The Crucible By John Proctor

Arthur Miller’s, The Crucible, takes place in Salem, Massachusetts during 1692 when people believed in witchcraft. The Crucible is a play of how a teenage girl, blinded by jealously, accuses the wife of the man she had relationships with, of witchcraft, creating thrill throughout the entire town. John Proctor took part in adultery with Abigail Williams, whom was his and Mrs.Proctor’s former maid. Abigail William’s illustrates a selfish and manipulative personality throughout the play who puts use

characters in The crucible and show how Miller presents the motivations for their actions. Think about: Reputation- is this a motivating factor for any of the characters Power – Which characters are motivated by power Witchcraft – how are the accusations used? Who benefits? How? The individual and the society – how might the particular community situation in Salem be a motivating factor for some characters? 800 – 1250 words The theme of the crucible is a tragedy. In the crucible characters are motivated

In Arthur Miller’s “The Crucible” a character name John Proctor comes into play in act one. John is a character who interacts with a lot of people and changes multiple times throughout “The Crucible” with the interactions that occur. At first John feels guilty about the affair from his past with, becomes honest about his affair in the past to save his wife Elizabeth, and at the end he becomes worried about his name and try’s to save it. John Proctor feels guilty in the beginning of

The Crucible Analysis: Is John Proctor a tragic hero based on Aristotle`s definition of a tragic hero An array of Aristotelian tragic heroes can be found throughout American literature. One of which includes John Proctor, main character farmer in mid-30s, from Arthur Miller 's play, The Crucible. Yet, in order for him to obtain such a title he must possess specific characteristics. Five of which include possession of hubris, a flaw or decision leading to desire for revenge, a reversal of good fortune

The Crucible by Arthur Miller, John Proctor is a local farmer in the town of Salem, he is quite known due to his high reputation of being well respected and even slightly feared. John is a man of his integrity, he is considered to have an honorable name in his community, but John also has a great disdain for hypocrisy, yet has a secret of his own. In Act 1, John is described to be in his mid-30’s and as well as “a kind man, powerful of body, even tempered, and not easily led” (Miller 19). John Proctor

Prynne or John Proctor? In The Crucible, John Proctor had a wife who was extremely ill. He committed adultery with the house servant, Abigail Williams, for that reason. Hester Prynne from The Scarlet Letter, was a beautiful woman living without her husband. The lonesome woman had an affair with Dimmesdale, the town’s reverend. Both John Proctor and Hester Prynne both went against the Puritan beliefs. However, John Proctor is guiltier of committing adultery compared to Hester Prynne and if John Proctor

In Arthur Miller’s The Crucible it is clear that the development of the play is about John Proctor’s tragic condition. Miller uses this aspect to compel the audience to see why Proctor did what he did and to develop a sense of empathy for him. John Proctor overall is both flawed and honorable. He has a complete reversal of fate brought upon by his own flaw. John Proctor is a tragic hero because he contains all of the characteristics of a tragic hero, such as catharsis and hamartia, despite not being

John Proctor, an honest man when it comes to people being accused of witchcraft, which he knows is innocent, which makes him a hot tempered, courageous and sensible by his actions in The Crucible written by Arthur Miller Proctor has a hot temper when it comes to things he didn't approve of, for example the quote "without warning or hesitation, Proctor leaps at Abigail and grabbing her by her hair, pulls her to her feet. She screams in pain." In addition this quote represents that Proctor would

accused of witchcraft, trial and execution was likely to happen and proceeded to happen to many innocent people. One well-known accussal was that of John Proctor. Proctor had committed adultery with Abigail Williams, a previous maid of the Proctor house, and once coming clean for his sin, in turn of events backfires and is accused of witchcraft. John Proctor is seen as a protagonist of the story full of courage and boldness when fighting for his life and good name in court. At the time, all possible outcomes

John proctor is one of the main characters in the play “The Crucible” at first he is selfish and commits adultery with abigail but by the end of the play he definitely matures and takes blame for what he has done to his wife elizabeth, but also at the end of the play he is hung for being convicted of witchcraft during the salem witch trials in the year 1692 he could have taken the plea with his wife but would rather keep the only thing he had left, His name. Elizabeth Proctor told him she suspected