Elizabeth Proctor In The Crucible '

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“Let you look for the goodness in me, and judge me not.” John Proctor and his wife Elizabeth Proctor both endure a crucible or severe moral test. Elizabeth is put to the test various times during the play including when she was asked if her husband is a adulterer. John Proctor makes the descion to admit he had relations with Abigail williams. In the play John Proctor makes the descision to tell the court that he had relations with Abigail Williams. This results in Elizabeth having to answer a tough question. Is your husband a lecher? Even though Elizabeth truly knows the answer she chooses to say no. This crucible questions elizabeths ability to tell the truth while selling her husband out. In the end she does not do so but she lies.“Excellency,