The Crucible5

The play, The Crucible, is one with a vast amount of strength, and intelligence. The play is one in which a small suburban town in Massachusetts is overtaken by the devil, and witchcraft. It accurately retells the historic happenings of what the town of Salem, Massachusetts, went through during the spring of 1692. In this play, many if not all, of the characters make some sort of sacrifice cracter that sacrifices many "more substantial" things to him, which dramatically changes the course of the play, is John Proctor. In the play, John Proctor sacrificed: his word to Abigail to never tell anyone about their secret affair, his family, and he sacrificed his life to keep his name good in the town. John Proctor sacrificed many very meaningful things, which were ever so dear to him.

In the play, The Crucible, John Proctor sacrificed his word to Abigail, to never tell anyone about their affair. While being married to a beautiful wife, Elizabeth, and having children, John Proctor goes and cheats on Elizabeth by having a secret affair with Abigail. John and Abigail had always kept this little secret to themselves and had not told a soul about it. However, when Abigail charges Elizabeth with witchcraft, in order to

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Miller, Arthur. In short, saying that Arthur Miller, a one of a kind author, can only make a one of a kind play The Crucible possible. John Proctor sacrificed many very meaningful things, which were ever so dear to him. In this disposition, he has to confess that he saw the devil and he was overtaken by witchcraft. One of the elements of the plot that make the play so interesting and suspenseful is the many sacrifices that he characters make throughout the play. The author of the The Crucible, Arthur Miller, altered the real-life happenings somewhat to better fit his standards, but the play is still as dramatic and powerful as if he had never changed it at all. To prove that John Proctor confessed in words, signed the disposition, but would not let them keep it, "No, no. get closer to John so she can have him, John explains to Abigail that she must drop the charges on Elizabeth, or he will tell the whole town about their affair and it will destroy her well-known, "clean," name.

John Proctor sacrificed his family. These sacrifices and many other circumstances are what mad the play what it was. To prove this point, John warns Abigail, "I will prove you for the fraud you are!" (152) John also explains to her, to further her understanding, "…I say I will! If you can still hear, hear this! Can you hear! You will tell the court you are blind to spirits; you cannot see them anymore, and you will never cry witchery again, or I will make you famous for the whore you are!" (152) Also once the court found out that Elizabeth was pregnant with John's baby, they let her go anyway for one year, but they would recapture her again after that one-year was up. As a result of his name meaning more to him than his life, John Proctor chose to not sign the disposition, and be hung. On the other hand, if he did not sign the disposition, he would die, but his name would remain "white" and everyone in the town would view him as they always had and it would remain hat way forever.

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