Thursday, September 10, 2015
Reflection of The Crucible Act 2
In act 2 of The Crucible, the scene is at John Proctor and Elizabeth Proctor's home. Elizabeth is hesitant in trusting John because she knows of his affair with Abigail Williams. But she acts in a mature manner and does not fight or make a big deal out of it. John is obviously mad at himself more then Elizabeth is mad at him. She is mostly hurt and feels like his decision was selfish and it is a against one of the 10 Amendments. She feels as if she is not to judge, only God and himself are to judge his own mistakes. But further on the act, Mary comes in and John is furious because she was told not to go to Salem but she went anyways. She told them about how many women were going to die because of the witch accusations. Mary told them she told the court that Goody Osburn was a witch and because she denied it she will be hung. She also implied that she saved Elizabeth from being accused. She handed Elizabeth a poppet which is now what we call a doll. She told Elizabeth and John she made it in the court. At first I thought it was sweet of Mary to have saved Elizabeth from being accused and making her a poppet. But moments later Giles and Francis come in telling John that they're wives have been taken to jail because of the witch accusations. As they are having this conversation, Ezekiel appears and tries to take Elizabeth to jail. Claiming that she but the needle in the puppet and it stabbed Abigail. Abigail wants to get Elizabeth hung because she wants to be John Proctors wife. I think that Mary did not expect Abigail to do those things to get Elizabeth into jail and hung. Mary told everyone that was at the Proctor's house, that it was her poppet and she gave it to Elizabeth. They asked her to say it to the judge but she won't go to court. The reason she doesn't want to go is because she knows Abigail will be there and she does not want Abigail to hurt her like she said she would. Elizabeth is truly a God women because she does not let jealousy get in the way of her belief in God. She still loves John, she had to kill a rabbit for his meal and she felt bad because she killed it. She does not judge him after his adultery he has committed. Elizabeth could not possible be witch or have any witch intentions.
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