The Crucible

        Arthur Miller guides the audience's sympathies to John Proctor, not Abigail Williams, in the case of their adultery.  When you read the play, where did your sympathies lie?  Why or why not?  Did the production of the play change your mind?  Why or why not?

While reading the play my sympathies went to John Proctor instead of Abigail Williams for a few reasons. The main reason why I didn’t feel any sympathy towards Abigail is because she led over 15 people to their death because she wanted to be the new Ms. Proctor. Sentencing 15 people to the death over a man is bit extreme don't you think? 

Even after watching the play I still couldn't convince myself to be sympathetic towards Abigail. Throughout the play you could tell that John Proctor regretted what he did and was trying to fix his marriage, but Abigail on the other hand was content on being a home wrecker. If Abigail didn’t act like a jealous crazy homicidal stocker, my opinion of might have been different. But hey, there had to be an antagonist some where in this play, and since it couldn’t physically be the devil, Abigail was a close second.

Even thought John did cheat on his wife, Miller showed that Proctor was an overall good man. Thought out the play Miller created situations where Proctor could demonstrate, even after his laps in judgment with Abigail, that he is a good man that truly loves his family and friends.

Out of all of the characters in the play John Proctor is one of my favorites. The reason why Proctor is one of my favorite is that he shows that even thought pass mistakes takes a toll on previous and future relationships you shouldn’t let it take over your life, it will ruin you. (By the way it really did ruin him. He got hanged at the end. L)