The Crucible Character Analysis

In The Crucible by Arthur Miller, John Proctor, the protagonist, is a farmer in his middle thirties. The author gives little to no detailed physical description of him, but from Proctor’s speech, we can still picture him as a strong and powerful man who is able to keep every situation under the control, the kind of personality which earns him deep respect and even fear from the people in town. On the other hand, Abigail Williams, the antagonist, plays an inferior role as an orphan who has no social status in a place like Salem. Over the course of the play, John Proctor is absolutely awakened and transformed by Abigail Williams. In the end, he overcomes the crucible by releasing himself from his guilt of

The witch trials in this play were based on actual events that happened in Salem in 1692. Arthur Miller’s 1953 The Crucible is a dramatization of the Salem Witch Trials. His reasoning for writing it was because everyone was hysteric about the Soviet Union and communism trying to make its way over to the United States. It was like a modern day witch hunt. In the play, Abigail Williams and a group of girls get caught in the woods. They were dancing and doing other things that puritan’s looked down upon. The girls were caught by Reverend Parris, and soon after his daughter became ‘ill’. The girls then started saying that witches came to them and told them to do bad things. They sent innocent people to hang. After studying Arthur Miller’s

In The Crucible by Arthur Miller, it takes place in Salem, Massachusetts during colonial America. Throughout the story a group of girls makes accusations a mass of people of practicing witchcraft, one of the worst crimes to commit during that period, and people are being sentenced to hang for denying witchery. In the Crucible there are many lessons that Arthur Miller wants to teach you. To me a lot of the lessons that were taught in this story are important but I feel like one of them is the most important. Arthur Miller demonstrates that one of the lessons implied in the story is people’s character and how it affects those people and others. Examples of character are Giles Corey, John Proctor, Abigail Williams.

In the Crucible Play written by Arthur Miller women are portrayed in many different ways, but there are mainly 3 which are good, moral, and upright people. Other characteristics can be the complete opposite with these different type of women. The author Miller did not intend on portraying himself as a feminist, but he also doesn’t condemn all women to make them appear as “spotless” either. In the play he tries to show a balance of different people so that the story can be more believable, because the more personalities in different characters, the more realistic a story can portray. One of the characters that plays as a catalyst throughout the whole play is Abigail, she represents clearly as an antagonist, liar, thief, and is known for being a very manipulative person.

The Salem Witch trials were marked to be very corrupt and fallacious. In The Crucible, John Proctor, the protagonist, is faced with being the accused. In the play, John Proctor commits adultery and lechery with Abigail. Abigail is only a teenager, while Proctor is mingling in his forties. His wife, Elizabeth Proctor, is unknowing of this sin. During the trial in the play, John is asked if it is true that he did commit adultery and lechery with Abigail. Proctor says when asked about his accused adultery and lechery, “I have confessed it!” (Miller 1208) Elizabeth is then asked, “Your husband- did he indeed turn from you?” Elizabeth exclaimed in agony due to her lie, “No, sir.” (Miller 1208)

John Proctor is one of the main characters in this play, he is a noble and honest man who places great pride and emphasis on his reputation. Proctor is a good man with one secret fatal flaw, his past lust for Abigail Williams, which lead to an affair. Throughout the play John never fails to speak his mind or stand up for what he believes in, seen through his belief that his wife is innocent, is belief that his name is worth more than his life and his belief that he has done wrong in his past and Elizabeth is the one he truly loves. John so strongly believes that Elizabeth is innocent that he condemns himself to the court saying that he committed adultery with Abigail in order to prove it. He was willing to risk his own life to save the one he loves, Elizabeth. He stood for what he believed in, which was the innocence of his beloved wife. John also strongly believes that his name is worth more than his life no matter the consequences and when Hale tells him that if he falsely confesses he could live another day all he had to do was sign his name away he could not. He would not let the court have a signed document saying that he was affiliated with witchcraft; he was morally uncomfortable with it, saying, “Because it is my name! Because I cannot

Many events have happened in The Crucible, which was written by Arthur Miller. As the action heats up, some of the characters stay the same, but a few of them change. Throughout the play, John Proctor is at the heart of the plot, the protagonist of the play. He is involved in the Salem Witch Trials in which his wife is accused of being a witch. This leads to an important change of his personality: he changes from a normal citizen and a sinner to a tragic hero, a high sense of morality. This evolution of his character is due to many situations he is faced with and which aroused strong feelings and beliefs. Despite other characters stay the same, Proctor is the one who changes the most because at the beginning, he is not presented as a good man

