In reading The Crucible, i quite enjoyed the drama Arthur Miller layed out for the reader. It was very interesting in how Proctor became exactly what he sought out in other people, a hypocrite. He would be the first to point out when someone has committed a wrong and acts as if nothing has happened, correcting other who have also done wrong. Yet this whole time, Proctor was married to Elizabeth and still had a fling with Abigail.
Then, Abigail and a few of her friends were seen in the woods dancing around a fire, and accused of witch-craft. To defend herself and her friends, Abigail begins to point the finger at other people within the village who were said to have controlled her during that time of which she was seen. Being afraid of persecution and accusations of which had been brought to the villagers, it was easy for Abigail to manipulate and control the minds of the citizens within the village.So feeling jealous of Elizabeth for having Proctor, Abigail accuses her and she is sentenced to hang.
After many arguments and disputes, Elizabeth's hanging is postponed till she gives birth, for she is pregnant, and now proctor is said to hang for witchery as well unless he confess his sin. He does in the end confess and is pushed to sign a paper agreeing to his sin. Although he signs this paper, when presented in front of the villagers, refused to say his name, for thats all that was true to him, and for that, he hung.
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