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The Crucible; relationship between John Procter and Abigail

Uploaded by kelizabeth on Sep 04, 2008

A wife, a husband and a young servant with a dirty little secret with someone you wouldn’t expect; a secret love affair with the husband- John Procter- all behind the wife's- Elizabeth Procter- back. John Procter and Abigail Williams have been hiding their complex, secretive and dangerous relationship from the whole town since Abigail worked as a servant in the Procter household.
John Procter and Abigail Williams relationship is extremely complex first and foremost. The relationship between these two dynamic characters goes much farther than just two people having a simple affair, partially because affairs are never simple. Another reason being that john Procter has a wife- Elizabeth Procter- and Abigail Williams is only an adolescent. Their affair all started when Abigail was working at the Procter household as a servant. John proctors lust for Abigail became too much and so they began their sordid affair. Somehow, Procter’s wife found out about their affair and she fired Abigail Williams. Now, Abigail Williams and john Procter meet again in the bedroom of Betty Parris where she lay in a coma like state since she was found dancing with other girls her age and Tituba, a black servant. Now, Procter is trying to let go of the relationship to save himself, but Abigail refuses to let it go, demanding that he still has feelings for her and he still sill com. Later, Abigail says, “I have a sense for heat, john, and yours has drawn me to my window, and I have seen you looking up, burning in your loneliness. Do you tell me you’ve never looked up at my window?” (Miller 21)!” And thus, he has looked up, which makes him quite unable to defend himself making the situation only more difficult. Procter says at one point, “Abby by I may think of you softly from time to time. But I will cut off my hand before I’ll ever reach for you again. Wipe it out of mind. We never touched Abby” (Miller 22) causing Abigail to later exclaim, “I look for John Proctor that took me from my sleep and put knowledge in my heart! I never knew what pretense Salem was, I never knew the lying lessons I was taught by all these Christian women and their covenanted men! And now you bid me tear the light out of my eyes? I will not, I cannot! You loved me,...

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Date:   09/04/2008

Category:   Literature

Length:   4 pages (857 words)

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