In The Crucible, a drama by Arthur Miller set in Salem, Massachusetts, in 1692, Elizabeth Proctor evolves from a judgmental wife to a woman who recognizes her own imperfections and learns forgiveness. Initially, Elizabeth is an austere wife that remains suspicious and distant from her husband unable to forget the horrors of his last affair with Abigail Williams. This eventually leads to John Proctor’s weariness of the constant tension between them and addresses her accusatory nature when he admits that “[he] cannot speak but [he] is doubted, every moment judged for lies” (2.163-64). Often in marriages strained by a past affair, the atmosphere of the relationship feels awkward and forced. In the Proctors’ situation, the affair ended 7 months prior but due to Elizabeth’s
Curley’s Wife’s loneliness is caused by her husband. Curley’s Wife is lonely because she did not follow her dream, Curley treats her as a possession, and the guys on the ranch avoid her because she is Curley’s Wife. “Coulda been in the movies, an’
Within the short story "The Painted Door" Ann shows that she experiences feelings of depression, and isolation. Ann's negative mood is apparent through the story and can be seen at any time during the story. Ann's husband is named John and through the story she says many sarcastic and condescending comments, "plenty of wood to keep me warm - what more could a women ask for" (Ross 288). It is clear that Ann is unhappy with John and not satisfied with him. She does not want John to go to his father's house to check on him because she does not want to be left alone in the house when there is a snowstorm is taking place outside.
I’ll not hang with you! I love God, I love God”(Miller 226). At this point John Proctor doesn’t know what to do anymore and shouts “I say-I say-God is dead”(Miller 226)! When John shouts this he is arrested for being a witch and sentenced to jail. John Proctor is a changing man throughout the play and can be viewed upon as being selfish as well as being a charitable person.
The Crucible: Prompt 4 In Arthur Miller’s play, The Crucible, John Proctor is a very multifaceted character. He is, as I see it, a tragic hero. He has sinned by the laws of the church that rules by a theocracy in his town, and yet also yearns until his last breath to make the decisions a good man would in order to set things right in his town. Throughout Acts I and II, John hides his past affair with Abigail Williams, a previous servant of his household. Abigail tries to get him to come back to her constantly, but John gives his love to his wife Elizabeth Proctor and shuts Abigail away.
Even though after seven months of discovering the affair, Proctor wants his wife trust and honesty but to do that he has to first confront his unfaithfulness to his wife. Elizabeth claims that Proctor still has feelings for Abigail and cannot confront her, as he should. Goody Proctor says “John, have you ever shown her somewhat of contempt? She cannot pass you in the church but you will blush-“(Miller,1945,Act 2,
Eddie’s tragic downfall is triggered by his inability to understand his ‘improper’ feelings for Catherine, his some what foster daughter, his hubris and his ignorance of the warnings given to him by both Alfieri and his wife, Beatrice. Eddie Carbone’s illicit love for Catherine is ‘ a sin against nature’ , these feeling are what drives him to his Peripeteia, which was calling the Immigration Bureau. Eddie pays for his mistake with his life, his death is an event that must occur to restore order in the community and to perhaps be a warning to the rest of the community as they learn from his mistake. Our understanding of domestic tragedy shows us that tragedy is inevitable; however in A View from the Bridge the tragic death of Eddie Carbone seems evitable. Characters such as Beatrice and Alfieri try to prevent Eddie from making his Peripeteia by giving him warnings and trying to make him understand his feelings for Catherine but Eddie, due to his ignorance and hubris, rejects these.
Reverend Parris At first the authority figures in Salem believe the accusations of witchcraft He is the local clergyman of Salem and the father of Betty, who is unconscious at the beginning of the play. He has discovered the girls dancing in the forest with Tituba. From the beginning of the play he is paranoid about having enemies. He is the most dislikable character in the play. Although an adult and a clergyman, he seems to be more worried about his own reputation than about the well-being of the children and of the townspeople.
Because I lie and sign myself to lies! Because I am not worthy the dust on the feet of them that hang…leave me my name" (Miller 143). During the trials, Proctor refused to testify against Abigail in order to prevent his name from being blackened. He cares much for his name and being a noble character it is easy to understand the struggle he is going through. John daily wages an internal, war between his conscience and pride.
The reason there is conflict between these two characters is not only because of the challenge Frank faces by eventually agreeing to tutor her, but, more importantly, because he has serious reservations about doing so. Throughout the play, Frank experiences moral difficulties with his commitment to tutoring her because he feels he is compromising her uniqueness as an individual. Rita has to spend a large part of the play trying to convince Frank that this is really what she wants. The first impression we receive of Rita is from Frank's referral to her while on the phone with his current girlfriend. He excuses his later trip to the pub by saying: “I shall need to wash away the memory of some silly woman's attempts to get into the mind of Henry James...” Thus, the first reference to Rita is indirect and biased.