How Does John Proctor Use Revenge In The Crucible

Witchcraft and revenge how do these affect the people of Salem? In The Crucible, Abigail goes on a rampage of false accusations of witchcraft with her friends after they are caught dancing in the woods. It is shown throughout the story how the accusations and hysteria spread throughout the town turning neighbors on each other for greed and gains. Abigail then accuses John Proctor of witchcraft after he tries to expose her for the liar she is, when she also accuses his wife. From this, you can see how Aurthor Miller uses John Proctor's traits of logic, hard workmanship, and selflessness to show how the hysteria changed people and affected those who had nothing to be accused of. Miller portrays John Proctor as initially selfish, but he becomes selfless by the end of the play. It’s shown throughout how as the trial goes on it changes John as a person, in the following after John has been accused and imprisoned they try to convince

John Proctor, being a hardworking man who supports his family, makes him an easy target since he's too busy for church, this supports that the hysteria affects people who should never have been accused. For example, after John returns home late at night he tells Elizabeth, “...I labor the earth from dawn of day to blink of night”, he is saying that all day he has been working (Miller 65). This shows that it wouldn't make sense for such a hard-working man who barely has time for his family to have time to practice witchcraft. Another example of John being hardworking is when he tells Elizabeth what he's been up too early in the morning, “I were planing far out to the forest edge” (Miller 49), this shows how far out in the woods John has to farm his land just to feed his family. This is why it’s hard for him to make time for any other activities which adds to the fact he’s an easy target which ultimately led to his