Meaning Of “crucible“ In The Crusible

The first crucible to take place is concerning John Proctor, the protagonist of the play. John has brought Mary Warren, his servant, to the court to admit that all the accusations of witchcraft have been pretense. John is accused of trying to overthrow the court but he says his only interest is in freeing his wife. Danforth then tells him that Elizabeth, his wife, is pregnant and she will now have another year. Proctor is asked to drop the charge, since his only purpose was to save Elizabeth and not to oppose the court. At this point John must make a cruci

The play ends with another crucible John Proctor must overcome. He has been accused of witchcraft and it is the morning he is fated to hang. Hale is trying to get him to confess because he knows that everyone is innocent and feels guilty for his help in arresting the accused earlier. Elizabeth is called in by Danforth to persuade Proctor to confess. She does not want to see her husband die, however Elizabeth knows that if he confesses, it is to a crime he has not committed. Proctor must choose to hang as a saint, even though he knows he is not because of his lechery, or to confess to something he did not do. It is a matter of life or death and both answers seem wrong. He chooses life and confesses despites his wife’s dismay for lying. When Danforth asks him to sign his testimony so he can hang it on the church doors, Procter refuses, “Because it is my name! Because I cannot have another in my life! Because I lie and sign myself to lies! Because I am not worth the dust on the feet of them that hang! How may I live without my name? I have given my soul; leave me my name!” (1118). And with his outrage he takes the paper and crumples it. This means that he will now hang. “You have made your magic now, for now I do think I see some shred of goodness in John Procter,” (1118) says John with eyes full of tears. He has conquered his final crucible.

John Proctor has yet another crucible to overcome. Before the witchcraft trials began, he and Abigail Williams, the niece of Reverend Parris, had an affair. No one knows

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