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Character Changes In The Crucible

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In “The Crucible” there are multiple examples of characters changing, while some characters also stay the same. The stark contrast between either being on the courts side or being on witchcraft are what allowed for either character development or stagnation. Maybe the biggest example of a character that changes is John Proctor. Towards the beginning of the story, Proctor was very set in his ways and was willing to live a lie in order to have a good name. Like on page 164, where Proctor says “I’ll think on it”, when reffering to whether or not he would go to court to put a stop to this. This reflects his how selfish he was because even when many of the wives of the town were being accused, he wasn’t willing to own up to his affair to save …show more content…

From the beginning of the story until the very end, she is only doing things that benefit her. After Reverend Hale came to the house, Abigail said, “I want to open myself! I want the light of God, I want the sweet love of Jesus! I danced for the Devil; I saw him; I wrote in his book; I go back to Jesus; I kiss his hand. I saw Sarah Good with the Devil! I saw goody Osburn with the Devil! I saw Bridget Bishop with the Devil!”. She proceeded to go on and accuse more women of witchcraft. All in an effort to save herself from getting in trouble for dancing in the woods. As time went on, Abigail had to accuse more and more people to keep the blame from coming back to her. Once it started to become clear that maybe she was lying, Abigail decided to leave town. As said by Parris on page 203, “Excellency I think they be aboard a ship. My daughter tells me how she heard them speaking of ships last week, and tonight I discovered my—my strongbox is broke into”. This shows that Abigails character did not change at all, as just like she did in the beginning of the story, when things started looking bad for her, she saved herself, disregarding the ramifications of her own

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