Elizabeth Proctor

Why must an innocent women hang on false accusations? Elizabeth Proctor is a virtuous woman who is steadfast and true. These traits also make her a bit of a cold fish. Her husband John Proctor had an affair with their seventeen year old housekeeper Abigail Williams. Elizabeth seems to be struggling to forgive her husband and let go of her anger. Elizabeth’s dislike of Abigail is more justified when Abigail tries to murder Elizabeth by framing her for witchcraft. Elizabeth is innocent of witchcraft because she is a victim of jealousy and her husbands affair.

Jealousy may cause one to do dangerous and vindictive things. Elizabeth’s life was on the line for accusation of a seventeen year old maid who always told a lie. But out of all the women in Salem why is Elizabeth accused of witchcraft? Well the reason is because her old maid Abigail Williams was jealous of the relationship that Elizabeth and John Proctor had together. So Abigail did everything she can to make sure Elizabeth was out of the picture. One day on trial while sitting next to Mary Warren who is now Elizabeth’s and John’s maid she saw her making a poppet and when she finished she stuck the needle in the stomach for safe keeping. This was when Abigail’s plan fell into place she knew that Warren was going to give Goody Proctor the poppet so she decided to strike herself in the stomach with a needle. Placing the blame on Elizabeth. With the accusation in place all they need to do was find the evidence and there it was in the home of the Proctor’s. Since there was no proof Elizabeth was not guilty they had no other choice but to take her away. Would Elizabeth be in this position if her husband would have never cheated on her?

Choose your decisions wisely because John Proctor has not. The decision he chose was to cheat on his wife with Abigail Williams. This affair may not have meant anything to him but it did to Williams and this caused her to want Proctor more but since her turned her down