John Proctor In The Crucible

A Tragic hero is a character who experiences a major downfall as the results of a personal mistake or the workings of fate. There are many tragic heroes in the play The Crucible, But the one that comes to mind is John Proctor for several reasons. It all starts out with the affair with Abigail, when that affair happens John Proctor breaks his wedding vows and violate the moral convictions of the community by engaging in an adultery affair with Abigail. John Proctor is a classic example of a tragic hero in the play, The Crucible for several reasons…

He commits adultery by cheating on his wife with Abigail. Although this may be true, he atones for his sin by sacrificing his own reputation, something he highly values to save his wife. In addition, he stays true to himself and does not confess, so that the same sacrifice others had made would not be in vain. In addition, he shows a crucial emotion that is needed for redemption. The emotion he shows throughout the play is guilt. Guilt displays remorse, and remorse is only felt when the afflicted acknowledge their wrongdoing and feel the need to redeem themselves. Those who do not regret their actions do not feel guilt. Because John Proctor is an admirable character, he becomes trapped in his own cage of guilt, determined to save his wife and atone for his sin, even when he knew he would be executed for

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

We also see Dimmesdale protecting his reputation when he goes and meets with Hester in secret. He never really wanted anybody to see them together for fear that somebody would make the connection. Another example is seen in The Crucible, in which John Proctor wanted to keep his reputation in check. He had also committed adultery by having an affair with a younger girl. Much like Dimmesdale, Proctor was able to keep it a secret for most of his life. We also see how important John’s reputation was to him when his life was on the line. John Proctor had a decision to make late in the story. He had to choose between his reputation and his life. John chose to be hanged rather than have his confession posted on the church door for all to see (Miller 143). These examples show how much reputations meant to the people of the time period in which these texts take place.

The second way John Proctor is an internally conflicted character is that he had an affair with Abigail. John Proctor, a married man with three sons, cheats on his wife with a young Abigail. He confesses to this by saying “God help me, I lusted and there is a promise in such sweat, but it is a whore’s vengeance.”(Act III, 49 ). John did not want to confess but absolutely had to, to expose Abigail’s real desires on why she is accusing Elizabeth of witchcraft. What John had confessed to was adultery and is punishable so he took a big risk. When Proctor said “Whores

John Proctor is married to Elizabeth Proctor. Abigail was the Proctors´s servant who had an affair with John. ¨You were alone with her?”(L 132 P 167) Elizabeth questions John about the affair with Abigail and as a man he says yes. I know how you clutched my back behind your house and sweated like a stallion whenever i come near!¨(L 423 P 149) Abby states how she feels about John when they're together. ¨...Whore! whore! Its a whore¨. ¨Mr Danforth he´s lying”( L 831-7 P 193) John bashes Abigail in the court while telling the court about the

John Proctor is one of the main characters in the Crucible. He was indicted of witchcraft because of he violated the law several times. Examples that helped the church assume he was a witch was him stating that the girls who were “possessed” were liars & frauds, setting everything up to accuse other villagers of witchcraft. He also couldn’t remember the 10 commandments, didn’t attend church regularly, & apparently plowed on Sundays which was considered a high offense back then. John’s trial was extremely unequitable.

Proctor’s marriage was ruined the day he decided to step out in his marriage. Proctor was too focused on why Elizabeth could not trust him or forgive him, he forgot to stop and switch the focus of blaming others to understanding himself first. He held a grudge on Elizabeth because she cannot forgive the sins he committed and trust, but proctor is equivalently guilty of doing the same thing. Proctor shifts his mistakes to other people which makes it nearly impossible for him to reconcile with his wife: “Spare me! You forget nothin' and forgive nothin '. Learn charity, woman. I have gone tiptoe in this house all seven month since she is gone. I have not moved from there to there without I think to please you, and still an everlasting funeral marches round your heart” (Miller 36). Elizabeth’s lack of forgiveness escalates proctor’s frustration and guilt: “But it is a whore’s vengeance,

In The Scarlet Letter our main character and protagonist Hester Prynne was sent to America by her husband and antagonist Roger Chillingworth who promised to follow her a little while later. He actually turned up after seven years, so Hester begun adultery with The Reverend Dimmesdale whom she had a daughter called Pearl. Furthermore her husband Roger follows secretly and finds out about these circumstances. As in The Crucible young girls are caught in the woods dancing and acting weird and are now accused of practicing witchcraft. The leader of these girls called Abigail Williams is now questioned by John Proctor with whom Abigail had an affair with while she worked for the Proctors house. On this hand John has also begun adultery towards his wife Elizabeth. Abigail still desires Proctor and is still planning of how to get rid of his wife. In the two works The Scarlet Letter and The Crucible, Roger Chillingworth and Abigail Williams are both driven by a force of revenge in order to regain contact to their old partners. In doing so, the authors create two-faced characters depicting the dual personalities and inner struggles of good and evil within the Puritan

Abigail Williams and Hester Prynne are similar because they are both adulterers. Adultery is an affair between a married person and a person who is not his or her spouse. Hester Prynne’s has an affair with Arthur Dimmesdale and it is known publicly. A baby was made because of the affair and Hester gets shunned from the town. Hester has to wear an “A” on her chest that means Adulterer because of her sin. Abigail Williams is in love with John Proctor even though he is married. Abigail also has an affair. Abigail and Hester are both very different also Abigail Williams is a teenager who is a liar. She convinces the whole town that people are witches. While Hester is a very honest character. Hester’s affair with Arthur Dimmesdale was accidental because she thought her husband was dead. She did not intend to cheat on her husband. Abigail’s affair was on just lust and on purpose. Hester’s sin only affected her child. Hester was the only one punished because of her sin. Abigail’s sin affected many people including her friends, John Proctor, the innocent townspeople, and Elizabeth Proctor. Abigail

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

In The Crucible, John Proctor is put into several sticky situations as he is determined to clear his wife’s name and dispel this corruption and nonsense of the court. Proctor’s wife, Elizabeth, is put into jail and is to be tried on the accusations by Abigail Williams that

John Proctor lived in Salem, Massachusetts. Salem had been struck with witchcraft rumors that were started by a manipulative teenage girl named Abigail. He knows that the girls were sporting, and blaming innocent people of supernatural crimes that cannot occur. John Proctor’s wife Elizabeth had been accused of witchery, as a form of revenge from Abigail. Abigail had strong feelings for John Proctor, and wanted to get rid of Elizabeth. In the end John Proctor tried to do the right thing by saving his wife from his own sins. Therefore his sins put the love of his life in a great risk of dying. Throughout The Crucible John Proctor was seen as a smart, argumental and brave man. However, the town did not see him as a puritan or a good

Have you ever done something wrong that you feel terrible guilty for and there is always that one person who will never let you live it down? That is the setting our two characters are cursed with. The two characters only made it worse by committing , arguably,one of the worst sins, adultery. When comparing two characters, John Proctor and Arthur Dimmesdale, from two different books, The Crucible and The Scarlet Letter, many may believe this to be difficult. Although they seem so similar, their differences seem to stand out amongst their many similarities. Both characters are alike by being hypocrites who judge others for their crimes, yet carry out a secret life of adultery, but differ in how much they loved their partners in crime and how

He is faced with extreme conflict due to the fact that he committed one of the biggest sins there is: adultery. Proctor then has to decide whether he wants to confess his sin in order to save his wife or to be selfish and live a slandered reputation. Just as John Proctor makes the decision to save his wife’s life and his family's reputation, so too will any person that believes it is more important to put their family above