and many were excommunicated from the Church. The author of The Crucible‚ Arthur Miller‚ employs the theme of Pride throughout the play to add plot twists and create suspense. In The Crucible‚ several main characters- Reverend Hale‚ Elizabeth Proctor‚ and John Proctor are dignified by their fleeting or strong standing acts of excessive pride in their individual roles. Throughout the play The Crucible‚ the character Reverend Hale was a prominent figure. He was in charge of trying to obtain confessions
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portrayed through John Proctor and the seriousness of the overall play. John comes from a high position in society because of his reputation for being an honest man. John’s wife‚ Elizabeth‚ had even said‚ “John‚ I never knew such goodness in the world!” As well as that‚ John definitely has a tragic flaw‚ his lustful feelings for Abigail. These feelings turn in an affair and it causes a lot of strain on his marriage. John told his wife‚ “You will not judge me more Elizabeth.” He sys this due to the
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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
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understands how abigail and john Proctor feel towards each other. And as the play goes on abigale becomes more and more unaware of the damage she is causing against her community and she only is focused on what is best for her and no one else. As the play continues there is one scene before the accusal of elizabeth. John proceeds to confront abigale for all that she has done and he threatens that if she accuses elizabeth he will kill her. At this point of the play John proctor is fed up with the games that
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Throughout the play‚ Danforth consistently fails to examine evidence or proof to stop the tension within the community. He refuses to see that the witchcraft trials and hangings might have been part of the reason why people are accusing others. After John Proctor tells Danforth that he has committed adultery‚ Danforth is horrified by the realization that Abigail may be accusing others based on jealousy and revenge. Danforth ignores this chance and continues to
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You drank a charm to kill John Proctor’s Wife. You drank charm to kill Goody Proctor. (17) The whole reason Abigail involved herself in witchcraft was to kill Elizabeth Proctor. Abigail’s abhorrent actions make her an immoral character. Although Abigail’s behavior was heinous‚ we can sympathize for her because she is still a young and naive child and her emotions are out of
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The Crucible by Arthur Miller‚ Abigail Williams plays a very important role as being a manipulative character that accuses many woman of witchcraft‚ some including Tituba‚ Sarah Good‚ Goody Booth and Goody Hawkins. Abigail also had an affair with Proctor‚ which leads to a lot of problems for him down the road. Abigail Williams gets a lot of women in trouble by saying that they were involved in witchcraft and that they were torturing children and young girls. The problem with Abigail saying stuff
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accused of murder and witchcraft is Elizabeth proctor‚ Abigail’s worst nightmare. Elizabeth proctor is known for never lying‚ so when accused it is very hard for many people to believe the accusations. Elizabeth is aware that the reason Abigail is accusing her of sending her spirit after her is because she is irrevocably in love with her husband‚ John proctor. She knows that if she is convicted and hanged‚ Abigail will dance on her grave along with proctor. Though she knows this‚ she is faithful
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people to falsely accuse their neighbor‚ leading to the death of the innocent just for personal gain. Through John having his affair‚ Abigail ultimately falling in love‚ and Mary Warren’s being extremely vulnerable‚ The Crucible proves that John Proctor is responsible for his own death and the others in Salem‚ showing the audience that greed and
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to confess‚ Abby and the girls were turning against her and accusing her of sending her spirit out onto them. When Mary did not want to tell the court the truth anymore‚ “Let me go Mr. Proctor‚ I cannot‚ I cannot- (Miller p.1096).” Mary went along with the girls so she would not get accused. Also John Proctor was tested. He is tested as a man and a husband‚ if he should choose between honesty and pride.”Adultery John (Miller p.1073).” John forgot the last commandment because he was trying to put
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