Witches In The Crucible By Arthur Miller

Some see life as a “ road filled with ups and downs,” and often, literary works portray characters who go through dilemmas. In Arthur Miller’s The Crucible (1953), The people from the town are split between three social groups: the Establishment; a group of characters in the play that want witches to be a real thing and actually want the witch trials to go on, the separatists; whom don’t want the witch trials to happen at all, and the girls, whom are accusing other people of being witches. In the play, Abigail and a group of girls, one of which was Mrs. Proctor’s daughter, whom she sent to bring back one of her 7 dead babies, goes out into the woods to “dance” and they were caught by the town’s preacher, Reverend Parris, then Betty fainted

Abigail had an affair with John Proctor and that got Abigail fired from her job working for them. John and Elizabeth Proctor talk about the town's continuing witchcraft trials. Despite Elizabeth's pleadings, her husband won't call Abigail a liar. Elizabeth has been charged with witchcraft, according to Mary Warren, their servant and a member of Abigail's inner circle, who has just returned from Salem. Giles Corey and Francis Nurse deliver the breaking news of their wives' arrests to the Proctor household. Elizabeth is taken into custody by court officials, and Proctor browbeats Mary into going to Salem to expose the girls as frauds. The following day, Proctor takes Mary to court and informs the judge that she will give testimony proving that the girls are lying. Danforth informs Proctor that Elizabeth is pregnant and will be protected for a while because he is skeptical of Proctor's motivations. The girls are lying, Mary informs the court. In nearby towns, the witch trials have sparked turmoil, and Danforth is losing confidence in the court. Hale encourages Elizabeth to convince John to confess in order to spare their life, and John

The dilemmas that are in the play that are concerned with John both play hand in hand, meaning that one dilemma causes the next dilemma. The first dilemma was that he had an affair with Abigail, now this was definitely all his fault but it is still considered a dilemma because of what happens next. “John-I am waitin’ for you every night. Abby, you’ll put it out of mind. I’ll not be comin’ for you more,” (Miller 22). By Abby saying these few words is what changed John’s situation to a real dilemma. What she is saying is that she is in Love with John and that she waits on him every night, in hopes that he’ll come to her. After having the affair, John’s wife found out about it, and she fired Abby from her services at their house. Since then Elizabeth (John’s wife) has been more distant from her husband, like she doesn’t enjoy him kissing her anymore. “He (John) gets up, goes to her (Elizabeth), kisses her. She receives it. With a certain disappointment, he returns to the table,” (Miller 50). John is still very much in love with his wife and he wants them to be ok. That's why he was disappointed when Elizabeth took the kiss but with a sort of resentment. So, not only does John have to deal with a teenager being in love with him but he also has to deal with his wife drifting away from him. During the play John went through a lot. At first it was just a small affair with a teen but