Did John Proctor Have A Good Reputation In The Crucible

He is keen on protecting himself and his family’s name, which involves preserving the trials and its integrity. He cannot have the trials proven to be fraud because the illegitimate support he has for his lying daughter and niece will end his career thus making the community lose their trust and respect for him. The people of Salem are realizing that the assumptions of witchcraft in the village could be false and therefore they no longer believe what Parris and the girls have to say. As a result, Parris desperately craves for Proctor’s confession when he feverishly says, “It is a great service, sir. It is a weighty name; it will strike the village that Proctor confess. I beg you, let him sign it” (Miller 141). Parris is left feeling threatened and scared after finding a note and dagger on his front door from angry villagers who are upset about the noble people in their community being executed. As an act of self-preservation he pleads for a respected person such as John Proctor to confess, so that he can validate the trial to which he strongly favoured, protect his reliability within the society and prove that witches are present in Salem. Parris’ constant acts of self-preservation has backfired and initially if he were honest about the girls dancing in the forest, he could have avoided the complicated court trials that left many innocent people to die

Purist Salem, Massachusetts in 1692 suffered from a rapidly increasing phenomenon: witchcraft accusations and trials. The Crucible is a play that recounts the times of this incident. For the most part, it follows a man known as John Proctor. He is a sensible, honest, and hardworking man who made the mistake of succumbing to lust which sets off a chain of events that leads to the witch trials, and to his own demise. Arthur Miller’s The Crucible’s protagonist John Proctor proves to be a flawed human being who struggles to make sense of his past relationship with Abigail, his love for his wife, and his pride.

Arthur Miller’s play, The Crucible, focuses on the inconsistencies and injustice of the 1692 witch trials of Salem, Massachusetts. The restrictive Puritan society of Salem in the 17th century was based upon religious intolerance, where faith was demonstrated through physical labour and by strict adherence to religious doctrine. Material, physical and sexual desires were considered the Devil’s work and a threat to the very fabric of society. In summary, it is said that Puritanism discouraged individualism on all levels. The literal way in which the Bible was interpreted by the Puritans, provides a paradox within the play. This is because although the Bible says “thou shalt not kill,” the people of Salem are willing to sentence innocent

In the play The Crucible by Arthur Miller, the characters John Proctor and Reverend Parris are some of the major characters during the course of the play. John Proctor is a farmer in Salem that lives in the outskirts of town, and is religious like the rest of Salem but rarely makes it to the church due to living far away have having large amounts of work. He is seen as strong and confident by most town members, however “Proctor… has come to regard himself as a kind of fraud” (Miller 20-21). Reverend Parris is Salem’s religious leader. While he does regularly speak to the entire town, he has very little confidence and “believed he was being persecuted wherever he went, despite his best efforts to win people and God over to his side” (Miller 3). By comparing and contrasting both Parris and Proctor’s actions and beliefs throughout the play, underlying truths regarding self-realization and the consequences of our actions can be discovered.

The Crucible by Arthur Miller is a historical play set in 1962 in the small town of Salem, Massachusetts. As you may know, you've all placed your trust in the words and actions of someone close to you. And what do they do? They betray you! It's rarely justified, and can happen to the best of us. Based on authentic records of witchcraft trials in the seventeenth-century this play explains how a small group of girls manage to create a massive panic in their town by spreading accusations of witchcraft. These rumors in turn are the causes that many citizens are hung for. This essay will show how the lies and betrayal of a few individuals eventually leads to the downfall of Salem and its society.

Furthermore, in Act II, it is revealed that John Proctor attended mass scarcely because he hated Reverend Parris so much. His materialism (as proven with the gold candlesticks) was something that greatly bothered the town of Salem. In Act IV, Reverend Parris is humbled. Having been robbed by Abigail and her friend, Mercy Lewis, he is almost penniless, and thereby modest and sorrowful. He does not talk with the same biting command as he used to.

In Arthur Miller's play The Crucible, Arthur intrigues audience time and time again with the historical context, social implications, and the Salem, Massachusetts Witchcraft Trials of 1962. Most members in Salem feel the need to prove their authority in ways such as accusing those who have done nothing or hanging them without proving their innocence first. The thing is authority is not made up by an authority figure, but by society. Miller’s The Crucible, demonstrates how people misuse their authority for cruel purposes through a fascinating plot, well-crafted characters, and well-set theme. During the hysteria of witchcraft trials in Salem, there were multiple figures of authority or per say the community who abused their power, Reverend Hale, Abigail Williams, Reverend Parris and Judge Danforth.

