Compare And Contrast Elizabeth Proctor And Abigail Williams

Elizabeth Proctor is an honest and virtuous christian woman from Salem. Abigail being the pretentious girl from the village accuses her of witchcraft causing, Elizabeth to be in prison. While Elizabeth is in prison her husband, John Proctor admits to lechery with Abigail. Elizabeth shows her loyalty towards John by lying in court to protect him (Miller 46). Although the affair hurt Elizabeth, there is still a devotion towards her husband.

The Crucible, written by Arthur Miller, there were countless crucial similarities and differences amongst the charters. Abigail Williams and Elizabeth Proctor were characters whose actions for a man molded their reputations. Abigail’s reputation was destroyed while Elizabeth had a positive reputation; they tried intensively to preserve it since they wanted a good name.

Arthur Miller’s The Crucible is a play set in the late 1600’s. The play is based on the events that occurred during the “Salem Witch Trials.” As a result, the council members bring the townspeople to the church to confront the problem at hand. In the play, a group of girls accuse townspeople of practicing witchcraft. One of the main characters, John Proctor, has an affair with a young girl named Abigail Williams. As a result of Proctor ending his affair with Abigail, Abigail accuses Proctor’s wife, Elizabeth Proctor, of using witchcraft to stab her. Therefore,as a result from the stabbing, Elizabeth is arrested. In an attempt to free his wife, Proctor self-admittedly confesses his affair. When the church council brings Elizabeth Proctor forward, she denies the accusations in order to protect John’s reputation. Following the accusations of witchcraft, proctor is then arrested. John is given the option to confess to witchcraft, whether it is true or not, in order to save his life. After signing the confession, John is informed that his confession must be made public. After

Her statement was disregarded after Abigail convinced the judge that she was lying. That is the pivotal moment when John confessed himself and his sin of lechery with Abigail. He sacrificed himself and his life so Elizabeth would not be hanged; however, he was questioned of his honesty by the judge because, again, Abigail denied it and called him a liar. He supports his truthfulness by saying, “A man will not cast away his good name. You surely know that,” (Miller, 115). He is saying that he would not just say an accusation like this, ruin his name, and have it not be truthful. Though the judges are still suspicious that he is lying, they bring in his wife, Elizabeth, to ask her about it. John told the judges how Elizabeth has never lied, so they believed that she would not lie to them. When brought in front of the court, Elizabeth avoided the question to the best of her ability. Finally, she does the unthinkable and lies to the judge. She says, “My husband-- is a goodly man, sir,” when asked if her husband turned from her and lusted for Abigail. Once a woman free of sin, she threw that away to save her husband from being hanged for his crimes. She is willing to give her life to save John and he is willing to give his life to save

The crucible is a 1952 play written by the famous Arthur miller. It is a story on which some young Girls fake witchcraft. Two interesting characters in this book are Mary warren and Elizabeth Proctor. Mary actually lives in the home of the Proctor family. Mary Warren is a servant of John Proctor and is a part of the Salem tragedy. Elizabeth is the wife of John Proctor who gets accused of being a witch and is also worried about Abigail Williams, who had an affair with Elizabeth’s husband John Proctor. While different in their own ways Elizabeth is full of the truth and is very curious and Mary is afraid and very hard headed.

"God is dead" a word that ended the conspiracy which two characters in the play The Crucible, are involved in this word. They are Abigail Williams and Elizabeth proctor and now I will compare this two characters in their personality traits. In every play there is the good characters and the evil characters, and this for sure represented in Abigail and Elizabeth. Abigail is the one that represents evil and Elizabeth vice versa, she is the one that represents kindness and goodness in the play.

Their differences would also become evident when Abigail William goes on her path of vengeance. This trait becomes evident as Abigail Williams does whatever it takes to get her name cleared, including lie or commit murder. She then accuses Elizabeth of being a witch in an attempt to take her bed from her. Elizabeth, however, becomes the light of reason and sanity as she refuses to judge her husband, even to save his life. She knows that her husband is a good person and refuses to take that away from him. This was a very different view as compared to Abigail. Abigail held on to the notion that John Proctor would choose to run away and be with her instead. Wherein Abigail Williams had a somewhat weak background and character, which fed off of the fears of others, Elizabeth Proctor has a relatively strong character. Elizabeth refused to surrender her beliefs in the face of hardships, whereas Abigail would abandon her beliefs in order to save herself. Although Elizabeth spoke on the side of truth, Abigail would be the one that is believed because of her ability to change her belief to feed off of the fears of the community, a very powerful tool in puritan Salem.

Abigail Williams and Elizabeth Proctor are two main and important women in the Crucible. They are opposite of each other based on their acts we can notice that Elizabeth is a better women, which makes their characters important and vital to the story. Elizabeth Proctor character seems to be the only good thing left in John Proctors life. Elizabeth is an honest woman who would never lie or hides something to John, although John has lied to her. While she is suspicious at times with Abigail, she will never stop loving him.

