(He significantly forgot adultery. Hale asks Elizabeth if she believes in witches. What is her reply?
If she is accused of being a witch, she cannot believe in witches.
Why was Elizabeth accused of witchcraft?
Why is Elizabeth Proctor accused of witchcraft? Elizabeth Proctor is accused of witchcraft by Abigail Williams
because Abigail wants to marry Elizabeth’s husband, John, with whom she had an affair while serving in the Proctor household
.
Why does Elizabeth not believe in witches?
She says that she doesn’t believe in witches
because she cannot lie
. When Hale asks her, directly, she knows that the good, Christian thing to do is to tell the truth. … Elizabeth says that if she herself stands accused, then witches must not really exist. For if they did, no one could accuse her.
Why does Elizabeth not convince John to confess to witchcraft?
Elizabeth does not beg John to confess
because of what she refers to as “his goodness”
. She sees that he refuses to be a hypocrite and a liar. He has denounced the witch trials as a farce and for him to now sign his name to a false declaration of guilt would be hypocritical.
What evidence is there for Elizabeth’s guilt?
The evidence that Ezekiel Cheever uses to justify the arrest of Elizabeth Proctor is the doll that he finds at her house. Scene 2 confirms their fears.
Cheever finds a needle in the doll
, which he takes as proof of Elizabeth’s guilt.
Why does Mary give Elizabeth the poppet?
Mary tells Elizabeth that she has made the doll in court as something to do that kept her busy. However, Abigail Williams may have instructed Mary Warren to give the poppet to Elizabeth
so that she could accuse Elizabeth of witchcraft.
Who gave a poppet to Elizabeth?
In Act II ofThe Crucible,
Mary Warren
returns from court and brings Elizabeth Proctor a poppet (or doll). Mary Warren, when she presents the gift to Elizabeth, tells us that she made it in order to make peace with Elizabeth.
Is Elizabeth Proctor a hero or villain?
Elizabeth Proctor is a moral, Christian woman who is one of the main characters of the play. There are two key characters in the story who affect Elizabeth Proctor’s character:
the antagonist, Abigail Williams
, who is Elizabeth’s maid and who is having an affair with her husband, the protagonist, John Proctor.
Why did Elizabeth go to jail?
The people of England didn’t like Queen Mary. Queen Mary became worried that Elizabeth would try and take over her throne. She had Elizabeth put in
prison for being a Protestant
. Elizabeth actually spent two months in a jail cell at the Tower of London.
Why does Elizabeth want John confess?
Elizabeth originally wants John to
go to Salem so he can tell the court that he knows the girls are lying
. Then, when she finds out she was accused in court, she wants him to go to Salem to speak directly with Abigail.
Who is mostly to blame for the situation at the end of Act 3?
Yes,
Abigail
is largely to blame here, but again, other characters contributed to the witchcraft hysteria of Salem. Reverends Hale and Parris (at least in the first part of the play) feed the fires of the witchcraft rumors, as do the Putnams, who are bitter because of their seven dead babies.
What happens if you confess to witchcraft in The Crucible?
Historically, a confession was the single best way for the
court to gain a conviction and an execution for charges of witchcraft
. The irony is that none of the accused Salem witches who confessed were convicted or executed but all 19 people who refused to confess were found guilty and executed.
Why this girl is Murder She must be ripped out of the world?
“Why! The girl is murder! She must be ripped out of the world.” Elizabeth Proctor – Elizabeth
has been charged with witchcraft because a doll with a needle had been discovered in her home
.
How did Abby really get stabbed?
Abigail stabs herself with a needle
. She does this in order to cast suspicion on Elizabeth Proctor. If Elizabeth Proctor is convicted of witchcraft, then Elizabeth will be executed. John will once again be a single man, and Abigail thinks that she and John can be intimate together again.
Why is Reverend Hale going from house to house?
The Reverend John Hale has been summoned to Salem to see if there is
anything to the charges of witchcraft
, and whether or not judges from Boston are needed to hold court.
What is shown by Mary Warren giving the poppet to Elizabeth?
The poppet that Mary Warren innocently gives to
Elizabeth foreshadows Elizabeth’s arrest in Scene 4
. When Mary Warren tells them the court accused Elizabeth, Abigail’s plan becomes clear. Time is now the most important element in the play. With each arrest for witchcraft, Abigail gains credibility.
