There are few characters in the second act of "The Crucible". Many of them are also of similar character and motives. As far as their true colors go most of them are similar, but just because they have the same color does not necessarily mean they have the same personality.
Mary Warren would probably have to be classified as a blue (Kalil). She acts in a way of emotion and drama (Kalil). This is also how her decisions are made. When she is asked a question she appears to reason with it based entirely on her feelings (Miller). After Proctor’s wife Elizabeth is accused of putting a needle in Abigail with the doll Proctor quickly tries to tell that it was Mary. Mary shows up and Proctor is accusing her in an almost angry manner. Mary is taken over by defensiveness and really just emotion. She does not want anything to happen to herself. At first she answers honestly, but later she seems to just be thinking of herself. When she is accused about the poppet she is very emotional, mostly frightened and bewildered, and she does not appear logical in any way (Miller).
John Hale is almost definitely a gold (Kalil). He is the expert on witchcraft, a subject that nobody else has much information on, so he thinks he knows everything (Kalil). Proctor and his wife are thinking more that there probably are not witches in Salem, but Hale says that there are definitely witches (Miller). It is almost like it does not even cross his mind that there is a possibility that there are not witches. If someone admits to being a witch he takes it as truth, not that they are simply confessing so they do not get hanged. He believes also that the court and the judicial system will handle everything, and that it will be the one to decide the witches. Because of this he thinks that they should not bother with trying to figure out who the witches are themselves, but the court can figure it out and they should just testify what they know. He is also not the most logical man, but he is not emotional. He just thinks there are certain things he knows to be factual (Miller).
Proctor is the man of logic. He is a green (Kalil). He gets angry at times, but he retains an intellectual opinion on most things that makes sense (Miller). This really makes him a typical green person. They are prone to react in an emotional way when under stress or something like the situation he is in (Kalil). It seems to be apparent that he does not believe in witches, but he will not admit it like his wife (Miller). He does not admit it because he is more logical. He knows that if he admits that he will be considered a non-Christian by Hale. He also cannot see how these people will so easily be influenced by others to believe that someone as Christian as Rebecca is a witch. Proctor is almost the voice of reason in this time of rampant accusations based on vengeance (Miller).
Kalil, Carolyn. "Carolyn Kalil's Personality Quiz." Follow Your True Colors. Web. 11 Sept. 2011.
Miller, Arthur. "The Crucible". New York, NY: Penguin, 1996. Print.
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