Abigail Williams And John Proctor In The Crucible

Proctor and Abigail's complicated relationship is already defined in the book. John arrives at Reverend Parris’s house then Abigail and him end up in a room alone together. Abigail confesses to John,”And you must. You are no wintry man. I know you, John. I know you. She is weeping. I cannot sleep for dreamin’; I cannot dream but I wake and walk about the house as though I’d find you comin’ through some door”(Miller 22). Here Abigail is expressing her desire and love for John. In numerous instances Abigale professes her love to John, and he expresses the same animosity every time. Scene 2.2 restates everything that develops in the book. Instead of letting their relationship play out through multiple scenes, the essence of it is caught in one scene. The play is understandable and smooth with no strange gaps; the play doesn’t truly require the scene. This is recurrent to what is known about their relations; he scene is not really needed, it's just fluff on what the reader already

The Salem Witch Trials were one of the most embarrassing moments of history. Arthur Miller’s The Crucible shows how people can throw away their judgments over fictitious ideas such as witches. The main character, John Proctor, overcomes challenges in life including the secret affair with a teenager, Abigail Williams. This event caused John to eventually come to admit his sin of adultery. John Proctor’s last act in the play was an act of honor. On the other hand, his actions through out the play were noble.

In the play, John Proctor was a common farmer living with a wife and three children. However, Proctor has a significant secret, which was his affair with the young girl that works for him and his wife. Abigail was forbidden to work for the Proctors again when John’s wife Elizabeth found out about the affair. This creates Abigail to loathe Elizabeth Proctor. She is now motivated to get John to love her and only her. One night Abigail and other girls from the town are involve themselves with witchcraft; Abigail wishes death upon Elizabeth Proctor because she wanted John’s love for

According to Maya Angelou, “Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean” which explains why the bitterness and anger in Abigail Williams over losing John proctor in The Crucible by Arthur Miller causes her to seek attention by accusing many of witchcraft. Guided by their strict puritan beliefs, many of the townspeople believe her, causing several to die and countless more to suffer. Set in 1692, the town of Salem is very religious, and their puritan beliefs guide their everyday life; however, by living in such a strict environment, small arguments affecting only a few people can turn into a tragedy for the whole time. The girl most responsible for the death in Salem is Abigail Williams. She

Abigail originally commits these sins because she is in love with John Proctor. When she had a one time affair with John, she immediately fell in love. John, however, did not feel the same way and only saw it as lust. When Elizabeth Proctor fired her from her service, Abigail create a vendetta to ruin her life. When Abigail originally gets questioned about why she was fired from Goody Proctor’s service she instinctively gets defensive about how Goody Proctor only tells lies. Abigail tries to make John Proctor doubt his loyal wife by saying, “She is blackening my name in the village! She is telling lies about me! She is a cold sniveling woman, and you bend to her! Let her turn you like a-” (Miller 15). This quote perfectly exemplifies the malice of Abigail. In this quote, she spits lies for the ultimate goal to marry ‘the love of her life’. Abby’s envious attitude toward Elizabeth ensures the fact that she will not stop to get what she wants. Abigail also creates a poppet in court and uses Mary Warren as bait to plant in the Proctor’s house, which leads to Elizabeth Proctor getting taken by As evident here, her extreme jealousy makes her turn to petty name calling in order to create hesitation in John’s mind and a slight chance that Abigail might be his true

He is attempting to demonstrate that he committed an error and it was just a discussion. However, Elizabeth is irate. She is astounded that she did not know about Proctor being with Abigail up until this point and is hurt since Proctor did such to her in the first place. Adultery is an extremely profound wrongdoing, and it impacts the court heavily as a piece of Proctor’s case. Before John confessed about having an affair with Abigail, he was respected heavily in Salem. Now, Elizabeth is scrutinizing Proctor's morality in light of the lies that he has advised her. In this manner, Elizabeth after seeing Proctor, says to him “John, you are not open with me. You saw her with a crowd, you said.”(Miller 55). This quote demonstrates that John, throughout the play, has been changing the stories he has been telling Elizabeth. Elizabeth and the girls decide not to deem John’s stories accurate, as they believe he is a dishonest man that does not stick to his words. Elizabeth also feels as if John may be keeping information confidential from her and is not giving her enough attention as his wife, even though John was confessing to let Elizabeth know of his secret affair with

First in Act One, John Proctor changes in the story through the guilt of having relations with Abigail. When Abigail was working for the Proctor family, John’s wife, Elizabeth, was sick and left his desirable needs for a female in a drought. This led to him having an affair with young Abigail, but he now realizes that he was wrong for how he treated his wife during a time she needed him the most. “Abby, I may think of you softly from time to time. But I will cut off my hand before I'll ever reach for you again. Wipe it out of mind. We never touched, Abby.” (146). This quote explains that John is telling Abigail whatever relationship that she thinks she has with him is

