The Crucible Rough Draft Have you ever felt guilt? Guilt can control a lot of people. Guilt did control some of the characters in the Crucible. John Proctor had a lot of guilt thought out the Crucible for having an affair with Abigail and hurting his wife Elizabeth because of having the affair with Abigail. The first thing throughout the book was on page thirteen. Abigail says, “John-I am waitin’ for you every night. Proctor says, Abby you’ll put it out of mind. I’ll not be comin’ for you more.” later on Proctor says, “Abby, I may think of you softly from time to time. But I will cut off my hand before I’ll ever reach for you again. Wipe it out of mind- we never touched, Abby. Abigail says, “Aye, but we did.” This is when they are in …show more content…
Proctor was telling Abigail that he is never going to do a sin of committing adultery again like he did. On page fifty you see that Proctor feels a lot of guilt and is starting to feel worse. You can tell he is feeling bad on how he wasn’t loyal to his wife. Abigail says, “Him! Oh, John, I will make you such a wife when the world is white again! (she kisses his hand.) You will be amazed to see me every day, a light of heaven in your house, a- (He rises, backs away, amazed.) Why are you cold? Proctor says, “My wife goes to trial in the morning, Abigail.” Abigail says, “Your wife?” Proctor says, “Surely you knew of it.” This is saying that she still has feelings for him. She says she will be a great wife to him, and that they will get married, but you can tell he doesn’t want her. Abigail just says she will treat Mr. Proctor better than Elizabeth treats him. He doesn’t want to hear that. This is all taking place in the woods. This is the time Proctor just wants Abigail to just tell the truth and not lie about it anymore. People always lie and don't tell the truth because they know people will think different about them. You see this happening in our world today. In conclusion, John Proctor had a lot of guilt thought out the Crucible for having an affair with Abigail and hurting his wife Elizabeth because of the affair with Abigail. There is a lot of people that put guilt on themselves and on others. Guilty controls a lot of people’s actions in the Crucible of example John Proctor had a lot of guilt for admitting