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Elizabeth Proctor is introduced to the play
at the beginning of the second act. She exemplifies
the common housewife roll. She waits up for her
husband with dinner made, takes care of the house,
and the children. She shows weakness by allowing their
servant, Mary Warren, to leave to Salem when Proctor
forbid it.
When Rev. Hale comes to their house to tell them that Elizabeth's name was mentioned in court.
She maybe one of the accused.
While Proctor was reciting the Ten Commandments for Rev. Hale he stumbles on one, and Elizabeth points it out to him; adultery. This scene shows her speaking up and out. This scene also shows a power shift between Proctor and herself, he is affected by this. "As though a secret arrow had pinned through his heart: Aye"
Elizabeth stands up to Rev. Hale and tells him she does not think the Devil can own a woman's soul when she shows herself in a dignified way. She also tells him to question Abigail, her accuser, about her Gospel and not her own.
When the court calls her in to speak about Abigail and Proctor she had total control. If she would have told the truth on why she kicked Abigail out of their home the whole ordeal would have probably ended.
She is asked persuade Proctor into telling the court that he has seen the Devil to save his life and not be hanged. This doesn't work
Elizabeth does not and can not control Proctor from his "goodness". She was left a widdow, pregnant, and their three children.