The Crucible Act Two- Reflection

There are many characters in the play of The Crucible. There are a lot of parts that have to go into making this play. One of the characters in this story is Paris. Paris is a man who likes to take charge and make sure everything is right. In Act One he is one of the main guys who takes charge in helping Betty wake up from her "sleep." I would put him as a gold on the True Color scale because he seems to be the man in charge in Act One. When Miller wrote, "Then why can she not move herself since midnight? This child is desperate! It must come out-my enemies will bring it out. Let me know what you done there. Abigail, do you understand that I have many enemies" (Miller 10). Even from the beginning of the book you can tell that Paris is the man in charge of the situation. Another character in this play is Proctor. Proctor and his wife are main character's throughout Act Two of the play. Proctor's wife ends up getting called on being a part of the devil. Proctor knows she is not, but he does not have any proof for her, but the other men do have proof which they think is true. Really, I do not know how to classify Proctor as one of the True Color themes because he could be a couple. One is that he is a gold. A gold wants to take charge and is very organizational. Also I find Proctor a blue. I would classify him as a blue because he is very sentimental towards his wife. He loves his family very much and would do anything for them. Just like when the men came to take his wife. He said you can do anything to him, but you are not going to take her. When Miller wrote, "I like it not that Mr. Parris should lay his hand upon my baby. I see no light of God in that man. I'll not conceal it" (Miller 65). This is talking about how Mr. Proctor's boys have all been baptised except for one which Mr. Proctor does not trust Mr. Parris to hold his baby in his arms. This is just another showing of how careful Mr. Proctor is about his children and family. The last character I am going to talk about is Hale. Hale is a minister who helps out Betty with her condition and comes in during Act Two to tell Proctor and Elizabeth that Elizabeth has been accused to be with the devil. I would claim Hale as a gold also because of the fact that he wants to take charge in the situations that happen with the devil and all these families. He is very helpful when it comes to Elizabeth and all the accusations that happened with her. Unfortuately, he was unable to stop the men from taking her unless he wanted to be a part of the accusations with her. When Miller wrote, "Hale: Proctor, if she is innocent, the court-" (Miller 77). When Proctor is getting all riled up because they are taking away Elizabeth, Hale is trying to calm him down by saying it will be alright if they find her not guilty she can come right back home. Hale was a good friend of Mr. Proctor and Elizabeth. All of these characters have different personalities and different traits that make them unique to this play. All of them play an important role throughout Act One and Two.

Bibliography

Miller, Arthur. The Crucible. New York, NY: Penguin, 1996. Print.