John Proctor's Reaction To The Crucible

I know you must see it now”. Proctor is confessing this to try and get right with god and and to finally be able to have inner peace without that action haunting him. John realized the only way he can save him and his wife is for him to confess and die. John Proctor was not a tragic hero was a noble character. One example of this is when he says “I have made a bell of my honor!

We find out how Proctor first confesses when he has a conversation with his wife Elizabeth. Proctor is angry because he thinks that Elizabeth is accusing him of dishonesty and is suspicious of him still having an affair with Abigail, even after he confessed to her that he stopped seeing her. Proctor yells at his wife because she isn’t forgiving him of his crime of lechery and she keeps judging him. Proctor is furious and says “...like a Christian, I confessed. Confessed! Some dream I had must have mistaken you for God that day. But you’re not, you’re not, and let you remember it!” (Miller 163). Proctor’s confession affects Proctor’s life because him confessing to Elizabeth about his sin of lechery, led to Abigail being kicked out of the house.

John Proctor has changed throughout the play because he became closer to his wife and his social status went down. But ultimately he decided he would rather die a good christian than live as a liar.

In the play The Crucible by Arthur Miller, the character John Proctor had as motivation in act 3 and 4, prove that the girls were lying, save his wife and his friend’s wives, and doing what is right until his death no matter what society offered him to give up. First, in act 3 John Proctor is trying to prove that the girls were lying in order to end the witch trials and free his wife and his friend’s wives as well. Moreover, he brought as evidence Mary Warren who confirms that it was pretense(Miller 106).However, he was asked why he ripped the court’s warrant and about his absence in church and Proctor answered that he ripped because “it were temper”() and respond to the absence by saying: I have no love for Parris. It is no secret. But God I surely love”(), and this was all true, showing that he is an honest man.

John Proctor changes his mind and tears up the confession. He does not want to be used as an example of him confessing witchcraft. The first confession is after the confession is signed, Danforth tells one of his court marshals to hang it up on the church doors so that John can be used as an example to the people who refuse to confess to witchcraft. The second reason is that John realizes that signing the confession will ruin his name for his three sons. Proctor’s perception of a morally righteous person is one who is “right with God”.

Proctor was given the option to confess his life and sign a piece of paper but he couldn't bring himself to lying to being a witch and for them to have his name to be hung on the wall of the church. Proctor could have lied and kept his life but instead of going through with admitting that he was a witch, he decided not to lie. Ironically, when Proctor tries to do the right thing, the other Puritans are trying to persuade him to keep his life by lying. Morally what he did was right by letting them take his life. Puritans didn't understand why John would want to give up his life but he didn't want to give his name up to a bad reputation.

p;    When Proctor was first faced with the decision of living with a lie or dying with the truth, he chose life.   He decided that a lie was a minute sin in comparison to voluntarily giving up the life with which God blessed him.   After signing his confession, he was notified that it would be hung above the church entrance for all to see.  Besides believing that publicity was unnecessary to a valid confession, Proctor did not want to blacken his name.   Because of committing adultery, he knew what it was like to live with a bad reputation and did not want his sons to have to live with a name marked by witchcraft.  Proctor crumbled up the paper in front of his accusers and chose death rather than advertise a lie. 

The confession was too late. Proctor ended up being accused of witchcraft himself after his wife lied to the court to save his name from lechery.

(Miller, 65) and the preacher rarely preaches about god. John Proctor forgot one of the ten commandments, the one about people must not commit adultery. It is understandable as John was having an affair with Abigail Williams who was their maid. He is an honest man who feels guilty and who regrets breaking his marriage vows. The affair has caused a lot of tension in their marriage.

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

Parris, who was in charge of the prayers on Sundays. As an end result John refused to go to church. Instead of going to church regularly; John Proctor had worked long hours on his farm to provide for his family. “In the book of record that Mr. Parris keeps, I note that you are rarely in the church on Sabbath day.” (Miller 64). John Proctor not going to church on Sundays, made him look terrible in court. This allowed people to accuse him of being a wizard. His youngest son not been baptized made it even more suspicious about his faith in God. These opinions were reinforced when John Proctor could not name the Ten Commandments.

He overcomes these conflicts by deciding to testify against Abigail and confessing to the crime of lechery. It is at this moment that he realises that he must participate in the community and that his individual needs might have to be sacrificed for the good of all. Another motivation for Proctor could have been that he wanted to replace his wife's alleged guilt with his own and that he wanted to be redeemed of his sin.

During Act IV of The Crucible John Proctor says, “ I have confessed myself is there no good penitence but it be in public? God does not need my name nailed upon the church! God sees my name; God knows how black my sins are! It is enough!” Then Proctor and Danforth go on to argue because Proctor tells Danforth that he can tell the high court of Proctor’s confession to tell them that John Proctor broke down and, “wept like a woman,” but he could not lose his name, for it was the only thing he had of his own after his false confession. Danforth then asks Proctor, ”It is the same, is it not? If I report it or you sign to it?” and Proctor replies that it is not the same because what people say and what he signs is different. What John is saying in this scene is that God is the only person that needs to see his name because God is the only one that knows and can judge him. That everyone in the town does not

To John the affair was just a one time thing and he never wanted it to be brought back up again. But for Abigail it was commitment, since they had the affair then she saw it as John being with her forever, and she realized that the only way for that to happen was to get Elizabeth out of the picture. So even though John Proctor was a good person because of his one little flaw, big issues appeared.

To begin with, Proctor was considered a strong person in the community, and he was respected for it. He was a handsome, hard-working, and