In “The Crucible”‚ John Proctor expresses extreme guilt about his affair with Abigail throughout the book. This guilt leads John to confess to Judge Danforth and sets himself up for chaos. At first‚ he wants to expose Abigail for faking it‚ but he is scared because of the guilt of his affair. He realizes that in order to keep his family together‚ and his friends alive‚ he must confess about his affair before it’s too late. Guilt is John Proctors biggest motivation. Because of his affair with Abigail
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would try to shape her to their advantage‚ so Mary caused their plan to backfire by continuously changing the story and making her testimony invalid. Miller states that Parris is “smiling‚ but nervous because Danforth seems to be struck by Mary Warren’s story‚” (100)‚ because he feels that Danforth is being influenced by Mary in the way that he does not want in order to save himself. Because they were not permitted to do things that are normal for children to do‚ Miller’s version of the children of Salem
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The Crucible: Act One 1. Where and when is the opening scene of the play set? * The opening scene was held in the Salem in the Spring of year 1692 2. Why has Parris sent for Reverend Hale from Beverly? * Parris sent for Reverend Hale to see what is going on with his sick daughter‚ Betty. 3. What do we learn about the events in the forest and Abigail Williams’ connections with the Proctor family? * Abigail is in love with John Proctor and drank some charm to
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simply save his life: In another words‚ he decides to lie to prevent himself from being hanged. Danforth then asks him questions concerning who he had seen with the devil. Here is an example of the dialogue between Danforth and Proctor: Danforth: "Did you see the Devil ?" John:" I did" This dialogue confirms perfectly Proctors confession. He accepts without discussion all the questions asked by Danforth in an attempt to save his life. He is doing what he think his wife and his company‚ Hale‚ want
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Topic 2 | Discuss the theme of pride in the play The CrucibleParagraph I (Introduction) * Definition of excessive pride. * Brief summary of the play. * Introduction to the main characters.Paragraph 2 (Body) * Reverend Hale‚ example of pride. Provide a quote‚ page number‚ and explanation. * Result of his pride. Provide another quote from the play‚ page number‚ and explanation. * Conclusion (was his pride justified?)Paragraph 3 (Body) * Elizabeth Proctor‚ example of pride
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of Giles quest to stay an honorable person and possibly save many others honor. As honorable and self preserving as Giles Corey is‚ he is obviously going to stand up for his wife and talk to danforth about his wrongful arrest. His first reactions were of shock‚ now he is angry and is pleading to judge Danforth‚ “ They be tellin’ lies about my wife” (85)‚ then goes on to tell him that he didn’t mean for her to be arrested when he said‚ “Your Excellency‚ I only said she were readin’ books‚ sir‚ and
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loved them. John says to Danforth to save his wife: DANFORTH: You---you are a lecher? PROCTOR: … A man will not cast his good name. you surely know that. DANFORTH: In --- in what time? In what place? PROCTOR: … Where my beasts are bedded. On the last night of my joy‚ some eight months past. She used to serve me in my house… my dear good wife took this girl soon after‚ sir‚ and put her out on the highroad... She looks to dance with me on my wife’s grave!... DANFORTH: You deny every scrap
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"John Proctor: I’ll tell you what’s walking Salem-- vengeance is walking Salem. We are what we always were in Salem‚ but now the little crazy children are jangling the keys of the kingdom‚ and common vengeance writes the law! This warrant’s vengeance! I’ll not give my wife to vengeance! (Miller‚ 379)". This quote by John Proctor was spoken in response to one of the many motives in the Salem witch trails in The Crucible. The witch trials were seen by some as an opportunity to obtain personal gain
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once again uses Mary Warren to show this when Danforth won’t believe that Mary Warren isn’t attacking Abigail with a bird in Act III of the play. Mary pleads to Danforth that she’s “not hurting her” and that Abigail “sees nothin’” but Danforth only continues to ask Mary if she “compacted with the devil” and tells Mary to “draw back your spirit out of them” (Miller 1261). This distrust in the community is caused by hysteric confusion and fear. Danforth and others are caught up in the alleged devil
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says this to Deputy Governor Danforth in act III. This is when they are in court‚ just after Mary Warren confesses to pretending to see spirits. Danforth asks Abigail if she was also pretending and she replies defensively and openly threatens him. Her saying this shows that she knows that she is holding the power. No one wants to get on Abigai’s bad side because she is the ring master in this circus and she can accuse whoever she likes. She is basically telling Danforth that he better watch what he
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