In the play The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, the character John Proctor will not lie and confess to something he did not do. Thus, he is hanged for his principles. Proctor has two main principles he felt were more important to respect and uphold than his own life. The most obvious one was his reputation. In theocratic Salem, where private and public ethics are regarded equally, one’s reputation plays an important role. In such an environment where reputation is regarded so highly many are afraid of guilt by association. Various characters base their actions on the desire to protect their own reputations, in order to keep them in the best light possible. Towards the beginning of the play, John Proctor sought to keep his good name

In Arthur Miller’s “The Crucible,” Parris carries a very important position as revered of the muddled village, Salem. For years, Parris struggles to earn a good position in the town, especially from the more respected people such as John Proctor and the Putnams. However, due to Parris’ lack of tending to his responsibilities in attempt to win a good reputation, a string of consequences for Salem followed for all. He recurrently swayed between the ‘winning’ side of the drama so he was always in favor. Parris rebuked to be taken accountable for the fact his very own niece was found conjuring spirits in the woods, he was fast to blame people for acts that had little to no evidence, and in the court, he would often give the judges a prejudiced story behind each and every person so they would hypothetically be dead before even getting the chance to protest.

Reputation, Morals, Proud, and nobility are by far the most valuable traits in the society of “the Crucible”, but the Salem Witch trial flips all the traits to honesty and faith. The Salem Witch trial is an immortal trial of innocent people being accused doing the art of witchcraft. The one man that stood out in this trial was John Proctor, the man of pride. After all, John Proctor’s last act of refusing to sign was an act of excessive pride and foolishness.

Rev Parris was a merchant before he became a minister and it was obvious that he still had a love for money. Instead of worrying and caring for his daughter who was “sick” he was arguing with his members about his ministers salary . John Proctor didn’t have much respect for Rev Parris because when Parris came to Salem he wanted golden candlesticks instead of the perfectly good ones they had. For twenty weeks he preached nothing but golden candlesticks until he got them.

John Proctor has the chance to sign the contract to save his life but chooses not to because he does not want to ruin his name and lose integrity. When John Proctor has tears in his eyes and had the chance to sign the contract that shows that he confesses, he mentions, “ Give them no tear! Tears pleasure them! Show honor now, show a stony heart and sink them with it” (Miller 133)! John Proctor rips up the document that would have been hung across the city. He also did not want his kids to follow the steps he followed in the city because this would lead to their destruction and ruin how they are going to be seen in the future because of their father. This lead to his own downfall as he was hung afterward only because how reputation is seen in the city and since he took a destructive measure by ripping the contract and not admitting his guilt. However, Reverend Parris does not admit that there is any witchcraft in his own household to save his reputation, which causes others to be harmed. When Reverend Parris says “Now, Goody Ann, they only thought that were a witch, and I am Certain there be no element of witchcraft here” (Miller 13). This shows how Reverend Parris constantly denies that there are no signs of practicing any witchcraft in his home. When he denies the accusation, it starts to involve innocent people in the trials. But, his denial leads to his own downfall as when Abigail is brought to the truth, that she had an affair with John Proctor, Reverend Parris loses his title and his reputation when people find out that there is witchcraft in his own family. Once again, the pressure of how the citizens think on reputation forces Reverend Parris to commit another lie and deny that there is no witchcraft originating near him. These lies lead to Reverend Parris’s downfall. John Proctor and Reverend

In attempts to glorify his name, Reverend Parris triggers the Salem witch trials as a consequence of his inflated sense of pride. When first introduced to Parris, he is portrayed as a greedy man, who is concerned about his reputation more than his catatonic daughter. Parris expresses his exceedingly selfish behavior as he argues with Abigail that his “ministry’s at stake, [his] ministry and perhaps [her] cousin’s life” (Miller 11). Parris instigates the

Both Reverend Parris and Prince Prospero were corrupted as they both would rather save themselves than the people they are supposed to protect as heads of their domain. Reverend Parris could be seen acting selfish and against the normal actions done by his position, whenever he argued to have the deed for the house he lives in. " Proctor: Mr. Parris, you are the first minister ever did demand the deed to this house - " (Miller, 30). Reverend Parris also could be seen committing perjury when he lied about seeing a naked girl in the woods. "Parris - it is very hard to say: Aye, a dress. And I thought I saw - someone naked running through the trees!"(Miller, 11). " Parris: I can only say, sir, that I never found any of them naked, and this man is - " (Miller, 105). As a man of god, he committed a crime and a sin while being the model citizen for these people. The corruption of the leader went on as he attempted to hang all of the accused without proper evidence. This is deceitful and shows the true nature of Reverend Parris. While Reverend Parris tries to have the people accused of witchcraft hung, he also knows that people like John Proctor and Rebecca Nurse - respected citizens who are known to love god and follow their religion strictly - would have caused the village to rise against him. Reverend Parris knows he couldn't abandon his people because of this, but Prince Prospero in

During the Salem witch trials it seemed as if no matter how much good tried to come about, the evil in the town was everlasting. Abigail Wilkins, Reverend Hale, and Reverend Parris set a perfect example of just how difficult it is to stop something that has generated so much momentum in Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible.