Guilt In The Crucible
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 Williams, he is too scared to go to court and tell the judges how Abigail is lying, in hopes for Elizabeth Proctor to die so Abigail and John can be together. “I have known her, in the proper place where my beasts are bedded. On the last night
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He takes Mary Warren to court to tell Judge Danforth and Hawthorne that everything he girls have been saying was a lie. Hawthorne asks Mary to faint to prove that she was bluffing, but she cannot do it without the other girls. Abigail pretends she sees an evil bird in the courthouse as Mary Warren. All of the girls are screaming, causing John to suddenly snap. “Whore!!” he shouts. Proctor confesses his lechery, Judge Danforth and Hawthorne are speechless. Danforth tests Proctor’s statement by calling for his wife, Elizabeth and asking her why Abigail was fired from her job. To save John’s name, she lies and says the affair didn’t happen. Shortly after, Proctor confesses himself as the Devil and takes responsibility for the madness in Salem. “He have his goodness now, God forbid I take it from him.” -Elizabeth Proctor. After Elizabeth said this line, she is expressing he will not be happy if he signs the confession and live in pain as a broken man. Hale wanted John to lie and sign the confession, but John couldn’t do it. He took the paper and tore it into pieces so he could save his name. “The Crucible” by Arthur Miller ends with the tragic deaths of John Proctor, Rebecca Nurse, and Martha Corey. In the final scene, they hang after they all recite “The Lord’s Prayer”. John Proctor sacrificed himself to save the lives of his friends and his wife, to put an end to witchcraft
He takes Mary Warren to court to tell Judge Danforth and Hawthorne that everything he girls have been saying was a lie. Hawthorne asks Mary to faint to prove that she was bluffing, but she cannot do it without the other girls. Abigail pretends she sees an evil bird in the courthouse as Mary Warren. All of the girls are screaming, causing John to suddenly snap. “Whore!!” he shouts. Proctor confesses his lechery, Judge Danforth and Hawthorne are speechless. Danforth tests Proctor’s statement by calling for his wife, Elizabeth and asking her why Abigail was fired from her job. To save John’s name, she lies and says the affair didn’t happen. Shortly after, Proctor confesses himself as the Devil and takes responsibility for the madness in Salem. “He have his goodness now, God forbid I take it from him.” -Elizabeth Proctor. After Elizabeth said this line, she is expressing he will not be happy if he signs the confession and live in pain as a broken man. Hale wanted John to lie and sign the confession, but John couldn’t do it. He took the paper and tore it into pieces so he could save his name. “The Crucible” by Arthur Miller ends with the tragic deaths of John Proctor, Rebecca Nurse, and Martha Corey. In the final scene, they hang after they all recite “The Lord’s Prayer”. John Proctor sacrificed himself to save the lives of his friends and his wife, to put an end to witchcraft