Proctor was not wealthy but he did own a bit of land. He had two sons and a wife, Elizabeth Proctor. Everyone thought of John Proctor as a noble and wise man, but like Satan tempted Eve, Abigail tempted John. Thus Abigail believed John loved her even though his actions were out of lust. Abigail accused Elizabeth of Witchcraft, thinking she would be executed and she could take her place as Mrs. Proctor. Trying to get out of this new issue that emerged John has Mary Warren, a servant, confess to the court that she, Abigail and the other girls were pretending to be witched. Of course the girls turned on her and accused her of being a witch so she sided with them because she feared for her life so then John makes the mistake of saying “God is dead” which evokes a new

Evil antagonists are a fundamental and timeless part of literature from the Salem Witch Trials to the Red Scare to present day Disney movies. Villains are used to provide a source of conflict for a story. Author, Arthur Miller instills villain qualities in one of his main characters, Abigail. The Crucible is a story written about the Salem Witch Trials. Abigail is the main character in charge of accusing men and woman of being with the devil. Abigail’s traits mirror those of various Disney villains.

We hear this catchy saying everywhere. ‘Change is always for the better.’ The world presses the idea that change is always a good thing, but is it really? In Arthur Miller’s play, The Crucible, characters display that change isn’t always good. The characters are put in unbearable situations where they feel and need for a change to happen to sort out the issues. There are Acts of selfishness, betrayal, then realization. three characters that show this need of change.. John Procter changes a little through out the play, Abigail Williams tries to change the people around her, And Reverend John Hale changes wholly dramatically through the play.

In The Crucible, a play written by Arthur Miller, the characters have an innumerable amount of concerns for their own reputation. This is an immense theme represented throughout the entire play. The characters are too drawn into the sake of keeping the good of their name. In The Crucible, characters such as Reverend Parris, Abigail Williams, and Mary Warren are highly drawn to their reputations. This affects the way they act because it brings their actions into play. Their situations are similar because they all attempt to defend the sake of their name. The differences are the reasonings behind it. In the Puritan society, a good name is more important to them than the truth because their being becomes frowned upon by the community around

A tragic event should bring fear and pity to the reader and the hero should be courageous and noble, hence when combined a tragic hero is presented. The protagonist, John Proctor, portrays a tragic hero in The Crucible. His hamartia of treachery caused great internal struggles, he displays hubris by challenging authority, and encountered catastrophe as the play went on.

Throughout “The Crucible”, the idiom, “birds of a feather flock together” is constantly revealed through the young girls, who claimed to be possessed by the devil and began accusing other local women. Most importantly, Abigail, niece of Reverend Parris, instigates witchcraft. To elaborate, among herself and the other girls, the same display towards a weakness for immaturity and lust is seen. In the beginning, they each expose the name of their crush, all at once. Soon after, the movie reveals that Reverend Parris witnesses Abigail, Betty, his daughter, and slave, Tituba, dancing in the forest at midnight. Let it be known that when the Salem witch trials of Massachusetts began in 1692, through theocracy, justice within the colony included punishment for witchcraft crimes and dancing (History). After revealing himself, Betty loses consciousness and remains insensible. Similarly, Mr. Putnam’s daughter, Ruth, has a similar condition. Because of this, Doctor Griggs suggests witchcraft as the possible cause of the illness. Therefore, the girls will be labeled by the townspeople as witches frightens, adoring their fame rather than speaking the truth.

As much as you may deny it everyone cares about what other people think about them, but people also hold themselves to certain self made standards. It can be bad when you focus more on one or the other, which is why we have to be able to find a balance of the two. In the drama “The Crucible” by Arthur Miller, the author shows that when people place their reputations over their self integrity then they can forget about who they are and about their integrity. Many characters in the story fall victim to this, like Proctor, Parris and Danforth. Proctor cares only about his reputation and name at the beginning of the story which gets him in trouble later. Parris has to try and change himself in order to save himself and reputation. Danforth makes very risky and stupid decisions, just so that he doesn't look foolish and weak.

In The Crucible, the arthur, Arthur Miller wrote the play to scrutinize the Salem witch trials that was held in Salem, Massachusetts in 1962. During the trials you can grasp an understanding as to how it is breaking families apart, and messing up relationships with each character. However; John would not let that happen with his wife Elizabeth. Even Though they went through many struggles during the witch trials that never seemed to stop them from trying to make their relationship stronger. As the trial continues to go on you tend to notice the good and evil in most of the characters, because they will do anything to not be accused and hung for witchcraft.