The Crucible Character Analysis

The Crucible takes place in Salem, Massachusetts during the time of the Salem witch trials. In The Crucible, Arthur Miller uses revenge as the main theme throughout the playwright. Revenge is the action of inflicting hurt or harm on someone for an injury or wrong done to someone else. Revenge is shown throughout the characters actions in the play. Witch craft is used to represent revenge. If someone didn't like another, they could accuse that person of witch craft and inflict harm on him or her. Many characters in the play are motivated by their desire to seek revenge. During the course of the play, revenge motivates the characters and has a huge significance in the play.

John Proctor is portrayed throughout the play to be a man who has high moral values that he must abide by. He

In the previous winter, John’s wife Elizabeth had become very ill. John Proctor had an affair during

John Proctor faces one of his many moral dilemmas to confess to witchcraft in order to stay alive. In making this decision he has to think about his

responsibility for his actions and others. Proctor is a man of his word except for the fact that he had an affair with Abigail. He gets imprisoned as a witch getting ready to get hanged the morning. As for Elizabeth,

In the play, The Crucible, John Proctor had various opinions about the Church he attended and Salem, the town he lived in. He didn’t agree with the situations happening in the world around him, so he decided to rise against Judge Danforth and

Another major conflict in this story involves John Proctor basically fighting his conscience. After, he was later accused of being a witch, he was given the opportunity to save his life by confessing to what he had done. He thought hard to himself and confessed. But later, when he realized Rebecca Nurse had been accused of being a witch, and had not confessed to it, Proctor knowing her innocence, tore up his confession as to not feel like a coward and die for what was right. He ended up being hung just like Rebecca even though he had been completely innocent of witchcraft. This conflict was different from the other ones, in how it was not person-to-person but person vs. self

In the play, “The Crucible” by Arthur Miller, the story tells us about it tells us about the witchcraft trials. My client John Proctor is not guilty. Everyone has a couple minor setback in life, but that doesn’t make them a bad person.

Many people can argue that John Proctor was or was not an honorable man. John Proctor was a honorable man, for many different reasons. John Proctor was a man who lived in Salem, Massachusetts in 1692. He was married to Elizabeth Proctor. In this time John Proctor showed he was honorable in some ways. Such as him confessing to adultery to try and save his wife and he ripped his confession so he did not blacken his and others in the village names. People can also argue that is is not a honorable man. Because he did not go to church as much as he should have.

John Proctor is a well respected farmer during the Salem Witch Trials. In The Crucible, Proctor faces many conflicts. An external conflict that Proctor faces is when he gets caught having an affair with Abigail Williams and he loses all of his wife’s trust. When Elizabeth found out about the affair between John and Abigail she kicked Abigail out and had lost all trust of Proctor. Proctor became more faithful to his wife Elizabeth and he wanted to earn her trust back, but she has a hard time because she thinks his feelings are still alive for Abigail. An internal conflict that Proctor faces is when he has to decide if he would admit to the court to committing adultery with Abigail to get Elizabeth out of jail. Although he knows that he wants his wife out of jail and he knows that it would make Abigail look bad, he knows that admitting it might get him in trouble as well.

John Proctor, a well respected man, was having an affair with Abigail Williams, one of the girls who was caught. His wife, Elizabeth Proctor, knows about

Elizabeth and John Proctor had two kids, both were boys. They were a part in the Salem Witch Trials. But they were not the first to be accused. John knew this was all fake from the start. They had a servant who was included in the group of girls. Her name was Mary Warren. She helped out around the house. After John found out she kept going back to Salem he was not very happy. He got really mad and almost beat her. She knew it was all pretend, but she wanted to play along with her friends, which was not the smartest idea. Mary just did not want to upset Abigail.

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

This human weakness proves to be John Proctor's tragic character flaw. It not only leads to his demise, but to the loss of many innocent lives as well.

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