The Quest Of Honor In The Film The Crucible

Miller’s concept of not allowing the individual escape from his social obligations into his private self applies to Proctor in terms of his past affair with Abigail Williams. As he tries to move on from this dark piece of his past, it only seems to come back and haunt him. When he has a run-in with Abby towards the start of the play while he goes to check on Betty, he establishes that he “may think of [Abby] softly from time to time. But [he] will cut off [his] hand before [he’ll] ever reach for [her] again” (22). He confesses to thinking of Abby, but by no means does he wish for them to be together from that point forward. His love and respect for his wife stands stronger than any childish temptation Abby throws his way, even after all that

John Proctor sought his wife’s forgiveness to regain her trust and to entitle him to die an honest man. He recognized his actions; he simply wanted his wife to recognize them too. “Let you look sometimes for the goodness in me, and judge me not.” (Miller 55) Proctor’s appeal to his wife reveals his hope for her forgiveness and for her to see the goodness in him. He wants his wife to recognize him as an honest man, because to him that is the only substance that made him feel like a good person. Later in the course of the play, Elizabeth forgives Proctor for his mistakes. She states, “John, it come to naught that I should forgive you… Whatever you will do, it is a good man does it… it needs a cold wife to prompt lechery.” (Miller 136-137) Elizabeth’s statement to her husband exhibits an understanding of his mistakes and acknowledgement of the good man Proctor truly is. Elizabeth’s forgiveness allows Proctor to forgive himself as well. After being forgiven, John Proctor can now die an honest man, a tragic hero - a man with integrity and goodness.

In The Crucible a lot of stuff happens. A girl controls the whole village with her bad reputation. A families life gets messed up. Also alot, a lot of people die just because of this girls actions. Every bad thing leads to another and that is what happens in this play. In this play it shows who people really are when a person gets power they don't care about others they get what they want. Repetition is everything in that time.Reputation and integrity is a big role in this book just because everyone's reputation changes dramatically over and over again. With a bad reputation you can do bad things. If you have a powerful reputation you can get whatever you want and when you want it. In The Crucible By Arthur Miller, Reputation and integrity was shown by the characters actions.

An unknown speaker once said, “A real man will be honest no matter how painful the truth is. A coward hides behind his lies and deceit.” This quote relates to characters in The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, such as John Proctor, Rebecca Nurse, and Giles Corey. Each person took action and stood up for what was right. Faced with tough decisions, many characters throughout the play are severely tested by others in their surroundings because of the ways they lie, the ways they make false accusations, and the ways that they ultimately die for a cause.

Before the play took place John had an affair with Abigail but, when push came to shove he confessed it to the court. While he was trying to prove the legitimacy of Abigail and show the court that she is not as authentic as they first believed. John tells the court, “I have known her.” (Miller 110). By doing this, he has honor and integrity because of the difficulties in revealing it to the court; while knowing the crimes for lechery. Near the end of the book when push came to shove John was faced with a decision: to have honor/integrity and die, or to lie, betray your friends and live to fight another day; he chose death. After tearing the confession he just wrote he cries, “I do think I see some shred of goodness in John Proctor.” (Miller 144). In saying this, it takes an enormous amount of integrity to be willing to die to stand up for the truth. He does this because he is honorable and willing to die for something he believes in. John was honorable even though he once made a mistake by cheating with Abigail; he had an opportunity to make up for it, and he did. When Abigail is trying to convince John to come to her and that they still loved each other and it was okay to do so, John responds, “but we did not.” (Miller 23). By responding this way he is clearly trying to cut it off and regain some of that honor that he once had. He does this because he remembers how his wife feels about what he did and that by

Within the community of Salem, John Proctor is a well known member of the community who has a reputation of always doing what’s right. When he is confronted by Abigail about their affair, she insults his wife, Elizabeth, by calling her “a cold, sniveling woman…”(I.202-205). He does what is right by defending his wife’s honor by snapping back, “You’ll speak nothin’ of Elizabeth!” (I.197-198). Even

In 1692, in Salem Massachusetts a small group of girls joined together to go in the woods at night to meet a slave woman name Tituba. Tituba is a slave of Reverend Parris. During their meeting all the girls are dancing

Another inner quality that defines John Proctor is the value he holds to his good name. Proctor is a firm believer in the fact that one’s name is the only thing that remains after death, and what is done with it while living can affect one’s posterity for generations. This is the driving force behind his actions in the final act of the play. At first, he felt no shame in lying to the court about his accusation of witchcraft because he felt there was no more damage he could do to his reputation and that one more sin would not make any difference. His attitude changed when he realized his confession would mean blackening the name of those who already had died, and his sons would have to live with that mark on their names. He knew he could not teach his sons “. . . to walk like

