Similarities Between John And Elizabeth Proctor In The Crucible
As seen in Act II of The Crucible, the Proctor family was in a crisis with John and Elizabeth in constant tension after John had an affair with Abigail Williams. The Crucible by Arthur Miller, is a play about the events of the Salem Witch Trials. In the play, many characters make accusations that several people were with the Devil. This conflict has many similarities to McCarthyism, a practice popular in the 1950’s, in which someone accuses another person of something without any proper evidence to reinforce their accusation. However, the main focus is on John and Elizabeth Proctor, who have both seen their fair share of sin, and redemption at the end of play. The Proctor’s change throughout the course of the play, and through the way they
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Like her husband, Elizabeth has some descriptive terms about her tone; like John Proctor she was bitter during Act II because she has been fooled because of John Proctor's adultery. Then she becomes more compassionate and forgiving because John is on the brink of death in Act III. In the beginning of Act II, Elizabeth is more suspicious of John continuing her sins as she asks” what keeps you so late? It is almost dark”(1266). She was so quick to assume that John Proctor was doing something other than what he was actually doing, providing food for the family. She is a loyal wife that she would go as far as to lie to the court to keep John alive; she does this as he testifies “My husband is a good and righteous man. He is never drunk as some are … but always at his work”(). Although it is a sin this is also a sense of her Redemption because she has forgiven her past adultering husband. And finally in Act IV, when Elizabeth Proctor and John Proctor meet for the last time, she forgives him and blames the unsettled feeling on the household on herself; she goes on to say “John, I counted myself so plain, so poorly made, no honest love could come to me! It were a cold house I kept”(). As John became hysterical, Elizabeth wanted to forgive him and just blames herself in the same manner because she feel so bad and John’s about to die and that leads to try to rectify the situation and the mental pain. Miller perfects the embodiment of a couple who, under all of the issues they have, love each other more than anything in the
Like her husband, Elizabeth has some descriptive terms about her tone; like John Proctor she was bitter during Act II because she has been fooled because of John Proctor's adultery. Then she becomes more compassionate and forgiving because John is on the brink of death in Act III. In the beginning of Act II, Elizabeth is more suspicious of John continuing her sins as she asks” what keeps you so late? It is almost dark”(1266). She was so quick to assume that John Proctor was doing something other than what he was actually doing, providing food for the family. She is a loyal wife that she would go as far as to lie to the court to keep John alive; she does this as he testifies “My husband is a good and righteous man. He is never drunk as some are … but always at his work”(). Although it is a sin this is also a sense of her Redemption because she has forgiven her past adultering husband. And finally in Act IV, when Elizabeth Proctor and John Proctor meet for the last time, she forgives him and blames the unsettled feeling on the household on herself; she goes on to say “John, I counted myself so plain, so poorly made, no honest love could come to me! It were a cold house I kept”(). As John became hysterical, Elizabeth wanted to forgive him and just blames herself in the same manner because she feel so bad and John’s about to die and that leads to try to rectify the situation and the mental pain. Miller perfects the embodiment of a couple who, under all of the issues they have, love each other more than anything in the