The Crucible reveals that people's private emotions and desires often have consequences
             far beyond their own lives. Three characters that share that quality and who contributed greatly
             to the outbreak of hysteria in Salem are John Proctor, Abigail Williams, and Elizabeth Proctor.
             All these characters, in one way or another brought eminence suspicion and/or emotional relief
             Proctor had to deal with both sides of Salem's controversy. In most eyes Proctor was a
             good man, but some of the things he'd done and said leave a few with different opinions. Proctor
             grew emotionally and as a character in whole. He started off as an outspoken man who didn't
             attend church for personal reasons not accepted by many others. Proctor hesitates to expose
             Abigail's true "identity", because he worries that their past relationship would be discovered and
             his name ruined.He had committed adultery, which in colonial times (and according to one of the
             Commandments) was a horrid thing to do. Thomas Putman accuses Proctor of never going to
             church, but Proctor claimed that was beaus his sermons were more of the devil than God. Also,
             because his skepticism of witchcraft, Proctor was torn between the truth and falsehood. He chose
             to testify against Abigail despite the fact that he felt bad, and that he might still have feelings for
             her, but in the end he felt that it wasn't worth it. Proctor has to make another major decision. He
             had to choose between signing a false confession which could ruin the fate of his community, or
             sacrificing his life to save his friends. By choosing not to sign the confession, Proctor was
             executed, but his strength, courage, and his infatuation with the good of the community, gave
             Abigail Williams is another character who contributed to the main plot of the play. Her
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