Examples Of John Proctor In The Crucible

John Proctor sought his wife’s forgiveness to regain her trust and to entitle him to die an honest man. He recognized his actions; he simply wanted his wife to recognize them too. “Let you look sometimes for the goodness in me, and judge me not.” (Miller 55) Proctor’s appeal to his wife reveals his hope for her forgiveness and for her to see the goodness in him. He wants his wife to recognize him as an honest man, because to him that is the only substance that made him feel like a good person. Later in the course of the play, Elizabeth forgives Proctor for his mistakes. She states, “John, it come to naught that I should forgive you… Whatever you will do, it is a good man does it… it needs a cold wife to prompt lechery.” (Miller 136-137) Elizabeth’s statement to her husband exhibits an understanding of his mistakes and acknowledgement of the good man Proctor truly is. Elizabeth’s forgiveness allows Proctor to forgive himself as well. After being forgiven, John Proctor can now die an honest man, a tragic hero - a man with integrity and goodness.

He does this with the intention of exposing Abigail’s spiteful character and her main desire to replace his wife. John Proctor says “I beg you sir, I beg you -see her what she is…She thinks to dance with me on my wife’s grave. And well she might, for I thought of her softly. God help me, I lusted and there is a promise in such sweat. But it is a whore’s vengeance and you must see it. I set myself entirely in your hands. I know you must see it now” (110) John Proctor exposes not only Abigail’s sins, but also the fact that he was infatuated with Abigail. He knows that by doing this he would dishonor his name, but he deems it as the only solution because people were falling into Abigail’s manipulation., John Proctor also fights for everyone not just his wife. John Proctor continues his attempt to voice out the truth even though his wife was exempted from being punished because she was pregnant. He defends other people because he knows their innocence. “The people signing it declare their good opinion of Rebecca, and my wife and Martha Corey...these are all landholding farmers, members of the church, sir- they’ve known the women many years and never saw no sign they had dealing with the Devil” (93) John Proctor protects everyone’s names because he recognizes that they have no reason to be jailed, thus showing his kindness and consideration.

Proctor 's decision to tell the court about his affair ironically demonstrates his goodness. He also spoke up for the innocent girls that had their names branded. He willingly sacrifices his good name in order to protect his wife and others who are wrongly accused. Only through his public acknowledgment of the affair does Proctor regain his wife 's trust. At the end of the play, Proctor refuses to slander himself by allowing the court to make him make a false confession. The court told him to lie, and that if he lies that he would not be sent to the gallows. He did the right decision by telling the truth about his affair with Abigail. He honestly told the truth about the affair, and that he was not part of the witchcraft. His response further exemplifies Proctor 's integrity. But John was not guilty. He had nothing to do with witchcraft, he admitted to his own mistakes. Proctor knows that if he confesses that he will be damned himself, yet again, if he agrees to confess, he will also be free from the torment from the demon inside him and set others free too. This realization, along with Elizabeth 's forgiveness, enables Proctor to forgive himself and finally regain his good name and self-respect. As the court

His first display of this is shown when the Court officials come to take Elizabeth away. Proctor was so angered by this attack on his house that he ripped the warrant and told them to leave his house. He then tried to bribe Herrick, a court official, not to chain her, but his pleas fell on deaf ears. Proctor recognized that he could save his wife by making his relationship with Abigail public, and therefore expose her motives, but his pride keeps him from doing so. Finally though, Proctor abandoned his concern for his reputation which enabled him to admit his sin in order to save his wife.

Proctor later confesses in court to what he has done. He calls Abigail a “whore” then says he has known her, and as his proof he confesses to committing Adultery. However, Abigail does not confess as well so for proof they call proctors wife, Elizabeth. Elizabeth does not know Proctor confesses so she denies the claim that proctor is a lecher. Elizabeth says to Danforth, “My husband is a goodly man, sir” (223) then she denies the claim and says “No sir” (223). This causes the court to claim that proctor is not only of the devil, but is also a liar. If Proctor wouldn’t have committed lechery than confessed later on he wouldn’t be convicted a lair so the blame is on him and he is again, the most blameworthy character in the

Elizabeth has to make the decision to convince Proctor to confess to witchcraft so he will live or let him do what he wants. Elizabeth chooses to let Proctor do what he wants and he confesses to witchcraft but does not sign the papers which lead to his death. Elizabeth is very respectful now of Proctor in the end of Act IV and shows forgiveness for him now that she sees how good of a man he is.. For example, when she is speaking to her husband John Proctor privately, she says, “ I cannot judge you, John, I cannot!” (138). Elizabeth is saying that she will respect his decision of if John Proctor decides to confess to witchcraft or not. Elizabeth shows her respect for John proctor when she tells him she will not judge him. In addition, Elizabeth tells Proctor during their conversation, “Do what you will. But let none be your judge. There be no higher judge under Heaven than Proctor is! Forgive me, forgive me, John - I never knew such goodness in the world!”(137). Proctor's wife is telling Proctor to let no one judge him for his decisions. Elizabeth is showing forgiveness in Proctor and finally seeing him as the man he always wanted her to see him as. Convincing Proctor to confess or let him do what he chooses is one of the hard choices Elizabeth has to make in Act

John Proctors Fatal Flaws The play The Crucible by Arthur Miller is a fictional interpretation of the 1692 Salem witch trials. John Proctor is one of the plays most dynamic and tragic characters. John commits the sin of adultery and this causes the other main character, Abigail Williams, to star rumors of witchcraft within the town. During the play John tries to correct his mistake; however, the play still ends in tragedy. John Proctors pride, integrity, and hotheadedness lead him to his unavoidable but necessary demise.

