Soon after Elizabeth stood up for her innocence, other women followed her example. It was through these strengths that Elizabeth was able to survive the Salem witch-hunts. Some important character traits of Elizabeth were that she was honest, untrusting, and determined. Her determination kept her strong throughout the ordeal. Even after John’s lechery, she believed that he was a good man and was truly sorry for what he had done. I am a good woman, I know it and if you believe I may do only good work in the world, and yet be secretly bound to Satan, then I must tell you, sir, I do not believe it” (70). Hale, when she keeps an upright way, as I have.

She stated this about witchcraft to Hale ” I cannot think the Devil may own a woman’s soul, Mr. She was a Christian woman who was tied to her beliefs. It was this distrust that made John believe she kept a cold house.Īnother strong character trait of Elizabeth was her determination in what she believed. He later says that he was, in fact, alone with her for a short while. One reason she distrusts John, is that he has claimed he was not alone with her. ” And being what she is, a lump of vanity, sir-“(110) states Proctor. She came not to trust John while being sick, so she put Abigail on the highroad. She knew of John’s lechery with Abigail, who was their servant at the time, while she was sick. Elizabeth was untrusting to the people who had wronged her. It was this sense of honesty that helped to keep her out of harms way. Although the punishment was less severe for admitting to being a witch rather than claiming to be innocent, she will not lie. Another instance of her honesty is when she is charged with being a witch. This proves she was being honest while in jail. In the last act, while talking to her husband, he asks “The child?” She then replies, “It grows” (134). When she tells Danforth he says ” There be no sign of it- we have examined her body” (92). Her honesty proves true when she is sent to jail for witchcraft, and she discovers she is pregnant. She tells this lie to Danforth in order to protect her husband’s reputation from being blackened in the village. This honest woman only lies once throughout the entire book.

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