout a story/play characters relationships tend to change depend on the events happening at that time.One specific relationship has gone through its ups and downs as the play progresses that is John and Elizabeth Proctor. At the beginning of Act 2 John and Elizabeth’s relationship is tense. They are eating dinner together in there house and the stage directions hints toward the phase of their relationship. The narrator states, “He gets up, goes to kiss her.

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    person becoming a hero or the acts they do which may lead to another act making them seem like a hero? Elizabeth Proctor is considered heroic in the Crucible because she is able to keep her composure even through some scary circumstances. Elizabeth Proctor is considered heroic in the Crucible because she is able to keep her composure even through some scary circumstances. Throughout the story Elizabeth was seen as a cold person but she was also a very loving person towards the end. After she found out

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    Abigail Williams and Elizabeth Proctor are two main and important women in the Crucible. They are opposite of each other based on their acts we can notice that Elizabeth is a better women, which makes their characters important and vital to the story. Elizabeth Proctor character seems to be the only good thing left in John Proctors life. Elizabeth is an honest woman who would never lie or hides something to John, although John has lied to her. While she is suspicious at times with Abigail, she will

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    Throughout The Crucible by Arthur Miller, Abigail Williams and Elizabeth Proctor are clear antipodes of each other. While Elizabeth is the epitome of a good, godly woman, Abigail is the direct opposite, constantly lying and blaming others for her own benefit. Elizabeth continually is selfless, honest, and loyal to those around, while Abigail could not care less. Abigail and Elizabeth clearly seem to resemble the differences between right and wrong. Over the course of the play, both characters prove

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    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. The feelings towards John Proctor was the same . Elizabeth is John's wife and Abigail is the mistress. Elizabeth and Abigail are both in love with John. Abigail

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    In The Crucible written by Arthur Miller, Elizabeth Proctor is the wife of John Proctor one of the main characters. Elizabeth is bitter towards John for having an affair with Abigail Williams “John, if it were not Abigail that you must go to hurt, would you falter now? I think not” (Miller 193). Elizabeth says realizing that Johns still has feelings for Abigail “She cannot pass you in the church but you will blush “(197) and is bitter that it is not her he holds close to heart “I think you be somewhat

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    caused many fights between the couple. Elizabeth discovered the scandal while she was sick in bed but quickly put an end to their “get together.” In the play, The Crucible by Arthur Miller, the author effectively utilizes hot and cold imagery to demonstrate the tumultuous relationship between John and Elizabeth Proctor as a result of an affair. Miller’s use of similes describes the fiery relationship between Abigail and John, which he lacks with his wife, Elizabeth. During the heated confrontation between

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    How and why does the relationship between John and Elizabeth Proctor change over the course of The Crucible? In Arthur Miller's play The Crucible, John and Elizabeth Proctor are introduced as a young, married couple whose relationship had a tense undercurrent. Their actions and reactions towards one another prove that they are at odds with each other. John and Elizabeth seem to be trying to smooth out the bumps in their relationship, but they only seem to succeed in driving themselves further

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    Comparison of Abigail Williams and Elizabeth Proctor in Miller's The Crucible The Crucible is play that helps to show human nature through a series of events linked through the Salem witch trials. In this play, a group of young teenagers would undermine the religious government and make a mockery of the Salem judicial system. Miller also shows human nature through the development of characters. Abigail Williams and Elizabeth Proctor are foils of each other and have many differences; they would

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    Proctor And Elizabeth

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    the pair is separated due to Abigail’s charges of witchery towards Elizabeth. Seeing his wife being taken away brings out the love in Proctor as he calls out, “I will bring you home. I will bring you soon.” The next day, Elizabeth expresses her love by lying in court, claiming that her husband did not commit adultery. But her sincere intention of saving her husband ends up worsening the situation and as an indirect result, Proctor gets sent to jail. When they finally see each other after months of

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