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This shows Proctors tenacious ability to try and receive forgiveness from his wife. I cannot speak but I am doubted, every moment judged for lies… ” (Miller 52). He is tired of his wife’s suspicion and truthfully tells her “I have not moved from there without I think to please you, and still everlasting funeral marches around your heart. John makes several attempts to try and convince his wife to forgive him. Elizabeth does not trust John because she has suspicion of him and Abigail having an affair.Elizabeth is frustrated with this and kicks Abigail out of their house. John is a married man yet he still decides to have an affair with Abigail. Abigail falls in love with John and she thinks that they are meant to be together. John Proctor has been cheating on his wife with Abigail.

From the beginning of the play, John Proctor is portrayed as a liar. In the Crucible, John Proctor has changed throughout the play by becoming honest, listening to his conscience, and having pride in himself. John Proctor tries to stay out of these bad situations.But in the end, he uses all of his power in attempt to fix and prove that the girls are lying. To avoid punishment the girls start to accuse other people of witchcraft. Dancing is forbidden in the town and is a sign of witchcraft. Abigail is a young girl and she is seen dancing with other girls in the forest. But it ended up causing to much chaos in the town. The Salem witchcraft trials were suppose to help get rid of all the evil people. They wanted to eliminate anyone associated with the devil. The Puritans were very religious and big believers of God. “The Crucible,” by Arthur Miller, illustrates the witchcraft trials.