Examples Of Ambiguity In The Crucible

The definition of ambiguous is open to more than one interpretation;having a double meaning. Sometimes in life a person can have an ambiguous personality. In the crucible the character John Proctor is ambiguous.In the Crucible John Proctor has two different sides to him and it ultimately leads him to his own death. John Proctor made a very big mistake in the beginning of the crucible 
which lead to many bigger things. John had an affair with abigail who worked for the Proctors. While Abigail was working for them Elizabeth was very sick. This lead john to become very lonely and abigail took advantage of that. John had an affair with abigail. “ABIGAIL: John—I am waitin’ for you every night. PROCTOR: Abby, you’ll put it out of mind. I’ll not
“ABIGAIL, with a bitter anger: Oh, I marvel how such a strong man may let such a sickly wife be—PROCTOR, angered at himself as well: You'll speak nothin' of Elizabeth!ABIGAIL: 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—PROCTOR, shaking her: Do you look for whippin’?” Abigail pretends she’s angry at Elizabeth Proctor for damaging her reputation, the more powerful emotion is envy of Elizabeth for her marriage to John Proctor. All of this starts the rumors of witch craft. The rumors start with the girls in the woods and it escalades from there. PROCTOR: The road past my house is a pilgrimage to Salem all morning. The town’s mumbling witchcraft.ABIGAIL: Oh, posh!—We were dancin’ in the woods last night, and my uncle leaped in on us. She took fright, is all.PROCTOR: (His smile widens. Crossing to door.) Dancin’ by moonlight! (Abigail springs into his path.) You’ll be clapped in the stocks before you’re twenty. The rumors spread quickly of the girls and witch craft and have spread throughout the town. John Struggled to live with the wight if his sin and his wife is struggling to forgive