What does Elizabeth think Abigail is trying to do?
What does Elizabeth think Abigail is trying to do?
Also, he believes that Abby wants to take her place as John’s wife. Why does Elizabeth think Abigail wants to kill her? Elizabeth knows of John’s affair with Abby. She believes that Abby wants to take her place as John’s wife.
Why does Elizabeth think Abigail is accusing her?
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. “She wants me dead,” says Elizabeth of Abigail, and indeed, Abigail does intend for Elizabeth to die.
What happens to Elizabeth in Act II?
They find a needle in the doll Mary gave Elizabeth that corresponds to the needle that Elizabeth’s familiar spirit supposedly used to stab Abigail. Elizabeth goes with them peacefully after realizing she can’t prove her innocence. John angrily insists that Mary must tell the court Abigail is lying.
Why does Elizabeth not trust John?
John had an affair with Abigail when she was a servant in the Proctors’ household. But Elizabeth is human: she doesn’t trust John yet. She senses that he wants to do all he can to make up for his mistake, but she isn’t ready to fully love him without reservation again. Her pride won’t let her.
What was the ending of the crucible?
The Crucible ends with John Proctor marching off to a martyr’s death. By refusing to lie and confess to witchcraft, he sacrifices his life in the name of truth. At the end of the play, Proctor has in some way regained his goodness.
What profit him to bleed Shall the dust praise him shall the worms declare his truth?
What profit him to bleed? Shall the dust praise him? Shall the worms declare his truth? Hale to Elizabeth, he is pleading that she convince him to confess because then he will live and that if he does hang there is nothing good coming of it because only the dust and the worms will be happy about his death.
Who said life woman life is God’s most precious gift?
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