Elizabeth Proctor

us selfish, After all of the commotion in Salem, court proceedings are held to convict the people accused of witchcraft. Elizabeth Proctor, John Proctor’s wife, is targeted by the main antagonist, Abigail Williams. Thus, John Proctor convinces his main alibi, Mary Warren, to show up in court and use her to show that Elizabeth is not guilty. However, this backfires on John Proctor as Mary Warren says, “You’re the devil’s man!”(Miller 118). Mary Warren is described as a subservient, naive, lonely girl

everything from a different perspective, and it may even help you understand things in different ways. In The Crucible, the main character, John Proctor, and his wife, Elizabeth Proctor, are both partners. The relationship between them is very different from any other marriage. John does not communicate well, and Elizabeth has a cold shoulder toward him. Elizabeth also tends not to trust him. All of these minor issues contribute to them not having such a good marriage. The few words they say to one another

to being a witch. Abigail denied herself of being a witch and placed the blame on another character, Tituba. Not soon after, Abigail began to accuse random innocent people, including Elizabeth Proctor, of being with the devil, while accusing them of witchcraft at once. Near the end of the play, John Proctor, Elizabeth Proctor's husband admitted to witchcraft to save his wife, while also refusing to let the word get out that he was a “witch” to avoid spoiling his family's name.

Have you ever been accused of something you didn’t do? Elizabeth Proctor, the wife of John Proctor and mother to four boys, was falsely accused of witchcraft. In The Crucible, Arthur Miller’s depiction of the Salem Witch Trials, Elizabeth Proctor was going to be sentenced to death for something she was not involved in. She was accused of being involved in witchcraft by Abigail Williams. Abigail accused her because Abigail and John Proctor were having an affiar. She would have been sentenced to death

opinion, one of the strongest women, truth be told. Elizabeth, Proctor also referred to as ‘Goody Proctor’ is forced to be the strongest she can possibly be for someone being accused of witchcraft in the year of 1962. Throughout Elizabeth’s marriage she has been forced to deal with some extremely traumatic things. Elizabeth has had to face adultery, false accusations, and also loss throughout the entire play. As everything transpires, Elizabeth continues to keep her head up and only grow stronger

disharmony in Salem’s strict and defective Puritan theocracy. Through his portrayal of key characters, Miller constructs how compromising integrity can destory relationships through John Proctor and Elizabeth. Miller’s ideology of integral compromise underpins the characters representation, in particular Proctor and Elizabeth. He prompts the audience to judge their relationship through their interactions. “There is a pause. She watching him from the table as he stands there absorbing the night. It is as

death, two important people of these events were John and Elizabeth Proctor. John and Elizabeth Proctor, go through a variety of feeling throughout their relationship. In the beginning of act two was when Elizabeth Proctor first speaks in the story. The first thing Elizabeth says is “what keeps you so long? It’s almost dark” (Miller 49). This quote shows the suspicion that Elizabeth has for her husband. The trust that Elizabeth has for John is very thin and she still feels that he see

relationships stronger. John Proctor and his wife Elizabeth Proctor were going through a bad time in their relationship after John committed adultery. THis relationship eventually got better as time went on. In the Proctor household it was always tense and Elizabeth had no trust and was always suspicious of John. As in the play she feels like she can’t trust him at all anymore.“...suddenly lost all faith in him..”(Miller 54) this quote show how she feels about John. Elizabeth

Elizabeth Proctor being accused of witchery by Abigail Williams has garnered the attention of all of Salem. If she is proven guilty, she will be sent to prison for eternity. Goody Proctor is known in Salem as a good Puritan with Christian values, but this accusation and her possible hanging could ruin it all. Abigail Williams, on the other hand, has gained power in the courthouse and has accused others. However, many rumors circulate the village saying that Ms. Williams is not the good Christian

Character Analysis: Elizabeth Proctor Elizabeth Proctor can be characterized as a devout pacifist, she aligned her Christian principles with her moral principles, causing her to reject and emphasize certain aspects of Puritan society. This is seen in ACT I during John Proctor and her’s lunch when she refused to tell him how she felt about his lechery, Arthur Miller exemplified this by having her state to John, “I do not judge you. The magistrate sits in your heart that judges you. I never thought