Samuel Parris, whose daughter, Betty, lies The Crucible begins in the house of Reverend.In the end Mary Warren still stands firm that she cannot tell and John throws her to the floor and angrily leaves the room. At this point, John is so angry and distraught that he violently attacks Mary Warren and chokes her hopping to make her agree to tell the truth. “She’ll kill me for sayin’ that! Proctor continues toward her.
She also claims that she cannot tell the court this out of fear of what Abigail will do to her. Once, alone Mary Warren explains to John that Abigail wants his wife dead in revenge which is why she accused her.
Mary Warren enters and tells everyone in the house that she sewed the doll that day in court and that it was her needle not Elizabeth’s however Elizabeth is still taken to jail. When Cheever finds the doll in the Proctor house, he also discovers there is a needle in it exactly where Abigail was stabbed. Abigail claims that Elizabeth used witchcraft to stab her through a doll she sewed. Eventually, Goody Proctor is taken, everyone else leaves the house, and John is left with his children and Mary Warren.Ĭonsequently, after Abigail yet again lies, Goody Proctor is arrested on suspicious of witchcraft. He then refuses to let them take him wife, at one point even pushing Cheever’s arm. He becomes instantly indignant and rips the arrest warrant, defying the court. Finally, his temper comes to a head when Cheever enters and announces that he has an arrest warrant for his wife.
“How may such a woman murder children?”- John Proctor angry with disbelief. His temper is further provoked as Giles Corey and Francis Nurse enter and tell him Rebecca Nurse was arrested for using witchcraft to murder Goody Putnam’s children. After Reverend Hale questions John and Elizabeth on whether or not he believes witches are real Elizabeth begins to get defensive, as does Hale and John is unable to control the situation. Certainty, however, anger is impossible to hide forever.įurthermore, John Proctor’s temper continues to be tested when Reverend Hale stops by his house to talk to him and Elizabeth. Throughout this conversation, Miller notes how Proctor’s anger and frustration is rising despite his attempts to conceal these emotions. Shortly after, John proctor is again frustrated as his wife questions him about Abigail and tries to get him to speak out against her. In this scene Miller describes him as trying not to harshly condemn his wife for allowing Mary Warren to leave. “It is a fault, it is a fault, Elizabeth – you’re the mistress here, not Mary Warren.” – John Proctor. At the very beginning of the Act Proctor becomes frustrated when his wife, Elizabeth, tells him that their house servant has gone into Salem, against their wishes. To begin with in Act II of The Crucible, John Proctor’s attitude is seemingly irritable and slightly frustrated.
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