Crucible Essay

The Crucible is about a society composed of heavily religious Puritans. It is based in Massachusetts around the time of the early 1950’s. During this time, a farmer named John Proctor commits a crime of adultery with a former slave that went by the name of Abigail Williams. His wife, Elizabeth, finds out about the affair and relieved Abigail from her duties. Although Proctor did cheat on his wife Elizabeth, he was depicted as an …

…like he wasn’t the honest person everyone thought he was but he knew he had to do it for his and Elizabeth’s sake. Although Proctor is executed, he went down knowing that he did what was right. Abigail loses her fight for Proctor and is sent away. Abigail was from then on known to the public as a woman that would have never lost her struggle if it weren’t for her mistakes.