How Does John Proctor Show Sacrifice In The Crucible

Despite Abigail pretending she’s angry at Elizabeth Proctor for tarnishing her reputation in the town. She is more envious of Elizabeth and her marriage to John Proctor. Here she resorts to paltry name-calling in order to cast suspicion in John’s mind.

This suspicion creates tension between Elizabeth and her husband. The tension between the Proctor’s is exactly what Abigail wants to occur. She thinks that this means that John will come back to her when in reality Elizabeth just hasn’t fully forgiven him. This tension all started with Abigail causing problems within the Proctor’s marriage. She may not still be with John Proctor however, the idea of her and John together lights a spark of tension and difficulty within the Proctor’s marriage.

John Proctor’s ability to overcome his tragic flaw by admitting his sin to the court without any regard for repercussion. This mistake included him committing adultery with Abigail Williams. Due to this event, external struggles between Abigail Williams and Elizabeth Proctor were created. Abigail mistakes John Proctor’s sex for true love, and wanted John to leave Elizabeth and marry her. However; John realized his mistake and told Abigail that their relationship would no longer exist. After hearing what John said, Abigail became angry and disheartened, but she is still convinced that she can be with Proctor one day. Her believing this

Abigail is enacting a revenge plot against John by ridding of his wife so she can be with him. John on the other hand looks to call Abigail out on her spoken fallacies against the people of Salem. Neither of these

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Understandably, Abigail is immature and she is susceptible to hopelessly fall in love with men who give her attention, considering that she is a sixteen-year-old girl. She expresses, “John─I am waitin’ for you every night ” (Act I). Abigail is longing for Proctor’s attention, and she desires for their affair to continue. On the other hand, Proctor recognizes that their affair cannot resume, because he does not want to cause further damage to his family. Abigail responds to Proctor’s rejection by saying, “Oh I marvel how such a strong man may let such a sickly wife be─” (Act I).

Proctor’s affair with Abigail Williams plants the seed of her vengeance, therefore he allows Abigail control the town and causes everyone to suffer. Although his affair with Abigail seems insignificant to him, he leads her on and now it is resulting in the deaths of many innocent people in Salem. In the beginning of the play, John has some interactions with Abigail. She confesses that he loves her, therefore proving that he lead her on and brought her deeper into the relationship. Abigail feels so connected with Proctor as a result of them seeing each other and says, “I look for John Proctor that look me from my sleep and put knowledge in my heart!...

Abigail becomes so focused on crushing on John Proctor it kills him and nineteen others. This occurs because of her ignorance to be mature and accept reality. Abigail loves John Proctor and she will do anything in her power to acquire him. John Proctor cheats on his wife with Abigail, consequently giving Abigail a foothold on him. She takes advantage of that, and goes mad attempting to receive his attention. “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-”(Miller 23-24). In attempt to win back John Proctor, she makes lies up about Elizabeth, Proctor’s wife. Abigail lets her anger out on the girls, supposedly her friends, in Salem. She is controlling the girls because they fear her. Abigail takes this

Abigail needs to leave the situation alone and move on with her life, yet she continues to torment John Proctor in an attempt to ruin his marriage. Abigail wrongly accused numerous people throughout the book of witchcraft. One of her accusations is to a wife and mother of two, Elizabeth Proctor. Abigail wanted this innocent woman dead, due to the affair she had with her husband, John Proctor. She wants John Proctor all to herself, and in order for this to happen, she believes that Elizabeth needs to die.

(Miller 146). Abigail is a changed woman at the idea of being with John, that she is blinded by what is right and wrong in Salem. She unintentionally put the man she loved to hang because of her own greed and

Abigail Williams abuses her power to seek vengeance on Elizabeth Proctor because of her sexual attraction to John Proctor. Abigail wants Elizabeth dead, she is trying to lure John into believing that his wife is a bad person so she can try to ruin their relationship. Abigail is speaking

John Proctor struggles against his lethal attraction to Abigail, fighting with his own moral qualities. When Proctor and Abigail are alone in Betty’s room in Act 1, he reveals that he is still attracted to her rebellious nature when he smiles at her mischief. “Ah, you’re wicked yet, aren’t y’!” (Miller 23). However, as she advances towards him temptingly, thinking he still feels the same as her, he remembers himself and tries to back track, feeling sympathy for her, but knowing it is the right thing to do. “Child-”… “But I will cut off my hand before I reach for you again” (Miller 23). Proctor’s desire for Abigail centered on the fact that she was so willing to disregard the Puritan

However Abigail takes pride in her hysteria. This highlights the fact that the age difference between these 2 women is phenomenal. “He have his goodness now. God forbid I take it from him!” Elizabeth is much more composed than Abigail, even though she is losing her husband she is happy for him, as she believes he is now at peace. Throughout the play John struggles with his feelings that he was not a good man. Hale tried his best to save John from being hanged to death but Elizabeth believes that he is finally going to be cleansed of his sins, as he has finally come out the dark about his affair. She loves him so much that she is willing to let him go. She feels that he is doing the right thing. She takes the name of God to justify herself.

Abigail is a highly jealous character, concentrating her jealousy on Elizabeth Proctor. This jealousy is driven by lust and her desire for John Proctor. Abigail served as a servant in the Proctor household and after an affair with her husband John, Elizabeth fired her. She still resents Elizabeth for this as she is still in love with John. She clearly says to John, "You loved me, John Proctor, and whatever sin it is, you love me yet!" Abigail is still in love with John and she assumes the converse. Her love for John only causes her resentment for Elizabeth to strengthen. She hates John Proctor's wife and in her conniving ways she attempts to inspire the same views of Elizabeth in John's mind. Saying things to him such as, "She is blackening my name in the village! She is telling lies about me, She is a cold, sniveling woman." Abigail fabricates stories in attempt to steel John from Elizabeth. She is a manipulative liar that does and says as she pleases in order to get what she wants.

John Proctor has a dark secret, He possesses a major flaw he has had an affair with Abigail Williams, and eventually he realizes what he has done to Elizabeth, He has committed adultery against his wife. Due to the fact that Proctor has committed adultery against Elizabeth, he becomes a tragic hero, and Abigail Williams shows that when she says “I know how you clutched my back behind your house and sweated like a stallion whenever I come near” (Act I, lines 423-425). John broke his marriage vows, but even though he regrets he has become a tragic hero. It’s too late to regret he has sinned, he has ruined his marriage with Elizabeth and now she is not pleased with him. Due to the fact that he has cheated on Elizabeth, his outlook in life is negative, when He tells her “I have not moved from there to there without I think to please you” (Act II, lines 159-161). The affair also caused Elizabeth to distrust John, who for seven months was trying to get into her good graces and is tired of her suspicion. Because of John's inability to control his desire and resist temptation, his life is being turned upside down by the jealousy and need for revenge of Abigail, marking the beginning of his downfall and path to becoming a tragic hero. As a result, the need for revenge of Abigail marks the beginning of John downfall.