He wanted Mary Warren to prove that Abigail was a fraud, but he was not planning on confessing to adultery. In the end he was no longer worried about saving his good name and would do whatever it took to protect his wife. He even agreed to confess to witchcraft to save himself, but he could not go through with it. He could not sign the written confession. He decided to save his name for religious reasons, even if it meant that he would die for it. He was not willing to lie. Hale did not believe that Proctor should die, and tried to get Abigail to convince him to confess. Abigail refuses and says, “He have his goodness now. God forbid I take it from him!” (Miller 134). In this quote, Abigail is saying that he is a good man and has earned his entry to

In that way, Proctor fails his test because later in the story he protects Abigail by not telling the truth about the lies Abigail has told to the town. With the assistance of his wife and his love for her, Proctor realizes what he has done wrong and tries to fix it: “God help me, I lusted” ( The

When Proctor publicly admits himself to adultery in the court it was falsified by Elizabeth’s innocent testimony to protect him. While it achieves nothing in court, Proctor’s statement allows Elizabeth to forgive him. Once Elizabeth forgives Proctor, it allows Proctor to forgive himself. On the day of his execution after being convicted of witchcraft, Proctor is given an immense decision to either save himself and confess to witchcraft or keep to silence and be hanged for it. If Proctor confesses, he forsakes his name and puts a burden on his family.

John also decides that it is better just to start telling the truth since he is already in enough trouble. Throughout the affair between abigail and john they had a few ups and downs. Elizabeth ( Johns Wife) knows that Abigail and John are having an affair but is trying to stop the rumours about her that Abigail is starting. If Abigail can get these rumours going and make it so they are unstoppable then she could have John all to herself. I don’t think she realizes that she will be affecting their family. This paragraph was to explain why he told Elizabeth to stop lying. It also shows on how Abigail would’ve ruined their

           Arthur Miller's play, The Crucible, was cleverly named. Literally, a crucible is a container that can withstand high heat. A crucible is most often associated with the melting of metal , allowing for impurities in the metal to be identified and removed metaphorically a crucible refers to a severe test- a test that puts stress up on people, revealing their weakness and and Strengths. In Miller's Play, the Characters are all mixed together, tested and punished to their melting points. For example John Proctor was tested on his reputation, Reverend Parris was tested on his reputation. Some of the characters pass their test and some of them do not.

Miller shows John Proctor's selflessness through a line of the character's dialogue. For instance, in Act Ⅲ, John Proctor verbalizes to court that he has ¨ known her, sir. I have known her¨ (193). As John Proctor confesses that he has broke his vows with Elizabeth to protect her from charges, he proves that his need for a self-sacrifice for Elizabeth drove him to confess his sins openly with the court. Miller reveals John Proctor's guilt clearly though his actions and words at the end of the play. For example, before his death in Act Ⅳ, expresses his feelings of himself as he states he “ cannot the gibbet like a saint. It is a fraud. I am not that man” (208). In saying this, John Proctor reveals that he views himself as a bad man for his sins and that his only possible option for release from his guilt of almost condemning others to death and cheating on his wife is through his death. This view leads to John Proctor's actions of retracting his confession and allowing himself to be hung. Ultimately, these two motivations are simultaneously the most prominent motivations of John Proctor throughout the the course of Miller’s

John Proctor from Arthur Miller’s The Crucible has endured through a considerable transformation throughout the play. At first, he is a man consumed by his sin of adultery, however, he changes into someone who finally accepts his mistake and gives up his life in order to protect his wife and sons. During the beginning of the play, John Proctor is furious at Elizabeth, his wife, for not forgiving him for being an adulterer. He seems to not realize that his actions hurt his wife.

In The Crucible, John Proctor is not free of sin. He is no Rebecca Nurse, who has never done anything bad in her life. He is no Reverend Hale, who was only trying his hardest to cast the Devil out of each town. A case could even be made that John is worse than Judge Danforth, because Danforth thought he was doing the right thing. For John is guilty of lechery, a guilt that ends up getting him killed. However, despite this fault, John is considered innocent to most of Salem. It is this innocence that restores his sin as a husband. Although he is good as a citizen throughout The Crucible, John Proctor is a morally flawed husband at the start of the play, and is only able to redeem himself by the end of the play. Furthermore, John uses his citizen side to atone for his husband side.