Purist Salem, Massachusetts in 1692 suffered from a rapidly increasing phenomenon: witchcraft accusations and trials. The Crucible is a play that recounts the times of this incident. For the most part, it follows a man known as John Proctor. He is a sensible, honest, and hardworking man who made the mistake of succumbing to lust which sets off a chain of events that leads to the witch trials, and to his own demise. Arthur Miller’s The Crucible’s protagonist John Proctor proves to be a flawed human being who struggles to make sense of his past relationship with Abigail, his love for his wife, and his pride.

''The Crucible,'' is a 1952 play written by Arthur Miller as an allegory of Mcarthyism. The play follows a theocratic society in which the church and the state are one, and reputation plays an important role in Salem where private and public moralities are the same. In act one, the secret affair of John Proctor and Abigail Williams was revealed that led to conflict between John and his wife. Divorce was not permitted in the late 16th century, hence, the Proctors had to maintain their marriage causing discord within the Proctor household. At the start of Act 2, Miller creates a tense atmosphere of animosity portrayed by John and Elizabeth Proctor in their lack of affection, awkwardness, appraisal and guilt leading to affliction.

While Elizabeth has almost always put others before herself, Abigail will do anything to keep herself safe. Abigail is willing to go to extremes, even accusing an innocent person of witchcraft and putting their life at stake, to appear irreproachable. When Abigail informs the other girls involved with the dancing incident the lie she expects them all to tell, she even threatens them to make sure they follow through with the made-up tale. This is shown when she says, “Let either of you breathe a word, or the edge of a word, about the other things, and I will come to you in the black of some terrible night and I will bring a pointy reckoning that will shudder you” (Act One). Abigail is so selfish and manipulative that she blackmails the girls to get exactly what she wants. Abigail has continually shown that she will do whatever it takes to stay out of trouble, even murder. Because of her actions, all of the girls involved will continue to lie and falsely accuse, affecting other characters in the play. On the other hand, Elizabeth is completely selfless. Although Elizabeth is a firm believer in puritan ways, the only time she goes against one of the commandments is in the favor of her husband, John Proctor. Elizabeth has always known of John’s infidelity, yet when questioned, Elizabeth lies in favor of John. Although John had already confessed to adultery in front of the court, Elizabeth

Arthur Miller creates many unforgettable characters in his play, The Crucible, to depict the historical events of the Salem witch trials. Although there are many other influential characters in the town of Salem that cause major events to happen during the trials and are eventually subject to their consequences, two women were most prominent. As a young, manipulative, vengeful, jealous, and selfish liar, Abigail Williams feels that she has superiority over everyone and uses this mindset to accomplish her malicious intentions. Elizabeth Proctor portrays a virtuous, selfless, and forgiving housewife who can often be cold towards people but still has the courage to face the people after finding out about her husband, John Proctor’s, sin of committing adultery. Despite the numerous hardships they overcome throughout the play, both women continue to prove their determination towards achieving their respective goals. In The Crucible, Arthur Miller shows the true dedication of Abigail Williams and Elizabeth Proctor through their love for John Proctor, realization of their role in the witch trials, and their influence on their surroundings.

Although Abigail’s relationship with Elizabeth is not much of a relationship considering Abigail’s goal is to eventually kill her. Abigail’s motivation for this act is to be with her ex-lover, John Proctor. Abigail will ultimately do anything to rid of Elizabeth Proctor, leading to the accusations of witchery. In spite of pure hatred, Abigail accuses Elizabeth Proctor to be undoubtedly crazy. “She is blackening my name in the village! She is telling lies about me! She is a cold, sniveling woman, and you bend to her! Let her turn you like a-.” Thus proving that Abigail’s motivation to behave the way she does within each character relationship, is unique in its own

The Crucible by Arthur Miller is a play about Salem’s witch-hunting history, and was written to highlight the rash accusations of Communism following the Second World War. In the play, a teenager named Abigail Williams holds the power to either prove or disprove witchcraft, and she and her friends become court officials in the resulting trials. In the play, Marry Warren, the Proctors’ servant, outwardly conforms to Abigail’s decisions but inwardly questions her actions. This tension contributes to the meaning of the work by highlighting how easy it is for an idea to snowball while many people still inwardly oppose it.

Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible captures the ideals instituted during the trials. In Salem MA. Abigail the niece of a minister, Reverend Parris, accuses several local women of witchcraft. In an attempt to save his wife, Elizabeth, John Proctor soon tells the court that he had an affair with Abigail and that the only reason she’s crying witch is so she can marry John after Elizabeth is hung. One of the girls had been helping John soon turns against him. John is soon accused of being with the devil and is arrested. Abigail tries to break him out of jail and get him to run away with him but he refuses. Abigail runs away and takes all of her uncle’s money. Elizabeth is called to try to convince John to confess to witchcraft, he, like his wife,