The Crucible: The Underlying Evils of Elizabeth Proctor

            In the play The Crucible, Elizabeth Proctor's actions showed that she was a dishonest and bad wife who was worthy of being crucified. First Elizabeth revealed her dishonesty by immorally lying in a courtroom. Then she attempted to sway her own husband into lying to the entire community. Finally, when her husband gallantly passed away, Elizabeth selfishly remarried. All together Elizabeth Proctor was dishonest, conniving, and selfish.
             The first bout of dishonesty which Elizabeth displayed was when she lied to the court. .
             When asked about the affair that her husband had with Abigail Williams, she completely lied to .
             the court and said it never happened. Elizabeth was a knowledgeable, properly raised woman, .
             who was well aware that lying was immoral, but yet she still lied to the court. An honest wife .
             would admit the affair occurred, especially when asked during a court questioning. The result of .
             her lying caused even more trouble when her husband was sent to the gallows.
             Next, Elizabeth Proctor attempted to spread her lying ways to her vulnerable husband. .
             Her husband was faced with the decision of signing a "plea bargain" that could in fact save his .
             life and at the same time kill his honest name. Instead of encouraging her husband to be truthful, .
             she allied herself with crooked and choused officials to get him to lie. A good wife would never try to mess with her husband's morals, especially when he was put under such rough circumstances. Not only was Elizabeth Proctor a liar, she also plotted to make her own husband to lie. .
             Another way "Good wife" Proctor showed her coldness was by marrying after her loving husband passed away. When her husband passed away with his dignity and pride, she decided to remarry. However, a wife who truly loved her husband would have been too distraught and saddened by his gallant death to even think about remarrying. By marrying this new mystery man Elizabeth almost insured the fact that her new born child would never fully appreciate or know the sacrifices of its real father.