The Crucible – Sample Essay On Playing Elizabeth Proctor
GCSE Drama Mock Examination – The Crucible – sample essay on playing Elizabeth Proctor
I am using the Heinemann edition of the text and I will be discussing how I would play the part of Elizabeth Proctor in the given scene.
This scene is taken from Act Four, the final act of the play and the tragic plot is drawing to an end. Both Elizabeth and John Proctor have been imprisoned on false charges of witchcraft. Elizabeth's pregnancy is, at present, sparing her from the possibility of hanging but her husband, John Proctor, in his vain attempts to protect his wife has inadvertently caused his own downfall and he faces the noose if he will not confess to the charges of witchcraft. His only possible life saving choice is to ‘confess' to the false charges, have his land and farm confiscated, lose his good name and sense of honour and remain in jail. In this scene the figures of authority, fronted by Danforth, have pleaded with Elizabeth to try to convince John to ‘confess' in......
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