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John Proctor's Loyalty In The Crucible

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In The Crucible by Arthur Miller, there were many moments where all the characters lacked commitment and loyalty. There were little girls accusing women of witchcraft just because they didn’t like them. The girls were practically murdering the poor women themselves, all to get rid of someone and save themselves. No one was loyal to their own spouses, or was committed to a job without panicking or getting jealous at someone. The characters had no morals, and disregarded them. John Proctor was very unfaithful in his marriage, Mary Warren was awfully committed to Abigail Williams, but lacked commitment to Proctor. The character that had zero loyalty or respect to his spouse was John Proctor. Proctor was an unfaithful, deceiving man. Proctor had …show more content…

The Proctor family practically gave her a home to stay at while she worked there. Mary worked for them, but still couldn’t believe in the decisions they’d made so Elizabeth could get out of the accusation and have herself saved. Before Elizabeth was accused Mary gave her a poppet that took her “hours” to make. Mary handed it to her as a gift, poor Elizabeth not knowing she’d be accused of witchcraft. The moment Elizabeth was accused, John immediately sought Mary for help since she was the one that gave Elizabeth the poppet. Mary kept saying that she was unsure of it, until Proctor demanded she go to court with him and tell them how the poppet came to their home and who stuck the needle in the doll. At court Mary stated that she and Abigail were sitting next to each other while the doll made and how Abigail and the girls’ accusations were phony. When Abigail was questioned about it, she said it was merely a lie and then she and the girls moments later started acting up and acting as if witchcraft were occurring. Once the girls were screaming about a “cold wind,” a “shadow,” and a “bird” that was Mary, she broke, Mary told Abigail she was sorry and that Proctor made her confess to the “lies” and saying, “You’re the Devil’s man!” (Crucible, Act 3, Line 469). While also saying that Proctor came at her during the night with a book to sign herself to the devil. Mary didn’t want to be thrown into jail because of Abigail so she rather Proctor deal with Elizabeth being there, and have himself thrown in jail while she saved herself from the

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