Elizabeth Proctor's Treatment Of Women In The Crucible

In the 1700´s, even though women lacked power, they were the main rock in their families. In Arthur Millerś, The Crucible, Elizabeth Proctor is one of those women. Through the play she stays very faithful and trustworthy towards her family. In The Crucible, Elizabeth Proctor is the hero opposed to John Proctor because she lied for good, she was humble about Proctor cheating on her, and she was accepting with Proctor dying for what he believed in. In The Crucible, women were a big part of the play, ¨Women who wielded any sort of power, such as healers who possessed knowledge about sexuality¨ (The Crucible, 266). Women were the main people blamed for the witch act. Mostly, women were killed or blamed for being a witch. Even though it was not fair, women had to face the punishment for witch act. In the play Abigail is the main character trying to get the people she does not like either killed or in trouble. ¨Elizabeth Proctor had been the orphaned Abigail's mistress, and they had lived together in the same small house until Elizabeth fired
" You'll tear it free when you come to know that I will be your only wife, or no wife at all! She has an arrow in you yet, John Proctor, and you know it well" (The Crucible, 1275). She is telling him that he can e loyal or will ever nothing to her. Elizabeth is not going to deal with a cheater, so she tells Proctor he can be only hers or not hers at all. " My husband is a goodly man, sir" (The Crucible, 1149). Elizabeth loves her husband and she understands he is upset about what he has done. Elizabeth tells Mr. Hale that he has messed up. Elizabeth loves and knows Proctor is sorry, so she is doing anything to make sure he is not in trouble with the court. Although in the end he ends up dying instead of putting his wrongs out for everyone to see. This is a hard choices, but Elizabeth knows she has to stay strong for herslef and her