because she wanted to protect him
The affair John(Elizabeth's husband) had with Abigail
that her husband never had an affair
How Elizabeth proctor felt about her husband's affair changed throughout the play. Towards the end of the play she became increasingly accepting of it.
because she was having an affair with her husband
She fires Abigail as their housemaid.
Elizabeth tries to convince her husband to confess to the court about the affair with Abigail in order to discredit her testimony. However, when John refuses to do so to protect his own name, Elizabeth lies to the court about his affair, unknowingly leading to his arrest and conviction for witchcraft.
In The Crucible Elizabeth Proctor fires Abigail. She fires the girl because she thinks Abigail is having an affair with her husband.
Elizabeth sacks Abigail because she finds out that her husband has had an affair with Abigail. She is 'angry and resentful' towards Abigail.
In "The Crucible," Elizabeth Proctor accused Abigail of having an affair with her husband, John Proctor, and forced her to leave their home. Angered that John Proctor refused to carry on with their affair, Abigail accuses Elizabeth of witchcraft.
Abigail lost her her job with the Proctors because she was having an affair with Elizabeth's husband
Elizabeth lies about her reasons for firing Abigail to stop from hurting her husband. She know about the affair he had with Abigail.
Their husband and wife.! Abagail Williams interferes with an affair with John Procter.