I think John Proctor is a straight up stooge. All though he may seem like he’s all for himself and his wife it’s more to that. There are a few characters in the play that use and fool him; I feel like two of them are his own wife Elizabeth and then there’s Abigail Williams.
First off, yes I know men are supposed to want to please their wives, but couldn’t there be sometimes when she takes advantage of that? I think Elizabeth probably was practicing some sort of witch craft… maybe. And so I feel like John was used by her when she got arrested because he went down to the court house and testified during the hearing etc. even though she gave him cold shoulders and kept throwing things of the past back into his face.
Then there’s the story with Abigail, of course we all know she wants him again. She’ll go to any lengths to get what she wants. Therefore Proctor was also used by her because since he had an affair with her and different people were being accused like his wife, he couldn’t accuse her because she would tell everyone that they had had an affair. So he had to be silent about that because she held the strings on the box of that secret.
So John Proctor IS a stooge.
I totally agree with your view on John Proctor being a stooge. I never thought about the fact that his wife might be taking advantage of him or actually practicing witchcraft. That was an interesting view. But yeah Proctor was a fool for messing around with Abigail, not knowing how crazy and obsessive that she is then taking forever to speak out against her or take action. Then it was too late. Smh it's a struggle
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