In act 3, John proctor confessed to adultery in front of the court. John Proctor said” My wife would not lie to you.” When Elizabeth Proctor was asked about why she fired Abigail Williams, she told the court that she displeased her and john. When Judge Hathorne asked her about the affair, she said she had no knowledge about it. After the questioning, she was thrown back in jail. But before she leaves, John turns around and tells her that he told them about the affair. Elizabeth sacrificed her principle of not lying. She did this for John so it would not dirty his name.

One family member he shows honor to was his wife Elizabeth. During act four when John had to make the decision whether to hang or admit to being a witch you could tell by the conversation with Elizabeth that she wanted him to hang. She makes this evident with her body language and how she tells John she wanted him to make his own decision. Elizabeth didn't want John to hang because she didn’t love him but, rather wanted him to make the best decision for everyone else. By him making this sacrifice he would honor his religion which Elizabeth wanted and also save them from the unwanted humility from the community. That leads to my next point on how he honored Elizabeth. By deciding to hang he saved her from possible humility and condemnation from the community. They would either believe John was a witch or even worse a liar. From this she could reap the displeasure that could be caused from her being married to him. The next family member that John honored was his sons. If John hadn't decided to hang how could his sons look at him as a honorable man if he lied. John knew the significance of being a role model and he shows this in in act four when he's talking to Danforth. He said “I have three children, how may I teach them to walk like men in the world, and I sold my friends” (4. 703-705) and by deciding to hang he shows his sons what a honorable man is. John Proctor deciding to hang showed Elizabeth that he would put her before him and showed his sons what a true honorable man

“Give them no tear! Tears pleasure them! Show honor now, show a stony heart and sink them with it!” (IV. 249). In this quote, the protagonist is expressing how he would die before writing a confession of witchcraft. It expresses how meaningful the theme of honor is in Arthur Miller’s play, The Crucible. The theme of honesty is expressed various times through the actions of characters, such as the confessions of several actions, beliefs that are being shared, and the act of sacrificing for others.

Honor - we often hear this word thrown around in daily conversation. Whether talking about respected members of the community or characters in novels and films, the word honor is used repeatedly. What does honor really mean, though? The answer to that question is certainly not simple, as the definition of honor differs from person to person. This idea of the various types of honor can be shown through comparing the protagonist, John Proctor, in the play The Crucible by Arthur Miller, to Will Kane in the movie “High Noon”, directed by Frank Zinnemann. Proctor struggles with trying to find his definition of honor as it changes from being held accountable by society’s standards to his own private moral of truth.

If honesty is the fastest way to prevent a mistake from turning into a failure, then why don't people just tell the truth? In 1938, the House Un-American Committee was created by Senator Joseph McCarthy who accused government employees of being Communists. McCarthyism had targeted not only the members of the United States Government but also the entertainers and writers. Author Miller was one of those writers.He wrote “The Crucible” to show the similarities between the Salem Witch Trials and the McCarthy Trails, who both accused people of being what they weren't.People accused in the McCarthy Trails went through the same tests as people in the Salem Witch Trials.In the play “The Crucible”, the characters Mary Warren, John Proctor and Giles Corey all face a test of honesty, in which they either passed or failed.Mary Warren is unsuccessful in telling the truth, John Proctor cheated on his wife, and Giles Corey gets him and his wife sentenced to death.

We see a profound shift in Proctor’s idea of himself as he faces his death, claiming: “for now I do think I see some shred of goodness in John Proctor” (Miller 144). With his final decision to not confess to a false accusation, he has redeemed himself by preserving his highly revered honesty, reducing his intense internal guilt, and ultimately restoring his personal honor. Despite being given the opportunity to escape this accusation, Proctor’s honor code compels him to give up his life, thus preventing the accusations against other members of his community from gaining any credibility.

In today's society, honor is something that is respected every day, but in occasions is overlooked by others. The main characters, John Proctor and Abigail Williams, represent multiple types of honor. Abigail Williams shows dishonor towards the victims of Salem and towards Elizabeth Proctor. John Proctor’s name is an example of honor because he doesn't want his title to be disrespected by the community for admitting to witchcraft. Honor continues to become a factor back in the 17th century and even today. In the play, “The Crucible”, honor, and dishonor are represented multiple times throughout the play.