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(5 pp) Is it some tragic theme, of humanity, that
needs to keep repeating itself--married man has an
affair with young girl, destruction follows? Or
does literature just reflect the consistent
foibles, or "the potholes" in the human road?
Arthur Miller makes the bad guys the heroes in his
1953 play the Crucible. We will look at this
reversal of morality in the characters of John
Proctor and Rebecca Nurse in this discussion.
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in the human road? Arthur Miller makes the bad guys the heroes in his 1953 play the Crucible. We will look at this reversal of morality in the
characters of John Proctor and Rebecca Nurse in this discussion. John Proctor Elizabeth, Johns wife forgives John for his indiscretion, but still all is not well in this particular house
in Salem. John says to Elizabeth, "I see now your spirit twists around the single error of my life, and I will never tear it free!" (62). Elizabeth responds by
saying, "Youll tear it free--when you come to know that I will be your only wife, or no wife at all! (Abigail) has an arrow in you yet, John
Proctor, and you know it well!" (62). And there are definitely more slings and arrows to follow. For Elizabeth has dismissed Abigail; today we would say has "sent
her packing." This deprives Abigail of a place to live, employment and John, needless to say the girl is ticked off, and in her emotional hysteria accuses Elizabeth of
witchcraft. The citizens of the town do not know or guess these could be the comments of an immature person who is determined to get back at who she
perceives as her "rival." Rather they listen to the girl, and in the case of all good villains she switches the blame, "She is blackening my name in
the village! She is telling lies about me! She is a cold, sniveling woman" (23-24). What is Elizabeth to do? There has been a lot of emotional
turmoil in a short amount of time. John tries to help -he is trying to be a "goodman." He makes the effort to convince the court of his
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