And you know I can do it; I saw Indians smash my dear parent’s heads on the pillow next to mine, and I have seen some reddish work done at night, and I can make you wish you had never seen the sun go down! Now, you—sit up and stop this!” (920). This supports what I said earlier about her parents and the point I am about to make; Abigail will stop at nothing to get Proctor back she has been caught in the act of doing so which is going to make a way bigger problem than it needs to. I am not going to lie, If Elizabeth did not fire her the affair would have continued because there would have been nothing stopping them, their actions satisfied them and why would you stop something you enjoy. Elizabeth was no fool she saw what was going on and eradicated the situation immediately which of course upset Abigail that was the only thing standing in her way. Now that her and Proctor saw each other again he had no desire to continue their affair because he had already disrespected his wife, why go out of his way to start something up again that ruined his

The main character in the play Abigail Williams is to blame for the 1692 witch trials in Salem, Massachusetts. She was seen as a hero and a saint instead of a mean and cruel person who always wants things to go her way, no matter who she hurts in the process. Through out the play her lies cause many people suffering and death, but she never cared what happened to any of them except John Proctor. He had an affair with Abigail a few months from the beginning of the play. John Proctor and his wife Elizabeth used to hire Abigail, until Elizabeth found out about the affair and fired Abigail. Although John told Abigail that he was done with the affair and he would never go back to her again, she tried very hard to get back his love. "Abby, I may

Through some of act one, Proctor is confronted by Abigail, who talks of their earlier affair. When Abby basically accuses John of loving her, he says “Abby, I may think of you softly from time to time. But I will cut off my hand before I’ll ever reach for you again. Wipe it out of mind. We never touched, Abby. (Miller pg. 146)” This shows that Proctor will not have it known that him and Abigail had an affair. He is angry with her for even bringing it up, and gets even angrier when she talks about his wife, Elizabeth. John knows what Abigail is up to, and he becomes infuriated. He doesn’t seem to understand how the

In Act I, John Proctor arrives on the scene as a man of solid character, but it “does not spring from an untroubled soul,” (Miller 468). He is a man with a past. Abigail his former maidservant, reveals how he “clutched [her] back behind the house and sweated like a stallion when [she] come near, (Miller 470). Proctor previously had an affair with Abigail, a fact he is not proud of due to the way he sacrificed his integrity and hurt his wife, Elizabeth as a result. In act two it becomes apparent that John and Elizabeth’s relationship is strained.

Abigail also has a strong presence in the Proctor’s marriage. Abigail is in love with John proctor and will stop a nothing to get his wife, Elizabeth, out of the way. John made it clear to her that it is over between them by saying, “‘I will cut off my hand before I ever reach for you again’”(Miller__ ). Abigail doesn’t believe John when he says he does not love her. She is so filled with hatred towards Elizabeth that she wishes harm or even death upon her. She believes that John is just worried about his image in the village and their relationship tearing his family apart. She tells the court Goody Proctor’s spirit comes to her and that she works for the devil, but she doesn’t have any proof. Abigail sees Marry Warren sewing a poppet for Elizabeth, and put a needle in it when she’s done. She

Proctor seems to show much care to Elizabeth and little care to Abigail. Abigail is desperately trying to get Proctor come back to her, but Proctor says that he would cut off his own hand before coming back to her. Why did Proctor have relations with Abigail in the beginning? One reason for this could be that Proctor thought

In life, people are often put in a certain situation where their character will be tested. They are presented with a task that may force them to go against their morals and what they believe to be right and decide if they have the strength to follow their convictions or cave to the pressure of outside influences. Elizabeth Proctor is one of these characters whose strong will guided her throughout the Crucible. On the other end of the spectrum are those whose use their strong will to manipulate others. They have a choice to help and use their power of influence for good, but instead use it to cause fear and spread panic.

Abigail’s uncontrollable lust for John consumes her mind with the idea that John Proctor's love is all hers. Abigail meets John Proctor and tells him that he is always in her mind. “John - I am waitin’ for you every night.” (Miller 21). Abigail is lusting for John as she is waiting for him every night. She can't get John off her mind and thinks she is in love. In one scene John Proctor meets up with Abigail alone. Abigail tells John that she can still see the love for her in his face. “I know how you clutched my back behind your house and sweated like a stallion when I came near; or did I dream that? It's she put me out, you cannot pretend it were you. I saw your face when she put me, and you loved me then and you do now!” ( Miller 21). Abigail tells John how she can tell John was upset that Goody Proctor fired her. She also tells him that he loves her just as much as he lusted for her when he had the affair. Abigail is lusting for John and wants him to be with her.