Motivation of "The Crucible" by Arthur Miller: Characters

"John Proctor: I'll tell you what's walking Salem-- vengeance is walking Salem. We are what we always were in Salem, but now the little crazy children are jangling the keys of the kingdom, and common vengeance writes the law! This warrant's vengeance! I'll not give my wife to vengeance! (Miller, 379)". This quote by John Proctor was spoken in response to one of the many motives in the Salem witch trails in The Crucible. The witch …

…'Crucible.'" The Washington Post [Washington D.C.] 11 Mar. 2004, Sec: A3 Miller, Arthur. "The Crucible." The American Experience. Ed. Kate Kinsella. Upper Saddle <Tab/>River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2005. 336. Moss, Leonard. "A 'Social Play'" Twenthieth Century Interpretations of The Crucible. Ed. John H. Ferres. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1972. Preliminary WIP Documentation <http://eprentice.sdsu.edu/F034/jgonzales/PreWIP.html> <Tab/>31st March 2006