During the 1690's there was a period of time in the village of Salem know as the Salem Witch Trials. This was where people of the village were getting accused of witch craft and being taken captive till either confessing or they were killed. Was all this true? John Procter was a man during this that lived in Salem, he was once who loved Abigail Williams, while he already had a wife. Was he a good man for this or not? John Procter goes through many obstacles and challenges throughout the time of the Salem Witch Trials and tries to make it through them and keep his wife alive. A measure of a good person I think is not by how they look, Intelligence, or success in life. All three of these things are not important to a measure of a good person you can't tell if a person is good by judging them off of that. To tell a good person from a bad person is how a person make out their character to be, how they present their selves and how they act, actions tell a lot about a person. A person that carries their self in a good way and has a good character could be a good person. …show more content…
Since this his wife Elizabeth Proctor has forgiving him and no one else knows about the situation because he doesn't want to ruin his good name. Soon after the Witch Trials started, Abigail accused his wife of witch craft and the people came and got Elizabeth and took her captive. John Proctor was not happy about it at all. He knew his wife was innocent so he went down to the church and told them she was and that she wouldn't lie. In this he said that he had an affair with his servant and so the judge said I'll ask her if you did, if she says yes she's free if she says no she a witch. They brought her in and asked and she said no after that they took her back and John went after her, furious and then said the Devil was with