The Crucible Character Analysis
William Ellison
“The Crucible” prompted #3
9-26-14
In the story “The Crucible” there is not many characters. Yet still there is a lot of depth to each character. This play is an allegory and a crucible starring the good farmer John Proctor. This is his story of dealing with the Salem witch trials. This essay will be on prompt number three. The first female character in this story we really get to learn about as well meet is Abigail Williams. Abigail is a young 17 year old girl who used to work for Proctors. Abigail is the niece of Reverend Parris who took her in. Abigail watched as her parents were killed turning her stone cold to those who take what she wants from her. One day Abigail and the man of the house John Proctor slept with one …show more content…
She really is. She sat there and watched the other girls commit witchcraft. She wanted to tell but Abigail and Mercy Lewis scared her into not telling the truth. They even got here to play along as a witness to other people in the village committing witchcraft. She just went along to please the other girls as well as to protect her own skin. Mary Knew Abigail wanted Mrs. Proctor out the way so she could be with John. Mary didn’t Abbey would stoop to such a level as to accuse Elizabeth of some fling that her and John had. Abigail watched Mary make a poppet and then told Mary to give it to Goody Proctor with a needle in the stomach. Than Elizabeth played like her stomach hurt and blamed it on Elizabeth having her arrested. Mary didn’t want this so she came clean to John about the girls lying about the others being witches. Later She would be accused by the other girls for telling the judge that they we’re lying. Act 3-4
Mary is the innocent person who gets caught up in something but can’t get out of it. She knows who the Russian spy is but due to the spy saying she say that she was an accomplice she kept quiet and helped the spy. Than when she realized that the spy didn’t care about her family she tried to tell the authorities. When she told the spy turned the tables and said that she was the spy and forced her to be an accomplice to her crimes. The innocent was put in jail for a while but when they realized the spy had got away and lied about the civilian they let her out after a long stint in
“The Crucible” prompted #3
9-26-14
In the story “The Crucible” there is not many characters. Yet still there is a lot of depth to each character. This play is an allegory and a crucible starring the good farmer John Proctor. This is his story of dealing with the Salem witch trials. This essay will be on prompt number three. The first female character in this story we really get to learn about as well meet is Abigail Williams. Abigail is a young 17 year old girl who used to work for Proctors. Abigail is the niece of Reverend Parris who took her in. Abigail watched as her parents were killed turning her stone cold to those who take what she wants from her. One day Abigail and the man of the house John Proctor slept with one …show more content…
She really is. She sat there and watched the other girls commit witchcraft. She wanted to tell but Abigail and Mercy Lewis scared her into not telling the truth. They even got here to play along as a witness to other people in the village committing witchcraft. She just went along to please the other girls as well as to protect her own skin. Mary Knew Abigail wanted Mrs. Proctor out the way so she could be with John. Mary didn’t Abbey would stoop to such a level as to accuse Elizabeth of some fling that her and John had. Abigail watched Mary make a poppet and then told Mary to give it to Goody Proctor with a needle in the stomach. Than Elizabeth played like her stomach hurt and blamed it on Elizabeth having her arrested. Mary didn’t want this so she came clean to John about the girls lying about the others being witches. Later She would be accused by the other girls for telling the judge that they we’re lying. Act 3-4
Mary is the innocent person who gets caught up in something but can’t get out of it. She knows who the Russian spy is but due to the spy saying she say that she was an accomplice she kept quiet and helped the spy. Than when she realized that the spy didn’t care about her family she tried to tell the authorities. When she told the spy turned the tables and said that she was the spy and forced her to be an accomplice to her crimes. The innocent was put in jail for a while but when they realized the spy had got away and lied about the civilian they let her out after a long stint in